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Junior Danna Garcia Eyes Career in Forensic Science
The Huntington High School band’s historian has loved music for as long as she can remember. Danna Garcia is a bright, creative and motivated young woman who is working hard. She’s currently a big part of the Blue Devil marching band, helping the group capture first place in a competition at Brentwood last weekend.
Junior Jolie Weinschreider Commits to Rutgers University
Jolie Weinschreider has become indispensable to the success of the Huntington Blue Devil girls’ lacrosse team and her coaches and teammates believes it’s only a matter of time before she does the same thing at Rutgers University, where she has verbally committed to play on the NCAA Division I women’s lacrosse team.
Debate Club Organizes at Huntington High School
The Huntington High School debate club is busy organizing itself for the new school year. This is ideal organization for students who love to verbally joust and who have done their homework and can back up their views with solid facts. You have to think quickly on your feet to be successful in this group.
Teacher Camille Tedeschi Enjoys Summer Travels
Teachers typically use the summer vacation to recharge their proverbial batteries, take courses and seek out experiences to improve their classroom craft. For many years, Huntington High School social studies teacher Camille Tedeschi has been traveling the world whenever she can during every stretch of time off from work.
HHS Newspaper Club Welcomes Writers, Photographers, Cartoonists
Huntington High School’s student led newspaper is gearing up for what editors, writers, photographers and faculty advisors anticipate is going to be a great year. The Dispatch is published quarterly with a special edition issued for graduation in June.
Huntington Key Club Chapter Ready for Community Service
Huntington High School’s Key Club chapter is one of Long Island’s oldest and most active. More than 100 students are expected to participate in the organization’s activities this year. The group is led by eight enthusiastic club veterans.
Busy Summer Sets Stage for Emma Polinsky’s Junior Year
It was a busy, but fun summer vacation for Emma Polinsky. The Huntington High School junior always makes good use of her time, pursuing activities that help her grow in every possible way.
HHS Student Government Officers Ready to Serve
Huntington High School student government officers are ready to their part in making 2024/25 a great school year for everyone in the building. The group is committed to serving their fellow students and they are working hard already on a variety of special events.
Trustees Appoint HHS Club Faculty Advisors
The Huntington High School Varsity Club’s executive board is comprised of athletes on every grade level that have been suggested by Blue Devil coaching staff members. The leaders welcome the opinions and feedback of all junior varsity and varsity athletes about their experience and the specific needs of their respective teams and programs.
Varsity Club Officers Welcome Athletes’ Opinions
The Huntington High School Varsity Club’s executive board is comprised of athletes on every grade level that have been suggested by Blue Devil coaching staff members. The leaders welcome the opinions and feedback of all junior varsity and varsity athletes about their experience and the specific needs of their respective teams and programs.
Huntington High School Faculty Gathers
The Huntington High School faculty gathered together on Wednesday for the first time in more than two months. The theme of the meeting was “educating with equity, empathy and excellence.”
Seminar Program Proves Useful for Incoming Freshmen
This year’s seminar program for incoming ninth graders at Huntington High School provided three days of valuable activities. The 14th annual initiative’s goal was to provide students with tools essential to their transition into the building.
H-ton Habitat for Humanity Ready to Make a Difference
Soon after being hired by the Huntington UFSD to work as a dean of students at Huntington High School in 2003, Robert Gilmor III took the necessary steps to establish a Habitat for Humanity chapter.
New World Club Presents Scholarships
Huntington High School’s New World Club presented 15 scholarships to graduating seniors during a ceremony in the school auditorium.
Huntington High School Freshman Orientation Set
Incoming Huntington High School freshmen and their parents will participate in an orientation program at the school on Monday, August 26. The program will begin with introductory remarks in the auditorium at 9:30 a.m. by new Principal Rochelle Brown and Assistant Principals Gamal Smith and Patricia Avelli.
Rochelle Brown Named Huntington High School Principal
Rochelle C. Brown has been appointed as Huntington High School’s new principal. She succeeds longtime building leader Brenden Cusack, who was appointed assistant superintendent for curriculum and instruction earlier this summer.
H-ton Sophomore Wins Federal Court Institute Honors
Huntington sophomore Alexandra Boeckmann is quickly developing into one of the high school’s brightest stars. The teenager recently completed the Eastern District of New York Justice Institute at which her three man team won the mock trial competition and she captured the “Top Gun Award for Best Lawyer Overall Performance.”
Huntington High School’s Class of 2024 Graduates
Few communities can match the love that Huntington has for its kids, that was evident last Friday night as a crowd in excess of 2,500 turned out for Huntington High School’s 163rd commencement exercises.
HHS Student Government Officers Set for New Year
Grey Hodgkinson loves animals so the Wilson Tech-Manor Plains campus half-day veterinary medical assisting program fits the interests of the Huntington High School junior perfectly.
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About Huntington High School
Huntington Pride
The staff members at Huntington High School pride themselves in providing a challenging academic environment as well as opportunities for leadership, citizenship and service. The instructional programs address all levels of performance. The school offers a large selection of Advanced Placement courses in all disciplines.
Rich Curriculum
The foreign language program in French, Italian, Latin and Spanish offers advanced, honors and AP level courses with an option to acquire college credits. The academic support services provided at the high school are specific and focused. Numerous extra help programs are offered by teachers both before and after school. Walk in tutoring is available in all major subjects during all lunch periods.
