Huntingtonian Yearbook Scholarships Presented to Seniors

With the exception of one year during the Great Depression, the Huntington High School yearbook has been published continuously since the late 1920’s. Representing current yearbook club faculty advisor Elizabeth Casazza, school counselor Ivy Alvayero announced the 2026 scholarships would go to four graduating teenagers who have meant so much to the publication.

The four $800 scholarship recipients include Kiley Barch (Boston College; psychology), Doris Canales (Suffolk Community College), Emma Gutierrez (Binghamton University; childhood education) and Katie Sorto Cabrera (St. John’s University).

Putting the yearbook together is a large undertaking. It runs several hundred pages and contains more than 2,000 photos that tell the story of the school year from start to finish. The quality of the publication has risen from decades ago as technology has advanced.

There’s always a need for writers, artists, photographers, technology whizzes, editors, proofreaders and a long list of other specialties. There’s also a need for advertisements, which help keep the price of the book affordable. Students who are savvy in social media are also being recruited to operate the yearbook club’s various platforms.

Interested in helping to create the 2027 yearbook? Send a message to Mrs. Casazza at ecasazza@hufsd.edu.

Yearbook club membership is open to any Huntington High School student. Members can join and work on the overall compilation of the volume or for a specific defined task.

The club seeks to:
1. Create a lasting piece of history in the form of the yearly edition of “The Huntingtonian”
2. Practice shared decision making, collaboration and communication
3. Engage in the process of collecting, curating and editing materials
4. Engage in leadership and outreach
5. Educate members about the digital platform used to develop the yearbook

Huntington’s School Heritage Museum includes copies of every high school yearbook published since 1928. (No yearbook was published in 1934 during the Great Depression.) Prior to that year, smaller sized pamphlets were issued annually. Those publications were more literary in nature, but did contain some recaps of events, clubs and sports teams. Those pamphlets are also in the School Heritage Museum’s collection.