Huntington Public Schools, NY

September 22, 2020 Headlines

Huntington School Notes

Andrew McKenzie’s senior year is off to a great start at Huntington High School. The teenager has dived into his classes and is looking forward to continuing his participation in the Blue Devil track program.

Senior Brianna Isaza Loves to Challenge Herself

Brianna Isaza’s enthusiasm is contagious. The Huntington High School senior loves to learn new things and challenge herself. She gets excited discussing all of her classes and activities and what she’s planning for the future. Her energy is hard to contain.

Huntington Senior Angelica Hernandez Exudes Enthusiasm

In a world turned upside down by the COVID-19 pandemic, Angelica Hernandez is still excited to be a Huntington High School senior. She’s looking forward to a great year filled with interesting classes, an internship with a special education teachers and clubs and other activities.

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Washington School Enjoys Wonderful Start

The new school year is off to a “wonderful” start at Washington Primary School where students have quickly adaptaed to a multitude of changes necessitated by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Huntington’s Tess Stanley Marches into Senior Year

Tess Stanley marched into her senior year at Huntington High School with typical poise and confidence. One of the community’s most dynamic teenagers, she places a premium on her classroom education as well as her involvement in numerous extracurricular activities.

Jorge Cisneros Plans for Exciting Career in Medicine

Jorge Cisneros has big plans for the future. The Huntington High School senior is considering a group of excellent colleges and planning for an exciting career in the medical field.

H-ton Girls’ Soccer Looks Forward to Spring Season

The Huntington High School girls’ soccer team is heading into the “big unknown” and that’s what makes playing in the spring season exciting.

Spring Driver Ed Completion Requirements Announced

Huntington High School spring driver education program students who were caught up in the COVID-19 pandemic closures are now able to complete the program’s requirements via modified rules authorized by the state and approved by the district.

Huntington School Board Sets Annual Goals

Huntington School Board members voted without opposition to adopt a set of eight goals for the district during the 2020/21 school year. Trustees took the action during a virtual meeting this past Monday night in the Adam Spector Memorial Auditorium at Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School.

Senior Valerie Rogel Pursues Her Interests with Passion

Valerie Rogel pursues her interests with passion. The determined Huntington High School senior doesn’t cut any corners. She energetically gives her classes and extracurricular activities the attention they deserve and is enthusiastic about everything she does.

Cassidy Casabona Blazes a Trail into Junior Year

Cassidy Casabona is a happy young woman who is in the midst of a fabulous run through Huntington High School where the teenager is a junior this year. She is an integral member of some many important groups around the building from Natural Helpers to the student newspaper.

School District Renews Commitment to its Mission

Even in the midst of the Covid-19 pandemic, the Huntington School District remains committed to its core mission

Sarah Giarraputo Plans Busy Senior Year

Sarah Giarraputo plans to have a busy senior year at Huntington High School, with Advanced Placement classes, clubs and a credit bearing internship. She’s also sketching out her future, including sorting through various college possibilities.

Junior Allison Quinn Begins Ambitious Year

Allison Quinn sets high standards for herself. The Huntington High School is always working to accomplish a collection of ambitious goals. One of her dreams is to attend an Ivy League college, specifically, Cornell University.

Erin Ye’s Interesting Summer Science Internship

Erin Ye didn’t let the Covid-19 pandemic interfere with her plans for a summer filled with intellectual growth. The Huntington High School junior participated in a remote internship through the University of Michigan’s Dept. of Cognition and Cognitive Neuroscience.

Huntington Organizes for Resumption of Athletics

Interscholastic athletics will remain on hiatus through the end of the year in high schools across Suffolk County. Section XI, the governing body for middle school and high school sports, announced last Friday that interscholastic athletics will resume on January 4, 2021.

Alexa Rind Quietly Compiles Splendid Record

Alexa Rind is a mover and a shaker who has excelled over the past four years and quietly compiled a record that would make anyone proud. The Huntington High School senior has produced award winning work and she’s widely regarded as one of the top members of the Class of 2021.

