Huntington School Briefs
Huntington High School seniors continue to find college acceptance letters in their mailboxes. In the second round of “I Got In” announcements, students Allison Greenstein (Arizona State Univ., SUNY Cortland, Temple Univ.), Virginia Johnson (Cornell Univ.), Allison Weeks (Daemen College, Misericordia Univ., Thiel College), Laura Beach (Duquesne Univ.), Zachary Grill (Eastern Nazarene, SUNY Fredonia), Alexandra Fulton (Fairfield College, Quinnipiac Univ.), Elizabeth Mormile (Johnson & Wales Univ.), Priscilla Ramirez (Molloy College), Molly Burnett (Monmouth Univ.), Ian Smith (New York Institute of Technology) and Eva Valerio (Quinnipiac Univ., SUNY Fashion Institute of Technology, SUNY Oneonta), disclosed receipt of acceptance letters.
Elizabeth Polacek (SUNY Plattsburgh), Katherine Johnson (Salisbury Univ., Towson State Univ.), Joshua Daidone (SUNY Buffalo, SUNY Plattsburgh), Venice Lagone (Univ. of North Carolina at Chapel Hill) and Allyson Nevins (SUNY Cortland) also shared their good news.
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Huntington Assistant Superintendent David H. Grackin has inquired as to the status of the property for sale at 14 Greenlawn Road near J. Taylor Finley Middle School. Mr. Grackin has had several conversations with the broker for realtor Shawn & Elliot, who is handling the listing. Mr. Grackin was told the one acre property, which contains four buildings, could be purchased for $1.1 million.
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Huntington High School valedictorian Madeleine Jensen is in the middle of one of the most prestigious internships in the country as she conducts original research at the world renowned Cold Spring Harbor Lab. The senior emerged successful from a stressful process that saw 1,200 Long Island high school students vie for a handful of internship opportunities in the prestigious Partners for the Future program.
Jay Bikoff, the valedictorian of Huntington’s Class of 1995 was also a participant in the Partners for the Future program. He went on to earn an undergraduate degree from Brown University in biology and recently obtained a Ph.D. from Harvard University in neurobiology. He will soon head to Columbia University where he plans to conduct post-doctoral research.
Upon hearing of Ms. Jensen’s participation in the Cold Spring Harbor program, Mr. Bikoff was pleased. “It's a wonderful way to introduce students to lab work,” he said.
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The first annual Huntington High School “Hairathon” is on the horizon. Organizers are planning to collect hair for the Locks for Love charitable organization on February 25. Abraxas of Huntington will offer free haircuts on that day for those wishing to donate hair. Contact Huntington teacher Suzi Biagi at sbiagi@hufsd.edu for more information.
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The next meeting of the Huntington School Board will be held on Monday, February 11 at 7:30 p.m. in the Huntington Intermediate School auditorium.
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A Mardi Gras pasta night will be held on Friday, February 29 at Huntington Intermediate School. The event will serve as a fundraiser for the school’s PTA. Sixth graders will be the waiters and waitresses for the event. It is billed as a fun, family evening. For more information call contact Maris Jamison (549-4528 or Jamison1@optonline.net) or Terri Ehrman (421-5951 or ehrman@optonline.net).
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