Special Education programs range from teacher consultant models to life skills. The high school offers both ENL and bilingual classes (math and science) to ELL students. In addition, there is an after school alternative program provided to support those students who need to make-up credits.
Extras and Special Interests
Arts, music and physical education programs are among the best and most competitive in the country. Students choose from an extensive and creative list of electives and are afforded the opportunity to join over 40 student activities. Career exploration is provided through a well-delineated internship program that allows all 11th and 12th grade students to pursue special interests. Active student groups focus on community services that teach compassion, empathy, and social responsibility.
Creativity
The honor societies combine academic excellence with the responsibility to share talents and skills with other students throughout the district who need support in specific content areas. Drama productions provide a showcase for the magnificent talent of gifted students, exceptional staff and a stage crew that is organized, creative and efficient. The school newspaper, The Dispatch, shares provocative and insightful ideas.
Onwards and Upwards
The guidance department and the college counseling center provide students and their families with information intended to aid them in making the best possible course choices. Each year Huntington seniors are accepted by the most competitive colleges and universities in the country including Yale, Cornell, Harvard, the U.S. Naval Academy, Dartmouth, University of Pennsylvania, Duke, Fordham, Columbia, Lehigh, Tufts, Vanderbilt and many others. Huntington prides itself in assisting students to gain acceptance to the college that can best meet their needs and interests.
Tradition of Excellence
Through the monthly Pride Award program, teachers nominate and recognize a large number of students who are working diligently to improve their academic performance. It is through the efforts of dedicated teachers, staff members and devoted parents that the school is able to provide a challenging and supportive environment for all students.
Huntington High School’s tradition of excellence and social responsibility will continue to provide the foundation from which the community’s youth will draw strength and inspiration.
Huntington High School Leadership
Rochelle C. Brown
Principal
Rochelle C. Brown has been Huntington High School’s principal since August 2024. She came to the district after serving as Uniondale High School’s assistant principal for the past three years. Prior to that she was an assistant principal at Roosevelt High School for nearly three years. She began her career as a science teacher in Queens.
Ms. Brown holds a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Spanish having earned both at City College of New York. She obtained a Master of Science in Education degree at Pace University and studied for her administrative certification at The College of St. Rose.
Ms. Brown has also served as an attendance teacher, dean of safety and student culture and lead science teacher. She taught science on 6-8 grade level, including Living Environment and Earth Science Regents along with honors science.
Fluent in written and spoken Spanish, Ms. Brown began her administrative career at Northside Charter High School in Brooklyn where she supervised the science and guidance departments along with the deans and security personnel.
At Roosevelt, Ms. Brown created the high school’s master schedule for more than 1,000 students, supervised social studies, ENL, world language, music, chemistry, geometry and family and consumer science teachers as well as the Advanced Placement program. She managed the building’s website and Twitter page.
At Uniondale, Ms. Brown oversaw the science, guidance, speech and multi-media specialist departments, was the testing coordinator for Regents, state field tests and the PSAT and chaired the scholarship committee.
Ms. Brown maintains memberships in the National Association of Secondary School Principals and the School Administrators Association of New York.
Gamal Smith
Assistant Principal
Gamal Smith has been an assistant principal at Huntington High School since July 2015. Mr. Smith obtained a Bachelor of Science degree in biology and pre-med studies at Clarkson University in Potsdam, New York, where he also played on the varsity basketball team for four years. He earned a Master of Science degree at Mercy College in the Bronx and studied for his state administrative certification at Touro College in Manhattan.
Prior to joining Huntington’s administrative ranks, Mr. Smith worked as a teacher and lab instructor at Richmond Hill High School and John Adams High School, where he also served as dean of students. He was assistant principal at John W. Dodd Middle School in Freeport, dean of students/discipline at Brooklyn Lab School, assistant principal and science department chairman at Dr. Richard Izquierdo Health & Science Charter School in the Bronx, assistant principal at PS 212 in the Bronx and dean of students and a science teacher at PS 254 in the Bronx. He was also principal of Nassau BOCES PATH (Positive Alternative Twilight High School) for a year.
Mr. Smith has worked for several years as the assistant principal and principal of the Western Suffolk BOCES summer school program.
Over the years Mr. Smith has helped spearhead many initiatives at schools where he has worked, including Saturday, after school, extended day and early college awareness programs and science fairs and expos.
Patricia Avelli
Assistant Principal
Patricia Avelli was appointed assistant principal at Huntington High School effective February 5, 2024.
Ms. Avelli has taught mathematics at Huntington High School since September 2011. She obtained undergraduate and graduate degrees at Adelphi University in May 2006 and May 2007, respectively. She studied for her state administrative certification at Stony Brook University.
The educator has taught a variety of courses at the high school, including Beacon pre-calculus, pre-calculus honors, intermediate algebra inclusion, financial algebra, Common Core algebra and AIS, Common Core algebra inclusion, pre-calculus BC honors, intergraded algebra and AIS and algebra II honors.
Named a Distinguished Teacher in 2022, Ms. Avelli served as the Class of 2022 faculty advisor. She has been the National Honor Society advisor since 2017. The classroom veteran was previously the Math Honor Society advisor from 2014-2017.
While studying for her state administrative certification, Ms. Avelli interned with Huntington High School Principal Brenden Cusack. She has mentored new teachers, served on grading, scholarship and interview committees and was a member of the high school’s Leadership Team and Shared Decision Making Committee.
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