Alum Caitlyn Palermo Waits on Filmmaking Studies

The Covid-19 pandemic has upended everyone’s life in some way, including Huntington High School Class of 2020 alum Caitlyn Palermo. She was planning on attending Biola University in California to study film production, but is instead taking remote classes at Nassau Community College while she waits for the public health crisis to abate.

H-ton’s Career Internship Program Remains Popular

Huntington High School’s credit-bearing career internship program provides seniors with a year-long peak into possible careers and frequently produces clarity prior to deciding what to study in college. There are 33 students participating in this year’s initiative.

Emily Roberts Has Dual Summer Internship Experiences

The Covid-19 pandemic didn’t stop Huntington High School junior Emily Roberts from interning with the Human Health Environmental Analysis Resource, a well-respected program that receives its funding from the National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences, National Cancer Institute, National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute and Environmental Influences on Child Health Outcomes.

Alex Frawley Creates Covid-19 Face Shields

Alex Frawley is always up to something interesting. The Huntington High School junior is technologically savvy so when he received a 3D printer for his sixteenth birthday last spring he was especially happy.

Trustees Authorize Youth Court Participation

The Huntington School Board approved an agreement with the Town of Huntington for participation in the town’s youth court program. The district committed to the town and related agencies “access to school buildings for the purpose of meeting with students, obtaining student volunteers, training student volunteers and as otherwise reasonably necessary.”

Remembering Nathan Hale School

Faced with growing enrollment just a few years after it opened Woodbury Avenue School and Lincoln Elementary School, the Huntington School District decided to erect a stately looking brick building on Bay Avenue in 1928. Named after Revolutionary War hero Nathan Hale, the school served children from the Halesite and Huntington Bay areas.

Andreas Seferian Named National Merit Semifinalist

Andreas Seferian has been named a semifinalist in the National Merit Scholarship’s 2021 awards program. The designation places the Huntington High School senior among a remarkable group of American high school students.

Junior Ally Kustera Excited to Start New Year

Ally Kustera is hard to define because she has so many talents in so many different areas, but the Huntington High School junior can definitely be called a creative genius.

Emily Geller Set for Exciting Junior Year

This is a big year for Emily Geller and the Huntington High School junior can’t wait to get started in earnest. She’s a great student and very active in the extracurricular and athletic programs.

Huntington’s Math Olympians Sparkle

It all added up for 125 Huntington UFSD fifth and sixth graders who participated in the 2019/20 Math Olympiad program and shined in monthly math contests.

Huntington Remembers Alumni Lost on 9/11

It’s hard to believe that nearly twenty years have passed since one of the most terrible days in U.S. history. The terrorist attacks on September 11, 2001 cost thousands of Americans their lives, but the day also saw feats of exceptional bravery and courage that will always be remembered.

Huntington Senior Jailyn Fuentes Eyes Top Colleges

Jailyn Fuentes has been working hard in her classes for many years and the Huntington High School senior is now in a position to consider several top tier colleges as she begins to sketch out plans for her future.

Huntington’s Hallie Armengau Dances into Senior Year

Hallie Armengau is so closely associated with Huntington High School’s competitive dance team that many people don’t realize the senior has many other talents and interests.

Huntington Adult Education Program Goes Virtual

Huntington UFSD’s adult education and continuing program is going virtual for the fall semester due to the Covid-19 pandemic. Registration is ongoing. All classes will meet with either Zoom or Google Meets platforms.

Jefferson School Boldly Moves into New Year

The Jefferson Primary School community is remaining as positive as possible in the face of the Covid-19 pandemic. Classes resumed this week with excited students who have missed their classrooms since last March when schools were closed to help combat the health crisis.

Huntington’s Ella Siepel Embarks on Busy Senior Year

Ella Siepel is a go-getter. The Huntington High School senior is an energetic, determined and goal-oriented young woman. She’s one of the top students and athletes in the Class of 2021.

Johanna Campos Strives to Give Back to the Community

Johanna Campos is one of Huntington High School’s most enthusiastic seniors. She’s excited about her course schedule and especially motivated to continue doing well. The teenager has her eye on several college possibilities and is working even harder than usual to put her best foot forward.

