Roslyn High Schooler Honored For Inventing New App For Botanic Gardens

ROSLYN, NY — A Roslyn High School student invented his own app, available on Apple App Store and inspired by a local place. Brian Song created Clark Botanical Garden to help visitors to Roslyn Height's Clark Botanic Garden identify plants using their phone cameras.

Song was recently honored by Town of North Hempstead Supervisor Jennifer DeSena for his ingenuity. Song is interested in both botany and technology, Roslyn Public Schools shared.

Song is in AP Computer Science and a post-AP artificial intelligence course. He also researches plants with Dr. Allyson Weseley, Roslyn's Coordinator of Research.

The school district says Song wants to pursue artificial intelligence studies, "to use technology to solve real-world problems."

“We are incredibly proud that Brian created an app that benefits the local community," Roslyn High School Assistant Principal Dave Lazarus said.

“He saw an information gap and utilized his ingenuity to identify a problem and come up with a helpful solution. This is such a great example of how our students are thinking about the world around them and finding ways to effect positive change.”