Huntington High School juniors Emely Herrera Rivas and Heileen Torres and senior Gabriela Amaya are exceptional young woman. The trio recently completed their third full day of preparatory sessions and training for this year’s Angelo Del Toro Puerto Rican/Hispanic Youth Leadership Institute in Albany.

Diverse student interests are enhancing life around Huntington High School as classmates encourage and motivate one another to strive to achieve their goals while reaching for their dreams.

Huntington High School is always striving to get students to reflect on their future and to plan accordingly. Consistent with this, school counselor Ivy Alvayero hosted a career spotlight on engineering in the School Heritage Museum.

A committee of student leaders is helping to guide the work of Huntington High School’s Positive Behavioral Interventions and Supports team.

Huntington High School students have a variety of personal and career interests that run the gamut of possibilities. A sampling of recent Science Honor Society inductees proves the point.

Huntington High School’s Afro-Caribbean Heritage Club is focused on both culture and history as the organization looks forward to the future.

Claire Parks has embraced working hard, community service, personal growth and enjoyable activities as she goes about her junior year at Huntington High School. The teenager recently completed a more than two month long internship program at worldwide defense giant BAE Systems’ facility in Greenlawn.

Huntington High School Grandfriends club members visited Sunrise Assisted Living in South Huntington for some old-fashioned caroling and to spread holiday cheer.

Huntington High School students caught the spirit of the season late last week when more than 300 teenagers spent hours after school decorating first and second floor hallways to help create a festive holiday atmosphere.

Huntington High School junior Claire Parks graduated earlier this week from BAE Systems’ Women in Technology program, gaining valuable hands-on experience at the global defense and aerospace company, which employs a workforce of more than 100,000 in over 40 countries.

Nina Fascilla has a knack for making the Huntington High School community proud. The senior has been selected as a delegate to the United States Youth Senate through a rigorous application and interview process. She will represent New York as one of just two students chosen in the state.

The Nathan Hale chapter of the National Honor Society at Huntington High School inducted more than five dozen new members this week in the auditorium. The ceremony marked the 71st annual induction in the organization’s history.

The Women’s Empowerment Club at Huntington High School is constantly evolving. Faculty advisor Sara Guagliano is in her fourth year of guiding the organization and she has centered its mission around four “pillars of empowerment.”

The Huntington High School Grandfriends and Key Club collaborated on a Thanksgiving food drive to benefit the hungry among the community’s senior citizens.

Huntington High School’s Esports Gaming Club is up and running and in the preliminary stages of recruiting members. Esports is the popular name given to electronic sports, which involve competitive video game competitions. Organized high school and college teams are becoming increasingly common across the country.

The Huntington High School Grandfriends club is all about making memories. The teenagers who comprise the organization’s members succeeded on every level in making their Halloween visit to the Sunrise of Huntington assisted living facility in South Huntington a time to remember for everyone.

Huntington High School celebrated students with perfect attendance at an early morning breakfast in the cafeteria late last week. Honorees were called up to the front one by one by Principal Rochelle C. Brown and Assistant Principal Trish Avelli presented each of them with a certificate and pin.

The first issue of the 60th year of Huntington High School’s student newspaper is now in print. The Dispatch’s fall issue is available for free.

Huntington High School’s Environmental Club is working hard to make the school, community and world a cleaner and greener place.

Huntington High School’s A World of Difference club members and faculty advisors traveled to Woodhull Intermediate School to present training workshops for fifth graders in the building.

Kiera McGuire is one of Huntington’s best. The junior was recently inducted into high school’s National Science Honor Society chapter, but that barely scratches the surface of her interests and accomplishments.

The New York State Seal of Civic Readiness is a special designation placed on the high school diplomas and transcripts for graduating seniors who qualify for the recognition. Huntington High School seniors are invited to work toward earning this special distinction.

The Huntington High School Yearbook Club is busy working on a yearbook that will capture the unforgettable moments of the 2024/25 school year.

Introducing Huntington High School’s Blue Market & Bluetique. The initiative is a community-driven effort to provide essential resources to students, helping ensure they have the support they need to succeed in school.

United Amigos has a history of making a difference in the lives of its members and those in the local and greater Long Island community that the Huntington High School club reaches out to when it sees a need that it can help address.

Interest continues to run high in Huntington High School’s New World Club, which has welcomed new members excited to participate in the group’s mission. The organization assists students who are new to the country in adjusting to Huntington High School and navigating other lifestyle changes through mentorship.

Huntington High School’s Social Justice Ambassadors club members traveled to the Shea Theater on the Ammerman campus of Suffolk County Community College in Selden to hear motivational speaker Ken Nwadike share a message that is more important than ever.

Hundreds of Huntington High School students experienced a real treat; a series of professional theatrical performances by Stages on the Sound of “The Legend of Sleepy Hollow.”

As America prepares to go to the polls on Tuesday, November 5, the Huntington High School social studies department will hold an “enlightening forum” in the high school cafeteria on Wednesday, October 30 from 7-8 p.m.

Parents of students attending private schools as well as the students themselves along with local real estate agents and other community members have been invited to attend an open house program at Huntington High School on Thursday, November 7 at 11 a.m.

A profile of Huntington High School and the Class of 2025 is now available for viewing and downloading on the Huntington School District’s website at www.hufsd.edu.

The Huntington High School community rallied last week for those who desperately need blood and related products by donating 51 pints of blood during a drive organized by the Key Club.

Now in its second year, the Huntington High School chess club is making moves, offering students a fun and challenging environment to engage with the timeless game.

Mabelin Maldonado is all-in all-the-time for Huntington. The high school junior is thriving as she goes about taking classes of personal interest, running on the Blue Devil varsity cross country team and participating in the after school club program, including serving as president of the Habitat for Humanity chapter.

The College Board has named Huntington High School to the AP School Honor Roll. Huntington was awarded Silver recognition for having exceeded various student metrics associated with Advanced Placement courses and exams.

This year’s Homecoming Day parade float competition added both flavor and color to this year’s festivities at Huntington High School. The four floats helped make the day a memorable one for students.

They’re gearing up to keep making a difference in the community and around the world. Huntington High School’s Interact Club is organizing for the 2024/25 school year, recruiting new members to pursue an extensive set of goals.

Memorable Homecoming Day festivities played out under cloudy and sometimes rainy skies at Huntington High School last Saturday as the community came together in a remarkable display of unity.

The crowning of the king and queen is one of the highlights of any Homecoming Day celebration. Huntington High School decided to introduce the royal court at last Friday afternoon’s pep rally at Blue Devil Stadium before Principal Rochelle Brown and Superintendent Beth McCoy crowned Iverson Menjivar and Lauren Donaghy as Homecoming 2024;s king and queen.