Sam Nicotra Makes His Move for the Blue Devils

Sam Nicotra isn’t very well known around Huntington High School just yet, but he will be soon. Very soon. The freshman was on the Blue Devil varsity wrestling team as an eighth grader last winter and his 14 victories provided a glimpse into his talent and potential.

Classes are Back in Session in Huntington UFSD

Students, faculty and staff are returning to classrooms in all eight buildings in Huntington UFSD for the first time in almost six months as the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic has required a long list of changes in traditional practices in a nod toward safety.

Volunteer Science Research Mentors Needed

Huntington High School’s science research program is looking to expand student opportunities as it moves into the new school year. The call has gone out to community residents to serve as volunteer mentors for research students developing projects for regional and national competitions.

Huntington’s Teddi Carnesi Ready for Great Junior Year

Teddi Carnesi is primed and ready for a great year. The Huntington High School junior is an energetic, articulate and intelligent young woman, well-informed about happenings around the world and involved in a broad array of activities outside of class.

Coach Ron Wilson Waits with the Blue Devils

Ron Wilson can’t wait for the COVID-19 pandemic to subside or for a vaccine to become available so he can get back into the arena. He’s just like every other Blue Devil athletic coach and hundreds of athletes at Huntington High School and J. Taylor Finley Middle School.

Riley Tucker to Study Accounting SUNY Geneseo

Riley Tucker’s next educational adventure will unfold on a picturesque upstate campus hundreds of miles from his hometown. The Huntington High School Class of 2020 member plans to study accounting at SUNY College of Geneseo and get involved the many activities offered at the school.

Jeremy Miles to Study at Onondaga Community College

Jeremy Miles wanted to go away for college, but he didn’t want to go so far from home that he couldn’t get back relatively quickly should an emergency develop. The Huntington High School Class of 2020 member found the perfect place to pursue his interests at Onondaga Community College in Syracuse.

Junior Emily Plachta Looks Forward to New Year

Emily Plachta is looking forward to the new school year. The Huntington High School junior is an academic and athletic star. She sets high standards and breathtaking goals for herself.

Excitement at Southdown School as New Year Begins

Southdown Primary School will welcome hundreds of students back to classrooms this week as the 2020/21 school year opens across Huntington UFSD.

Lia Shechter to Study Engineering at Northeastern University

Lia Shechter has always been intellectually curious. The Huntington High School Class of 2020 members has excelled across the board and earned the designation of Advanced Placement Scholar with Honor. She’s headed to Northeastern University in Boston to study engineering.

Together Everyone Achieves More at Washington

Alicia Furman is rightfully proud of her students and she wants everyone to know it. The J. Taylor Finley Middle School Spanish teacher is positively delighted that so many of the eighth graders that she worked with this past year won honors in the National Spanish Exam initiative.

Julia Segal Captures the Quentin Sammis Award

Washington Primary School is set to welcome students back into the building for the beginning of the 2020/21 school year on Wednesday, September 9.

Huntington Forever for Blue Devil Wrestlers

Huntington Forever. That succinctly sums up the philosophy of the Blue Devil wrestling team, which has one of the most glorious histories of any mat program in the state. The current Huntington grapplers are vividly aware of that awesome tradition and they have been working hard to write a new chapter replete with championships, gold medals and first place trophies.

James Obermaier Chooses Worchester Polytechnic Institute

James Obermaier enjoyed a spectacular four year run through Huntington High School where he graduated among the top scholars in the Class of 2020. He is moving on to a very demanding academic program at Worchester Polytechnic Institute in Massachusetts where he intends to study applied physics.

Ethan Mulroy Garners Patrick McCourt Scholarship

The Patrick Thomas McCourt Memorial Scholarship was created following a terrifying accident that continues to numb the heart and soul. A member of Huntington High School’s Class of 2006, the 22-year old was killed September 17, 2011 after being struck by two cars while walking along Veterans Memorial Highway in Holbrook at 5:30 a.m.

