Schools: Regeneron Winners, Musician Selections

Students from St. Anthony’s High School and Half Hollow Hills have been designated as  Regeneron Science Talent Search scholars. Daniela Parmigiani and Aidan Cazalet from St. Anthony’s and Aayush Prakash from Half Hollow Hills East were among 300 chosen from around the country. The students Read More …

Half Hollow Hills East Beats Whitman Girls, 3-0

Half Hollow Hills East beat Whitman 3-0 Wednesday in girls soccer. Whitman beat Brentwood 31-7 Wednesday in football; lost 9-0 to Half Hollow Hills West in boys golf; and beat Shoreham Wading River 3-0 in boys volleyball. Several school athletic events are being played Thursday Read More …

Students Recognized in Go Ape Exhibit

Student artists have been recognized for their work in the 16th annual Go APE exhibit at the Art League of Long Island. This year,  40 high schools participated, with total of 136 students represented. Shain Bard served as juror. Awards of Excellence Commack High School Read More …

Students Collect ‘Hunting-Tony’ Honors

Students from Huntington high schools were recently awarded “Hunting-Tonys,” for their work in plays and musicals. The awards were given out at a ceremony at Huntington High School. The Hunting-Tony Awards”  originated in 2011 by Huntington resident Joyce Ianniciello honor the casts, crews, and school Read More …

Schools: Computer Champs, National Merit Finalist at Elwood

Members of the Half Hollow Hills East Computer Club competed in the Quinnipiac University Hybrid Computer Programming Contest, where the team of Daniel Salkinder, Mark Shapiro and Alice Wang finished first out of 30 teams, solving five problems. The team of Ryan Rudes, Arav Chand Read More …

Recycled Plastics Sprout as a Garden

Art students at Half Hollow Hills East planted a garden Monday at Half Hollow Hills East, adding color to an otherwise dreary season. Students in the AP art history class taught by Allyson Uttendorfer took about 2,000 plastic water bottles and\ turned them into flowers, Read More …

Teens Honored with ‘Students Building Bridges’ Award

Gurwin Jewish Nursing and Rehabilitation Center volunteers recently were honored with the “Students Building Bridges” award. The honor recognizes community youth for their efforts in creating a more civil society and is part of the Yom HaShoah Holocaust Remembrance Program, sponsored by the Suffolk County Read More …

High School Gold Medalists Honored

  Councilman Mark Cuthbertson led the presentation of proclamations to several high school athletes at a recent Town Board meeting. From John Glenn- Elwood High School, Suffolk County Wrestling Gold Medal Champions: • Thomas Giaramita • Patrick Ancewicz • Justin Vega From Half Hollow Hills Read More …

Local Students Named Regeneron Scholars

Two students from Half Hollow Hills East and students from Commack and Northport were honored Wednesday as Regeneron Scholars, part of the top student research contest in the country. The top 300 scholars were chosen from 184 high schools in 40 states and 2 American Read More …

Hometown Helpers: Janna Zilkha, Bottles for Buddies

This week’s Hometown Helper is Janna Zilkha, a 17-year-old student at Half Hollow Hills High School East who combines recycling with charity through her Bottles for Buddies program. The project: In 2013, I started a recycling program called “Bottles For Buddies”. The premise was simple: Read More …

Island Harvest to Honor HHH East Student

    Island Harvest Food Bank will recognize Alec Armyn, a senior at Half Hollow Hills High School East, with its 2018 Student Ambassador Award in recognition of his hunger relief efforts in his community at the hunger-relief organization’s 25th annual Taste of the Harvest Celebration. Longtime Island Read More …

Hills East Teacher Named Geography Fellow

The American Geographical Society (AGS) has named Cynthia Cullen of Half Hollow Hills High School East in Dix Hills as a 2018 AGS Geography Teacher Fellow. She is one of 50 teachers selected from across the United States to participate in this third year of Read More …