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July 1-3, 2022 Headlines

Charlie Girimonti & Regan Sansiviero Win Kleet Scholar Awards

Charlie Girimonti and Regan Sansiviero made every minute count the past four years. The two highly regarded members of Huntington High School’s Class of 2022 are this year’s recipients of the coveted Kleet Lumber Scholar Athlete Awards.

Kaleef Riley Captures Peter Steen Memorial Scholarship

Kaleef Riley is this year’s recipient of the Peter Steen Memorial Scholarship Award. The Huntington High School Class of 2022 member plans to attend Wagner College in the fall and play on its NCAA Division I football team.

Terrific Trio Wins French Honor Society Awards

Huntington High School’s French Honor Society chapter closed out the year by presenting $500 in awards to three outstanding members of the Class of 2022.

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Huntington Seniors Presented Women in Science Society Awards

Science has been an academic discipline that has fascinated Huntington High School students since the earliest days of classroom education in the community.

Huntington Habitat for Humanity in Motion

How can Huntington High School’s Habitat for Humanity rest when there is so much to do across the Long Island community and world at large? The short answer is that it can’t. So this summer will be a busy one for the organization.

Natalia Hernandez Enjoys Great Sophomore Year

Natalia Hernandez enjoyed a great sophomore year at Huntington High School and the teenager is looking forward to an even better one as a junior.

Washington School Wraps up Year with Awards

A year like few others in its 68 year history culminated at Washington Primary School. Like its sister and brother schools across Huntington UFSD, Washington has managed to navigate through the COVID-19 pandemic and still provide its students with a well-rounded academic program.

Huntington High School’s Class of 2022 Graduates

Huntington High School’s Class of 2022 received the accolades and sendoff that it so richly deserved as a standing room only crowd of more than 2,000 turned out at Blue Devil Stadium for the high school’s 161st commencement exercises last Friday night.

Huntington Prom is One Big Party

The Huntington High School prom shaped up to be an incredible evening of food, fun and friendship. The sold-out event at Water’s Edge in Centerport last Thursday night drew a crowd of 303, which packed the dance floor and sent the building rocking.

Southdown Caps Year by Honoring its Stars

As the school year drew to a close, Southdown Primary School faculty and staff members presented the final round of Splash Awards before everyone headed for the exits and the official start of summer vacation.

Blue Devil JV Boys’ Lax Battles to 7-7 Mark

The Huntington High School junior varsity lacrosse team battled to a 7-7 record against stiff competition this past spring. The 24 man strong roster featured a group of players expected to be future offensive and defensive Blue Devil varsity stars.

Huntington’s 161st Commencement Exercises on Friday

Huntington High School’s Class of 2022 will march into Blue Devil Stadium on Friday at 6 p.m. for the school’s 161st commencement exercises. A crowd of about 2,000 is expected to attend.

Empire Automotive Group Scholar Athletes Honored

Huntington seniors Teddi Carnesi and Dylan Coleman were named the first ever Empire Automotive Group Scholar Athlete Award recipients. The dynamic duo was honored at the 54th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony in the high school auditorium

Manuel Aviles, Jr. Captures ALIVE Scholarship

Manuel Aviles, Jr. wants to be a nurse. The Huntington High School Class of 2022 member has been laying the groundwork for such a career for several years, studying in a Western Suffolk BOCES professional health careers program.

Felipe Villanueva Wins ATH Alan Kuver Scholarship

Felipe Villanueva has captured the Associated Teachers of Huntington’s Alan Kuver Memorial Scholarship. One of the top members of the Huntington High School’s Class of 2022, the senior is headed to the University of Rochester to study engineering.

Charlotte Cheshire Captures Quentin Sammis Award

Charlotte Cheshire plans to study fine arts at the University of Michigan at Ann Arbor. She’s smart, articulate and committed to numerous worthwhile causes. Most of all, she’s a young woman who strives daily to make the world a better place for everyone.

Julio Martinez Wins Nassau Police Scholarship

Julio Martinez is a soft-spoken young man who doesn’t like to call attention to himself, but when the Huntington High School Class of 2022 member lines up for a race, he’s all business and an incredible competitor.

Huntington PTA Council Welcomes New Officers

The Huntington PTA Council’s annual awards luncheon at the Huntington Country Club was a happy affair. The group bid farewell to a group of longtime volunteers who are “retiring” after seeing their children graduate. A new slate of executive board members was welcomed with enthusiasm and high hopes for the organization’s continued success.

Finley Boys’ Lax Rebounds from Rocky Start

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School boys’ lacrosse team rebounded from an 0-3 start to win four of its seven remaining games and send everyone home for the summer hopeful about future success on the field.

Ryan Porzio Garners Paci Family Football Award

The Paci family is synonymous with Huntington High School football. The Paci’s have been associated with the Blue Devil gridiron program in one way or another for 50 years. So when Ryan Porzio won the first ever Paci Family Football Leadership Award and the personalized plaque and $500 stipend that goes with it, the teenager knew it was something very special.

Chris Maichin Wins Fred Cambria Award

Huntington High School senior Christopher Maichin is this year’s Fred Cambria Award recipient. The teenager plans to attend Colby College in Maine in the fall.

Huntington Business Students Swim Through Shark Tank

Huntington High School business students jumped into the “shark tank” for a friendly late year competition that brought out the best in everyone.

