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