The men (and women) in white coats

Sileny Urena, left, Fe Ueno and Stacy Lugo, admired the lab coats their fellow BHS students will use for years. The Medical Academy now has 100 students.

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christina Harris received her coat from teacher Diane Motroni. The Medical Academy is one of three such programs. The others focus on law and engineering.

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Staff and students at the first white coat ceremony held at Baldwin High School last week. The coats will be used by upperclassmen on field trips and in labs.

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Joseph Cabral, left, of North shore LIJ, congratulated BHS’s Tyler Warner at a “White Coat” ceremony last week, similar to those held at medical schools.

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A group of 58 students in Baldwin Senior High School’s Medical Academy program were presented with white lab coats last week — a special occasion similar to ceremonies held in medical schools. The coats, donated by North Shore LIJ and the Baldwin School-to-Career program, will be used by the upper grades in their classes and on field trips to medical facilities, school district spokeswoman Cristina Schmohl said.

BHS currently has three academy programs: medical, law and global business and STEM/engineering. The medical program encompasses not only medicine, but science, nursing, technology and a variety of other disciplines.

The ceremony was held before school began on Sept. 27, when Science Chair Barbara Reiss presented a symbolic lab coat to student Tyler Warner. Teachers presented the coats to other students, who were congratulated by school board Vice President Mary Jo O’Hagan; James Scannell, assistant superintendent for instruction; and Joseph Cabral, senior vice president and chief human resources officer of North Shore LIJ.

There are currently 100 student enrolled in the Medical Academy program. This year’s class is the first that will have attended the academy in all four years of high school.