seeing Issac Asimov, talking with the late Harry Chapin in the "Little Theater." Programming included sports figures, artists, even learning to decorate cakes. Breaking Borders In the 2010s, Syosset Students created a program titled, Breaking Borders. This program works to mitigate the racial and socioeconomic boundaries on Long Island. Their mission statements reads, "Breaking Borders is a leadership program that aims to eliminate ethnic, socio-economic, racial, and religious barriers which separate students from different Long Island districts. Through structured conversations with students from other school districts, Breaking Borders enables its members to challenge their biases and opinions by exposing them to new perspectives on important issues, such as race, religion, gender, and privilege". When asked about why Breaking Borders was created, the founders noted that Long Island is the one of the most segregated parts of the United States due to a long history of racism due to housing and community planning, and that in the 21st Century that should be fixed. The name Breaking Borders comes from the idea that students work to "break" the "borders" between their peers from various communities around Long Island. Today, the programs has significantly grown to include school from all around Long Island. Some of the schools include Freeport, Elmont, Massapequa, Division High School, and MacArthur High School. Today, the program is more successful than ever as student leaders plan multi-school meetings once a month where members of the program can speak to each other and work to "break borders". Notable alumni Judd Apatow (born 1967), screenwriter, director, and producer Lesley Arfin (born 1979), television writer and author, Girls, Love, Brooklyn 99 Vito Arujau (born 1999), NCAA Division I All-American wrestler Jay Bienstock (born 1965), Emmy award-winning television producer of Survivor, The Apprentice, and The Voice Sue Bird (born 1980) Israeli-American Women's National Basketball Association point guard, four-time WNBA champion, five-time Olympic champion, thirteen-time All-Star (Seattle Storm) (She attended Syosset High School but graduated from Christ the King Regional High School) Alan Blinder (born 1945), economist, author, and former Vice Chairman of the Board of Governors of the Federal Reserve System Rosa Brooks (born 1970), writer, law professor, former Department of Defense staff member (formerly known as Rosa Ehrenreich) Elaine Chao (born 1953), former Secretary of Transportation, first Asian American woman to be appointed a cabinet member, wife of Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell George Drakoulias (born 1965), music producer, music supervisor Ben