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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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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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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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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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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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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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