Hunter College High School

RECENT AMAZING HUNTER RESULTS!

2012-02-06T16:54:19Z

GIRLS WRESTLING
At the 2012 Mayors Cup High School Girls Wrestling Tournament, all six hunter girls placed (two division winners), and the team came in second!

SPELLING
Hunter students take 2nd and 3rd place at Manhattan Middle School spelling bee!

MATHCOUNTS
Hunter’s all-girl Middle School team (the “Hawkettes”) takes first place in Manhattan competition – on their way to States!

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Summer Programs and Opportunities in the Arts

2012-02-06T16:50:52Z

On Wednesday, February 8th during activities period, Hunter’s newly chartered chapter of NAHS (National Art Honor Society) will be facilitating an information sharing session about summer programs in visual arts, music and theater. The activity will be in the auditorium and will quickly break into smaller discipline-specific groups within the space.

We welcome all students who have participated in a class, camp, program or internship, either in the city or residential, to come and share their experiences. All students who are interested in hearing about summer opportunities from a student perspective are encouraged to attend. Questions? Contact Ms. Reifer at jreifer@hccs.hunter.cuny.edu

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Blair Anthony Dorner Basketball Tournament

2012-01-31T19:18:27Z

On Saturday, February 4th at 12 pm and Sunday, February 5 at 11am, HCHS will hold its 1st Annual Blair Anthony Dorner JV Basketball Tournament. This basketball tournament will serve as a way to commemorate Blair, who died tragically in a swimming accident in July 2011. All money raised from these efforts will go to Blair’s family. For full details regarding this Basketball tournament, please click on this link.

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Photography Project

2012-01-27T23:01:06Z

If you would like to be a part of this artistic endeavor, you are invited to attend a general interest and informational meeting on Thursday, February 2nd in room 320 during 9th period. Experienced photographers are encouraged to attend; novice photographers are welcomed! There will be many ways to be a part of this project: photographers, models, lighting crew, props and location scouts. As a member of this project, you will learn a great deal about photography and will be a part of a group that artistically defines a generation of Hunter. To see full details of this project, please click on this link.

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HCCS Spelling Bee Winners

2012-01-27T18:53:31Z

Congratulations to HCHS & HCES students for their performance at the 2012 Manhattan Borough Spelling Bee. Three students will be moving on to the citywide championship held in March at HCCS. Congratulations to Matthew Zucker (7th grade) who finished in 2nd place, Adam Bumas (8th grade) who finished in 3rd place, and Sam Brochin (6th grade) who finished in 7th place.

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A MESSAGE FROM THE G.O.

2012-01-25T18:49:10Z

The G.O. now has a blog that can be accessed via the Student Zone of our HS website. Visit “huntersgeneralorg.wordpress.com” to get in the know! The blog has helpful links such as the fundraiser calendar, club charter forms, and the entire club list, just to name a few. In addition, it has weekly notes on what went on in our most recent G.O. meeting. Currently, we are selling merchandise at a discounted price in order to make room for more wonderful merchandise! The prices are as follows: $15 White Long-sleeve shirt; $15 Gray Sweatpants; $20 Gray Sweatshirt. Come by the G.O. office (across from the auditorium on the 2nd floor) during Activities & 5th period to get in on this great deal!

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GEO BEE 2012 Winner

2012-01-24T13:00:20Z

Gabriel Vidal (Class of 2016) is our 2012 National Geographic Society Geography Bee champion. Gabriel triumphed on January 10th in our Finalist/Championship Round competitions. Gabriel sat last week for a 70 question Qualifying Examination that has been sent to the National Geographic Society in Washington to determine if he qualifies for the New York State Geography Bee held in Albany in March.

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Hunter Students Win Chamber Music Competitions

2012-01-24T12:57:09Z

The Arts Department would like to congratulate the following HCHS chamber music students who through a vigorous audition process have been selected by “The Chamber Music Society of Lincoln Center” to perform at Lincoln Center. The competitions were open to Jr. and Sr. High Schools throughout the tri state area. The three winning ensembles were coached by HCHS music teacher Michael Stratechuk and will each receive two additional coaching sessions from Chamber Music Society artists prior to their performances at Lincoln Center. To see a full list of award winners, click on this link.

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HCHS Model UN Award Winners

2012-01-24T12:10:23Z

The eleventh annual Columbia Model United Nations Conference and Exposition was held at Columbia University from January 12-15, 2012. A team of 10 students from Hunter’s Model United Nations attended the conference at Columbia University and each and every one of them distinguished themselves. To see a full list of award winners, click on this link.

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INTEL SEMIFINALISTS!

2012-01-13T14:07:08Z

Congratulations to Meena Boppana (Lattice Variant of the Sensitivity Conjecture) and Eric Mannes (Bounds on Monotone Switching Networks for the Matching Problem), two of 300 Intel Science Talent Search (Intel STS) 2012 Semifinalists from across the country!

From the semifinalists, 40 finalists will be chosen to attend the Intel Science Talent Institute in Washington, DC from March 8–13, 2012. The finalists will be announced January 25, 2012 and published in Science News. Good luck, Meena and Eric!

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Juniors & Seniors - HCHS Career Day Jan 18 4 - 7 pm

2012-01-11T17:37:26Z

Juniors and Seniors are invited to Hunter’s Career Day being held on January 18th, from 4-7 p.m. The evening will convene in the auditorium. Panelists will include friends, parents, and alumnae/i speaking about their professional experiences. Feel free to check out our website, https://sites.google.com/site/hchscareerday, for more information on the day’s events and speakers. We are hoping this event will become a tradition at Hunter, providing students with a network of professional mentors. We hope to see you there!

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Winter 2011 - Senior String Orchestra

2012-01-03T14:26:28Z

Click on the Play button on the image thumbnail to listen to the HCHS Winter 2011 Concert featuring the Senior String Orchestra.

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Debut of Math Talks Website

2011-12-22T14:42:59Z

The purpose of this series of Math Talks, initiated in the Spring of 2011 by Dr. Tony Fisher, HCHS Principal, and Dr. Ada Peluso, former Chair of the Department of Mathematics and Statistics at Hunter College, is to widen our students’ mathematical horizons and establish direct connections between HCHS students and leading researchers in various fields of theoretical and applied mathematics. The new Math Talks at HCHS website will provide the school community to see past and future talks on various math topics. To view the website, click on this link: Math Talks at HCHS Website

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Hunter College High School Math Teacher Honored

2011-11-28T19:02:43Z

Each year, the Fund for the City of New York, along with the Alfred P. Sloan Foundation, awards seven teachers in New York City Public High Schools for Excellence in Teaching Science and Mathematics “who achieve superb results and inspire young people to pursue careers in science and mathematics.” One of this year’s winners, is Hunter’s Eliza Kuberska of the Math Department. For more information on this award, see the links below:
Fund for the City of New York - 2011 Winner Vignette
Digital Network Associates - Manhattan Local News Article

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7th & 8th Grade Book Swap Dec 5-23

2011-11-22T19:45:45Z

Beginning Monday, December 5th, students in the 7th & 8th grades can bring in grade-appropriate, gently used books to the Library. The collection of books will run through Friday, December 23rd. On Monday, December 19th, students who donated books can come back to the Library to select books of interest to take with them. For more details, click here to view the Book Swap 2011 Flyer.

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