Huntington School Briefs
Huntington High School played host to the Harvard Club of Long Island’s Alumni-Student Interview Day. The event, held on a recent Saturday, saw 23 local students who have applied to attend Harvard in the fall, interviewed by alumni members.
“Each student who applies to Harvard gets an interview,” said Bernadette Walsh, Huntington’s college counselor. Ms. Walsh helped coordinate the day along with Harvard Club of LI Advisory Board members Dick and Dottie Oehmler.
Mr. Oehmler earned an undergraduate degree at Harvard in 1956 and graduated from the business school there in 1960. He served on the Huntington School Board from 1976 to 1988 and has been interviewing Harvard applicants since 1960. Mrs. Oehmler obtained her Harvard degree in 1957 and has interviewed students since 1970. She was a Huntington PTA president in the 1980’s.
“Each interview lasts approximately one hour,” said Mrs. Walsh about the alumni conducted interviews. In addition to Huntington, applicants came from Half Hollow Hills West, Commack, John Glenn, Cold Spring Harbor, St. Anthony’s, Northport, Kings Park and Harborfields high schools.
A set of classrooms located in one of Huntington High School’s wings was dedicated to the interview program.
Friendship Club Peer Mentors
“The Friendship club at Finley is thriving thanks to the students who make it happen,” Finley Principal John Amato said. “The club provides time for students to reach out to others for games and social interaction other than through their classroom experience. I would like to personally thank the peer mentors for making the club a success.”
The peer mentors on the receiving end of Mr. Amato’s hearty thanks are Kelly Askerberg, Maggie Askerberg, Bella Rubinton, Nikki Smoot, Caroline Coffey, Laura Ironman, Scout Zeigler, Jonathan Wood, Nick Lupi, Brent Filippini, Brian Marek, Gordon LaMour, Sydney Andree, Justin Rothleder, Josh Toor, Matt Corcorin, Katherine Gallagher, Clair Beach, Jordan Lowe, Isziarah Owens, Hannah Helrich, Frank Yeh and Mary Elizabeth Koepele.
PTA Mobilizes
Huntington School District PTA members have mobilized the school community on behalf of “two wonderful Huntington families” that saw their homes damaged by fires. The families lost their belongings in the blazes so the PTA members are spearheading the collection of clothes and gift cards to help get the parents and their children back up on their collective feet. The two blazes were fought by 105 fire fighters from six departments utilizing 16 trucks.
College Acceptances
Huntington High School seniors are beginning to report receipt of college acceptance letters. These students so far include: Stephanie Chang (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Duquesne Univ., Univ. of the Sciences in Philadelphia, West Virginia Univ., Western New England College, Univ. of Connecticut, Northeaster Univ., Massachusetts College of Pharmacy and Health Sciences, SUNY Stony Brook, SUNY New Paltz, St. John’s Univ., Long Island Univ., Univ. of Rhode Island), Grace Barnard (Quinnipiac Univ., Towson State Univ., Univ. of Tampa), Tom Curley (Rutgers Univ., Univ. of Pittsburgh), Matt Duffy (Wells College), Allison Conlon (SUNY Cortland, Towson State Univ.), Mike Taylor (St. Thomas Aquinas College), Caitlin Temme (Pace Univ.), Chris Lau (Boston College – Honors, Univ. of Notre Dame, Villanova Univ., Providence College – Honors), Alex Lau (Boston College, Villanova Univ., Univ. of Pittsburgh – Honors), Alisa Sosa (Johnson & Wales Univ.), Kristen Reardon (Fairfield Univ.), Kristy Lyons (Boston College, Northeastern Univ. – Honors), Christina Coughlan (Fairfield Univ., Siena College, Univ. of Massachusetts – Amherst), Nick DiPaola (Stevens Institute of Technology), Mike McCourt (Penn State Univ.), Sonu Kumar (Western New England College), Adelia Federici (Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, Towson State Univ.) and Christina Boshko (Indiana Univ. of Pennsylvania, Towson State Univ.).
Also announcing acceptances were Mikaela LoTurco (Arizona State Univ.), Catalina Lopez (Arizona State Univ.), Kyle Lawrence (Dowling College, SUNY Delhi), Joe Bosco (Univ. of Connecticut, Univ. of Pittsburgh, Tulane Univ.), Sarah Conte (Manhattan College), Ian Goldstein (SUNY Albany, SUNY New Paltz), Kelsey Kunes (Boston College, Villanova Univ., Fordham Univ.), Kerry Hicks (Quinnipiac Univ., St. Joseph’s Univ., Univ. of Scranton, Iona College, York College of PA), Kevin Corcoran (Northeastern Univ.), Daniela Badalamenti (Univ. of New Haven, Immaculata Univ., Chestnut Hill College), Daniel Akerley (Northeastern Univ., Fairfield Univ., Tulane Univ., Univ. of Vermont, Clemson Univ.), Alan Joy (New York Institute of Technology), Kaitlyn Maier (SUNY Brockport), Annabel Jouard (College of William & Mary), Natasha Thalla (Northeastern Univ., Boston College), Natalie Hartmann (Elon Univ.), David Acton (Boston College), Jillian Silverberg (SUNY Oneonta), Vernon O’Garra (Cleveland State Univ., Johnson & Wales Univ), Dillon Blatt (Univ. of Pittsburgh, Towson State Univ., Tulane Univ., Univ. of Vermont), Kara Grossman (Tulane Univ.), Andrew Reiver (Tulane Univ., Univ. of Michigan, Univ. of Wisconsin), Andrew Doscas (Rutgers Univ.), Stevens Merilan (New York Inst. Of Tech.), Christian Wilbur (Syracuse Univ.), Sarah Biniasz (Univ. of Hartford, Rider Univ.), Calvin Hubbard (Southern Indiana Univ.), Maria Marascia (Christopher Newport Univ., Susquehanna Univ.), Marco Lagone (Univ. of Georgia, Univ. of Vermont) and Sean Whitney (Univ. of Vermont).
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