SEARCH Chairperson
Maryann Daly is the chairperson of the Huntington School District SEARCH program. She earned a bachelor of arts in English and elementary education at Marymount College and a master of arts in early childhood education at Adelphi University. She also possesses a master of science from Long Island University with a specialization in teaching the gifted and talented.
Mrs. Daly, who in addition to her administrative responsibilities, teaches SEARCH classes filled with over 85 qualifying fifth and sixth graders. She has been a Huntington faculty member since 1983, when she began her career here as a sixth grade teacher. She earned a professional diploma along with administrative certification at Long Island University and she also holds certification as a gifted and talented teacher.
Her work in the SEARCH program has included a relentless pursuit of grants to provide additional opportunities for advanced study. Mrs. Daly has also served as the coach for Huntington's Math Olympiad team, teaching classes consisting of more than 90 fifth and sixth graders in the program.
Mrs. Daly has written and applied for over 30 Huntington Foundation mini-grants and STAR grants and received more than $50,000 for academic enrichment activities, New York Hall of Science fourth grade labs, public speaking workshops for first and sixth graders, specialized Mad Science programs and Science Spectacular shows at each of Huntington's four primary schools. She also wrote a $12,000 Huntington Foundation Star grant that provided video-conferencing opportunities for teachers and students.
Nominated by the New York Hall of Science for her relentless efforts in bringing science to hundreds of students each year, Mrs. Daly is a 2007 Siemen's Corporation Science Teacher Award recipient. She was one of only ten honorees in New York and the only one from Long Island.