Julia Segal Captures the Quentin Sammis Award

Julia Segal is a remarkable young woman. Her sharp intellect, ability to inspire and motivate and willingness to help anyone in need speaks for itself. The Huntington High School Class of 2020 member plans to double major in psychology and Spanish at Vassar College in preparation for a career as a bilingual child psychologist.

Maddy Meidenman Claims Elks Legacy Scholarship

Maddy Meidenman has won an Elks National Foundation Legacy Scholarship Award in the amount of $4,000. The Huntington High School Class of 2020 member believes that “putting in time and effort, along with wanting to do well” have been the keys to her success.

 Huntington Highlights Did you Know...Huntington High School's Class of 2018...
                                 86% are headed to College
                            
                                 90% earned Regents Diplomas
                            
                                 Graduates captured over $8 million in scholarships and grants

Our Mission:

A Tradition of Excellence since 1657

“Recognizing the strengths of our district’s traditions, its history of community support, the diversity of our population and our commitment to educational excellence, the mission of the Huntington Union Free School District is to educate students by effectively teaching an enriched body of knowledge through the active participation of all students, building upon their unique talents and abilities to produce creative, self-assured, responsible citizens who are capable of critical thought and action.”

September 22, 2020 Headlines

Huntington School Notes

Senior Brianna Isaza Loves to Challenge Herself

Huntington Senior Angelica Hernandez Exudes Enthusiasm

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Previous Headlines

Washington School Enjoys Wonderful Start

Huntington’s Tess Stanley Marches into Senior Year

Jorge Cisneros Plans for Exciting Career in Medicine

H-ton Girls’ Soccer Looks Forward to Spring Season

Spring Driver Ed Completion Requirements Announced

Huntington School Board Sets Annual Goals

Senior Valerie Rogel Pursues Her Interests with Passion

Cassidy Casabona Blazes a Trail into Junior Year

School District Renews Commitment to its Mission

Sarah Giarraputo Plans Busy Senior Year

Junior Allison Quinn Begins Ambitious Year

Erin Ye’s Interesting Summer Science Internship

Huntington Organizes for Resumption of Athletics

Alexa Rind Quietly Compiles Splendid Record

Alum Caitlyn Palermo Waits on Filmmaking Studies

H-ton’s Career Internship Program Remains Popular

Emily Roberts Has Dual Summer Internship Experiences

Alex Frawley Creates Covid-19 Face Shields

Trustees Authorize Youth Court Participation

Remembering Nathan Hale School

Andreas Seferian Named National Merit Semifinalist

Junior Ally Kustera Excited to Start New Year

Emily Geller Set for Exciting Junior Year

Huntington’s Math Olympians Sparkle

Huntington Remembers Alumni Lost on 9/11

Huntington Senior Jailyn Fuentes Eyes Top Colleges

Huntington’s Hallie Armengau Dances into Senior Year

Huntington Adult Education Program Goes Virtual

Jefferson School Boldly Moves into New Year

Huntington’s Ella Siepel Embarks on Busy Senior Year

Johanna Campos Strives to Give Back to the Community

Sam Nicotra Makes His Move for the Blue Devils

Classes are Back in Session in Huntington UFSD

Volunteer Science Research Mentors Needed

Huntington’s Teddi Carnesi Ready for Great Junior Year

Coach Ron Wilson Waits with the Blue Devils

Riley Tucker to Study Accounting SUNY Geneseo

Jeremy Miles to Study at Onondaga Community College

Junior Emily Plachta Looks Forward to New Year

Excitement at Southdown School as New Year Begins

Lia Shechter to Study Engineering at Northeastern University

Together Everyone Achieves More at Washington

Julia Segal Captures the Quentin Sammis Award

Huntington Forever for Blue Devil Wrestlers

James Obermaier Chooses Worchester Polytechnic Institute

Ethan Mulroy Garners Patrick McCourt Scholarship

Julia Segal Captures the Quentin Sammis Award

Maddy Meidenman Claims Elks Legacy Scholarship

Huntington Highlights

Did you Know...Huntington High School's Class of 2018...

86% are headed to College

90% earned Regents Diplomas

Graduates captured over $8 million in scholarships and grants

Our Mission:

A Tradition of Excellence since 1657