Huntington School Briefs
Several teams of Huntington High School students participated in this year’s Juvenile Diabetes Research Foundation’s Walk to Cure Diabetes, raising awareness and monies to battle the disease.
Huntington sophomore Annalise Mozer, junior Marina Siegel and senior Ryan Bonitz organized teams to walk in the event, which raised more than $517,000. The three mile walk began on a brisk November morning at Bethpage Ballpark in Central Islip
Ms. Mozer’s 2 Sweet 4 Sugar team consisted of 18 supporters of the cause to eradicate diabetes. The group walked side-by-side along and also posed for a photo with US Senator Charles Schumer.
Flower Hill’s Fall Festival
Flower Hill School’s Fall Festival was a thrilling experience for students. The youngsters circled through various activity stations, picked pumpkins, searched for prizes in a hay stack, went on a hayride, stuffed scarecrows and raced around a “spooky” obstacle course while scary music blared.
Near the end of the day, students paraded across the front of the school building in colorful and creative costumes, much to the delight of parents that snapped an endless series of photos.
Next BOE Meeting
The next meeting of the Huntington School Board will be held on Monday, November 18 at 7:30 p.m. in the Jack Abrams School auditorium. The public is invited to attend and will be given an opportunity to address trustees. An agenda and related documents will be posted on the district’s website at www.hufsd.edu prior to the meeting.
Huntington History Lesson
Found in the minutes of a May 1954 Huntington Board of Education meeting comes this interesting item under the heading “Selection of Names for New Elementary Schools:”
“Supt. Warren reported that on the contest with the grade schools for selecting a name for the three elementary schools he had the following to report to make: The majority vote went for the names of Flower Hill, Southdown and Whitson. He said that the committee recommended that the schools in the Station are to be named after presidents and the schools in the Village area be named after locations.
“A motion was made and seconded that the Village schools would be named the Flower Hill School and the Southdown School and that the school in the Station be named as the Washington School.
“The motion was unanimously carried.”
It should be noted that Washington School is located on Whitson Road, thus the students’ desire to name it Whitson School.
Zinburger Donates to HFEE
The new Zinburger Wine & Burger Bar at the Walt Whitman Shops enjoyed a successful opening last month. The restaurant donated a portion of its first week proceeds to the Huntington Foundation for Excellence in Education. Huntington Foundation officials Shari Harris and Melissa Ryan joined various dignitaries at the new establishment’s official ribbon cutting ceremony.