Bio
Flushing International is an English immersion school serving immigrants. Anthony Finney’s gift is merging first-class science instruction with a talent for using science to teach English. Students are not just learning botany, they are mastering a new vocabulary through scientific discovery. Roots absorb. Stems transport. Flowers attract. Work is carried out in teams composed of students of different ethnicities – Korean, Chinese, Spanish, Ethiopian – requiring students to solve problems together in English. He’s a passionate advocate for science, creating the school’s science club, initiating the school’s first science fair, and partnering with a local DNA lab. Says his principal, “His accomplishments have been extraordinary.”
