Hunter College High School

HCHS Science Research Symposium

2012-05-14T20:24:07Z

For details regarding the 2nd Annual HCHS Science Research Symposium on Wednesday, May 16 at 6 pm in the Auditorium, please click on this link: Research Symposium 2012 Flyer

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Congrats from Social Studies Dept

2012-05-04T12:58:21Z

The Social Studies Department congratulates members of the Euro Challenge team and their advisor Angela Sheldon on winning 2nd place in the Euro Challenge competition. The following members will share a $5,000.00 cash prize and a trip to Washington DC where they will meet with the IMF and the European Union Delegation to the United States: Leo Elliot, Lucas Deysine, Tian Weinberg, Alex Geisler, Duncan Kimmel, Fandi Tang, Yoni Nachmany, Eric Blohm.

The Social Studies Department congratulates members of the History Bowl Team on winning the National History Bowl Championship in Washington DC in competition with 140 high school teams. Congratulations to Richard Yu who took second place in the individual History Bee. Team members: Richard Yu, York Chen, Paul Maschetti, and Zihan Zheng. David Xu was there to support the team and he served as a reader during the competition.

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NYC Science & Engineering Fair Winners

2012-04-19T12:22:29Z

Congratulations to the following New York City Science and Engineering Fair Winners:
Andre Arslan ( Computer Science ) ISEF Finalist/NYCSEF First Award/ Yale Science and Engineering Association; Anna Blech ( Microbiology ) NYCSEF First Award; Olivia Briffault ( Medicine & Health Sciences ) NYCSEF First Award; Kalia Firester ( Plant Sciences ) ISEF Finalist - First Alternate/ NYCSEF First Award; Priscilla Guo ( Animal Sciences)/NYCSEF Second Award; Cheyenne Hua ( Mathematical Science) NYCSEF Third Award; Ada Huang ( Earth & Planetary Sciences ) US Metric Association; Eric Mannes ( Mathematical Science )/ NYCSEF Second Award; Maxine McGredy ( Medicine & Health Sciences )/ NYCSEF Second Award; Chen Wei ( Cellular & Molecular Biology )/ NYCSEF First Award

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NY Section of Chemagination Winners

2012-04-19T12:08:50Z

Three Hunter College High School teams of tenth graders competed at the New York Section of Chemagination at St. John’s University on Saturday, March 31. Analise Rhode, Isabel Udo, and Miru Osuga won first place in the Alternative Energy category with an article about how anaerobic digestion could be used as an alternative energy source. Mira Nagarajan and Fandi Tang won first place in the New Material category with an article about how Polyisoprene potential for use in contraception. Sophia Siu, Purva Vaidya, and Stephen Leong competed in the Health/Medicine category with an article about the use of shuttle molecules in breaching the blood-brain barrier. Our 2 first-place teams now have the chance to go to the Regional competition at the University of Maryland in Baltimore that takes place on Saturday 6/2. For the full story and details of this news article, please click on this link.

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Congrats from Science Dept

2012-04-03T13:32:51Z

Congratulations to Lily Chen and Willie Chen on earning qualifying scores on the Regional Chemistry Olympiad. Their scores qualified them to take the National Chemistry Olympiad on April 22nd where they will be competing to earn one of the 20 spots in training camp for the National Team to represent America at the International Chemistry Olympiad.

Congratulations to Chen Wei and Lily Chen, who have reached the semifinals in the Biology Olympiad for 2012. If they are successful in the next round of testing, they will move into national competition. The Biology Olympiad competition is offered each year for aspiring Biology Students.

Congratulations to Aaron Landesman, Andre Arslan, Lily Chen, and Jenny Nitishinskaya, who are semifinalists in the United States Physics Olympiad competition. They have taken the test to qualify for the United States national team.

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Congrats from Social Studies Dept

2012-04-03T13:22:44Z

History Day Competition Winners:
Charlie Bardey: First Prize for his research paper “Lights, Camera, and the Future of America; The Culture War Surrounding the Reformation of the Nickelodeom in Turn of the Century NY” (Teacher/Advisor: Satinder Jawanda); Olivia Briffault: Second Prize for her research paper “Reforms in the New York Garment Industry” (Teacher/Advisor: David Joffe).

Hunter Model United Nations Society Winners:
Martha Jachimski: Award of Distinction at the Council of the European Union; Ella Cheng: Award of Excellence at the Committee on the Rights of the Child Ilana Kaufman, Yu Jin Jung, Emma Smith and Nina Jaffe-Geffner: Plenary Speakers Delegation Award of Merit for Hunter College High School. (Advisors: Satinder Jawanda and Angela Sheldon).

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Students Qualify for NYC Science and Engineering Fair Finals

2012-03-13T17:27:58Z

Nine of our students have advanced to the New York City Science and Engineering Fair Finals, which will be held on Tuesday, March 27th at the Museum of Natural History. The students will be competing for a spot at the International Science and Engineering Fair. We wish them luck in the finals! For the full story and details of this news article, please click on this link.

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HCHS RoHawks win 2012 First Robotics Competition

2012-03-13T16:55:00Z

Under the mentorship of AllianceBernstein and with the generous sponsorship of the HCHS Alumni Association and the HCHS PTA, students designed and built a robot that shoots basketballs autonomously and can be driven remotely. The RoHawk drive team entered the quarterfinals ranked 14 of 62. With the tournament’s highest category total in “Bridge Points” (110), we went into the Alliance Selection Process in the first alternate position. The HCHS Team 3419 won a berth to the National Competition in St. Louis, MO in late April. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Hl6Dwx9pYWw

Please join us at the NYC Regional FRC Rebound Rumble held at the Jacob Javits Convention Center (655 West 34th Street) this weekend, Saturday and Sunday from March 16-18th each day from 9am-6:30pm. The event is free and open to the public, please come support us! (And you’ll be supporting the HCCS Middle School First Lego League (FLL) program which will compete there too.)For the full story and coverage of this news article, please click on this link.

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Regional Science Bowl

2012-03-06T16:03:54Z

Two middle school teams, accompanied by Mr. Asumana Randolph and Dr. Mrinalni Sharma, attended the Regional Science Bowl competition located at the Brookhaven National Science Laboratory, competing with 20 other teams. One team, consisting of Melanie Kuhl, Alison Zhao, Daniel Glus, Lance Mordent, and Simon Ma, placed fourth.

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Hunter Quiz Bowl Wins Texas Invitational

2012-03-04T22:00:16Z

With the help of a generous grant from the PTA, Hunter Quiz Bowl was able to attend the Texas Invitational in Houston, TX during Presidents Week break. With 6 of the top 10 teams in the nation competing, Hunter won the first event after beating Bellarmine Prep in two consecutive matches. Bellarmine won the second event of the weekend, and with it the top ranking. Hunter is ranked second in the nation, and will travel to St Louis to compete in the national championship in June.

Hunter Quiz Bowl meets during Wednesday activities and also on Tuesday,Thursday, and Friday from 3:30 - 5pm in room 416. Our house-written tournament, Prison Bowl, has once again received Platinum Certification by the Partnership for Academic Competition Excellence.

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NYSSMA

2012-02-12T20:18:32Z

All students interested in applying for NYSSMA must see Ms. Pomerantz in room 213 for information about the registration process by Friday, February 17th. Deadline for complete registration, including full payment, is March 16th. Please make checks to HCHS (Art and Music Department). Indicate student name, instrument/level and NYSSMA on check. Parents with specific MUSIC related questions - contact Mr Stratechuk or Mr Batson.

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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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