Lilly Ma is known for setting records. As the No. 1 singles player for the Darien High School varsity tennis team, she was named last spring’s FCIAC player of the year, while also maintaining a top USTA ranking. Yet the high school senior was holding out what is perhaps her most unique achievement to date.

Call it the little sailing program that could: After suffering the destruction of its clubhouse in 2012 during Hurricane Sandy, the Darien Junior Sailing Team, now operating out of a storage pod and a tent, is still fulfilling its mission of introducing young people to sailing.

The scene at Monday’s all-school gathering of Pear Tree Point School, on the surface, seemed like any other happy end of the year school celebration.  The students, ranging in age from kindergarten to fifth grade, performed the musical “Mighty Minds!,” wearing brightly colored t-shirts and superhero capes, while their parents snapped photos.

Alex Ostberg is quickly rising to the top of Stanford University’s elite track and field team. And he’s just getting started. The former standout Darien High School distance runner recently earned his first college All-America honors in cross country, and has now set his sights on making the NCAA outdoor championships this spring.

On a recent Tuesday night at the Chabad House Bowery on the Lower East Side, a crowd began to form. Tables covered in craft paper filled the room, tea lights flickering in mason jars. At a long table at one end, servers set up paper plates and jugs of ice tea — but no food. “Jazzie’s running late,” explained Matt Glick, the Chabad House chief of staff.