Huntington PE Stars Win Suffolk Zone Awards

Eight exceptional Huntington UFSD fifth and eighth grade students garnered Suffolk Zone leadership awards for their outstanding effort and performance in physical education.

Seniors Present George Austin with Blue Devil Award

Huntington seniors singled out an essential member of their team with special recognition at the 54th annual Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony in the high school auditorium late last week.

Blue Devil Discipline, Desire & Dedication Awards Presented

Principal Brenden Cusack presented the first ever Blue Devil Discipline, Desire and Dedication Awards at Huntington High School’s 54th annual senior athletic awards ceremony last Thursday night in the auditorium.

Huntington Juniors Capture National History Honors

Huntington High School juniors Talia Addeo, Laurel Bonn and McKenna Buffa placed in the top ten in a field of 91 in the group website category at the National History Day championships.

Registration Open for Summer Girls’ Basketball Camp

Katie Reilly always finds a way to make learning new skills and practicing them fun. She did it last winter as the Blue Devil JV girls’ basketball coach when she won nine games and Coach of the Year honors and she did again this past spring as a Huntington varsity girls’ lacrosse coach. Expect it one more time at the Huntington Booster Club’s girls’ basketball camp for those entering grades 3-9.

Senior Sydney Cordeiro Chooses Florida Tech

Sydney Cordeiro loves the water. The Huntington High School senior loves it so much she plans to study ocean engineering at Florida Institute of Technology in Melbourne.

Huntington Senior Recital is Sensational

Not even a sudden power outage was able to take the shine off a really wonderful evening at the Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School’s amphitheater as a group of talented teenagers performed at this year’s Tri-M Music Honor Society Senior Showcase this past Wednesday night.

Blue Devil Athletes Capture Suffolk Gold Keys

A group of 13 exceptional Huntington High School athletes was presented with Section XI Gold Key awards at the 54th Blue Devil senior athletic awards ceremony in the auditorium on Thursday night

Finley Girls’ Lacrosse Enjoys Splendid Season

The J. Taylor Finley Middle School girls’ lacrosse team enjoyed a splendid season under first year coaches Hildi Stanford and Greg Dieterich, compiling a 7-2-1 record.

Senior Kaleef Riley Chooses Wagner College

Kaleef Riley has become an essential figure around Huntington High School where the senior has starred on the football and wrestling teams and won over classmates and teachers with an affable personality and smile. The teenager has been recruited by Wagner College to play on its NCAA Division I football team.

Blue Devil Duo Wins Town Scholar Athlete Awards

Huntington Town Board members honored Huntington High School seniors Emily Plachta and Cristian Avelar-Romero for their outstanding scholarship, community service and athletic achievements.

HHS Field Day 2022 is Spectacular

Huntington High School’s Class of 2022 enjoyed a spectacular day on Tuesday, celebrating with each other at a breakfast on the Blue Devil Stadium track, signing each other’s yearbooks and competing during field day activities spread across the turf and grass fields.

Season Comes Up Aces for Finley Tennis

The spring season came up aces for the J. Taylor Finley Middle School tennis team, which compiled an 8-2 record under first year head coach John Romano.

Teddi Carnesi Presented with Certificate of West Point Appointment

Theadora Carnesi has dreamed of serving her country since she was a little girl and within hours of the Huntington High School senior graduating later this month she will be headed to the United States Military Academy at West Point where she will begin training to become one of America’s elite uniformed officers.

Huntington Alum to Show New Film at CAC

Daniel Moya is making it as a filmmaker. The Huntington High School Class of 2013 member, who went on to study at USC’s top rated film school will show his new movie, “18½” tomorrow night (Thursday) at the Cinema Arts Centre at 7:30 p.m. Tickets are available online or at the ticket office.

Art Honor Society Seniors Paint The Rock

Huntington High School Art Honor Society members got into the spirit of the month by painting The Rock in honor of the Class of 2022.

Grandfriends Club Hosts Annual Senior, Senior Prom

Huntington High School’s Grandfriends Club recently threw its annual prom for local senior citizens and while the event had a different look and feel to it compared to tradition, it went over just as well with just as much fun for participants.

Lauren Holly Chooses University of Rhode Island

Lauren Holly has been an incredible musician, vocalist and actor at Huntington High School, but the senior is spectacular in the classroom, too. She plans to attend the University of Rhode Island and study mathematics and statistics.

Katie Browne & Max Rentsch Capture Dellecave Awards

Seniors Katie Browne and Max Rentsch are Huntington High School’s recipients of this year’s Butch Dellecave Award, which is presented to one graduating male and female from each Suffolk high school who possess “outstanding accomplishments on the field of play, in the classroom and within the community.”

Trustees Appoint New Special Education Chairperson

Janine M. Delgado has been appointed Huntington UFSD’s special education chairperson, effective July 1. She comes from the New York City Department of Education where she has been the borough instructional lead since August 2019.

Blue Devils Win NYSPHSAA Relay Title

Blue Devil stars Quincy Chery, Jahmar Francis, Nick Grover and Julio Martinez ran a personal best time to win the New York State Public High School Athletic Association 4x400m relay title at the state track and field championships at Cicero-North Syracuse last weekend.

 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

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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.”