HFEE ACCOMPLISHMENT HIGHLIGHTS

·        A one-year pilot program in partnership with The Queens College Center for Environmental Teaching and Research at Caumsett State Park that within three years was officially funded by the school district as a permanent part of the primary school curriculum.

·        A National Shakespeare Company arts-in-education program for all ninth graders in 2000, which included class visits by professional actors, a staged performance of a Shakespearean play, and participation in a Youth Shakespeare Festival.

·        A listening center for the Southdown Intermediate School library.

·        AutoCad software to enhance architecture and design classes at Huntington HS.

·        Robotics equipment for the intermediate schools’ science departments.

·        A poetry-in-residence program for 1998 -’99 at Finley Middle School, at the request of the English Department, as a pilot program for possible adoption by the district.

·        A high-powered electron microscope and incubator to enable the high school science department to raise and study nematodes for genetics research.

·        Renovation of the Jefferson Primary School courtyard to incorporate environmental studies and a

weather station.

·        The establishment of a Field Trip Fund, a cash reserve for the district’s principals which enables all children—regardless of financial need—to participate in school-sponsored trips.

·        The establishment of a Greenkill Endowment Fund, which provides scholarships for students who cannot afford the full cost of participating in this top-ranked, hands-on environmental program that culminates the sixth-grade science curriculum.

·        A United Way link for individuals in corporate environments to designate money to both the Field Trip and Greenkill Funds (code #026811)

·        An inter-disciplinary arts-in-education program at the primary schools, called “Tales of Anasi, the Spider,” presented by the Grumbling Gryphons Theatre for Black History Month ’99.

·        An AIDS Awareness Program at Huntington High School.

·        An electronic projection system that allows teachers to display information generated by a desk- or laptop computer.

·        A multi-cultural Human Relations Day at Finley Middle School designed to increase tolerance in our multi-lingual, diverse community.

·        An elementary school artist-in-residence program in dance.

·        Re-establishment of the Huntington High School Alumni Association.

·        Designation of Huntington by the McGraw-Hill Companies as a pilot school district to help test innovative technology-based instructional programs.

·        Co-funded a stadium press box with a quality address system and space for viewing and videotaping field events.

·        Project Adventure, a self-esteem physical education program based on the well-known Outward Bound program, at Huntington High School.

·        Equipment for Finley’s annual Supreme Court Invitational Tournament.

·        A pilot amplification system in Flower Hill and Jefferson Primary Schools.

·        Family Literacy Night at Woodhull Early Childhood Center.

·        Math and language arts backpacks at Flower Hill Primary School.

·        A guided reading and writing program at Washington Primary School.