Woodhull Fourth Grade PTA Social Draws Crowd

The Woodhull Intermediate School’s fourth grade PTA social was a “huge success.” Parents, students and family members turned out in droves for a fun evening.

“The event featured a DJ, pizza, snacks, treats and plenty of games,” Woodhull Principal Stephanie Campbell said. “Students had a blast making new friends, parents enjoyed connecting with one another.”

The Woodhull PTA slate of officers includes Maria Adcock (president), Mika Rodgers (vice president), Meghan LaCourte (corresponding secretary), Kim Sheridan (recording secretary), Barbara Rizi (treasurer) and PTA Council delegates Renee MacManus and Mariam Murtaza.

Woodhull has always been family oriented with strong connections between school and home. The recent PTA social indicates those connections in place for the 2025/26 school year.

“I loved spending time with our new families as we kicked off the school year together on a beautiful evening,” Ms. Campbell said.

Woodhull has long served the needs of the community. The Huntington School District purchased 23 acres of undeveloped property south of the Village Green School on Park Avenue for about $700 per acre in 1949. The parcel was later enlarged to 24.9 acres.

When officials determined a new high school was needed the site was evaluated and rejected. It was later looked at as a possible location of a third junior high school. District executives concluded it would suffice for that purpose with the addition of six acres to the south. However, before the plan was ever adopted, another site on Greenlawn Road was acquired and J. Taylor Finley Junior High School was erected upon it.

The Woodhull Road property had long been considered acceptable for an elementary school. The time for construction on the site finally rolled around in 1965/66. The district knew the aging Roosevelt Elementary School on Lowndes Ave in Huntington Station was badly outdated and in need of replacement. Known as Lowndes Avenue School when it opened in 1913, it was renamed in honor of President Theodore Roosevelt in 1927 when a large addition effectively doubled its original size.

Roosevelt School fell within the town’s Urban Renewal zone and district officials struck a deal to have the town acquire the building for more than $400,000 and demolish it. The town then acquired about 10 acres surrounding the original three acre site through eminent domain proceedings. A new elementary school largely funded by federal Urban Renewal funds was then erected on the now 13 acre property to the north of where Roosevelt School once stood. The building is today known as Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School.

Nathaniel Woodhull Elementary School opened on Monday, January 30, 1967. Its entire student body had previously been attending Roosevelt Elementary School. A closing ceremony for Roosevelt was held on Friday, January 27, 1967. The ceremony was attended by various dignitaries, including Mr. Roosevelt’s son, Archibald, who also attended the school’s dedication in 1927 with his mother, Edith.

Woodhull’s first principal, Robert Fitzgerald was Roosevelt’s last. The Woodhull site was nearly contiguous with the Village Green and R.L. Simpson High School (and later junior high school) properties. The old high school/junior high school is today used at Huntington Town Hall.