A Tradition of Excellence at
Jack Abrams Intermediate School
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Color Run & Community Market Day Bring Students Together
The Woodhull Intermediate School and Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School communities came together last weekend for an unforgettable day of school spirit, wellness, service, and community connection during the annual Color Run and Community Market Day.
Jack Abrams School Hosts Inspiring Career Day for Students
Jack Abrams STEM Magnet School students recently had the opportunity to explore a wide variety of careers during the building’s annual Career Day event. Parents and family members volunteered their time to visit classrooms and share insights into their professions, helping students make meaningful connections between their education and future career possibilities.
Trustees Name Yenifer Mercado Principal of Jack Abrams School
Yenifer Mercado has been appointed to serve as principal of Jack Abrams School effective July 1. Huntington School Board members took the action during a public meeting this past Monday night.
Loving the Arts at Jack Abrams and Woodhull Schools
While April might be both long and cold, it is also the time for Youth Art Month and Music In Our Schools Month. These twin celebrations were created to highlight the importance of the arts in our lives and in our schools.
Important Information
About Jack Abrams Intermediate School
We Imagine. We Create. We Learn.
The Jack Abrams Intermediate School welcomes and respects all students and their families as members of the Huntington community of learners. It will prepare students for life-long learning by developing their confidence and abilities as learners and problem-solvers. The school is committed to the use of innovative, inquiry-based, student-centered, interdisciplinary methods that embraces creativity as expressed through multiple intelligences and multiculturalism.
Important Foundations
- Students, staff, families and the community deserve respect.
- Students can reach their full potential by maintaining consistently high academic expectations and by building their sense of responsibility for learning and caring for each other.
- Students should recognize that many problems have multiple solutions.
- Learning is an active process.
- Learning is most effective when it is real, purposeful, and useful to the student.
- Curricula should guide students in mastering key information, ideas and skills that are essential to the methodologies of the disciplines.
- Curricula should be rooted in discovery, the manipulation of ideas, and the integration of subjects.
- Schools prepare students for the future by teaching them how to successfully address present-day issues.
Jack Abrams Intermediate School Leadership
Yenifer Mercado
Principal
Yenifer Mercado has been principal of Jack Abrams Intermediate School since July 1, 2026. She had been serving as an assistant principal in Central Islip.
Ms. Mercado describes herself as a “dedicated, experienced and enthusiastic education professional.” She served as an assistant principal for three years. Prior to that she worked as a dual language teacher in Patchogue-Medford before being promoted to Humanities Chairperson for grades K-6 for two years.
Jack Abrams School’s principal obtained a BS degree at SUNY Old Westbury in childhood education 1-6 with a bilingual extension and a TESOL extension to her license at Dowling College. Ms. Mercado earned a MS degree in adolescence education-Spanish 7-12 at SUNY Old Westbury and an MA at Stony Brook University in educational leadership. She is studying at St. Peter’s University for a Doctor of Education degree in educational leadership.
Ms. Mercado identified her key skills as curriculum development, curriculum planning, data analysis and interpretation, relationship building, student-centered learning, communication, educational technology and change management.
Jack Abrams Intermediate School Videos and Galleries
Art and Fashion Show 2026
Huntington district students K-12 are celebrated as they display their creativity and artwork in the two day annual District Art and Fashion Show
Huntington Learners Who Lead
Intermediate students develop action plans to help serve and enhance their community
Bandfest 2026
Huntington UFSD’s 12th annual Band Fest was better than ever as hundreds of students spread across grades 4-12 participated in the district wide initiative.
Jack Abrams Intermediate School Galleries and Slideshows
2026-27 School Year
Our Partners in Excellence
