The New York State Music Association has made its selection of students who will participate in the 2024 NYSSMA Conference All-State music groups, and the Half Hollow Hills Central School District is very proud to count 17 of its students as All-State musicians chosen to take part in this year’s Winter Conference. Five student musicians from the district were selected as alternates and may be chosen to fill any openings in the performances.

Since 2007, the Long Island Arts Alliance’s Scholar-Artist Awards program has recognized students judged to be “the best of the best” on Long Island in both academics and in the arts. This year, Half Hollow Hills is proud to announce that three students were selected as Scholar-Artists and one additional student was selected to receive an Award of Merit.

Half Hollow Hills High School East's Victoria Lin was selected as a Scholar-Artist in Media Arts and Kerry Yeung was selected as a Scholar-Artist in Visual Arts, while Half Hollow Hills High School West’s Maia Schaider was selected as a Scholar-Artist in Visual Arts and Ainsley Waite received an Award of Merit in Dance.

Half Hollow Hills is very proud of our seven students who have been named semifinalists in the prestigious 2025 National Merit Scholarship Program academic competition: Hills West's Arjun Airen and Zachary Harel, and Hills East's Noah Berlin, Victoria Geller, Tea Shouldice, Makiko Stravato and Julia Zinkin! Semifinalists are among the highest-scoring entrants on the PSAT in their state and are invited to apply for a National Merit Scholarship.

In partnership with our PTA units, the Half Hollow Hills elementary schools hosted their annual picnics welcoming back students and families for a fun-filled start to the new school year! From great food to even better company, it was the perfect way to kick things off.

We're thrilled to welcome our students back for an amazing 2024-2025 school year! Here's to a fun, safe and successful journey ahead. 

Congratulations to our employees recognized at Superintendent's Conference Day who have reached the 25-year milestone in their career at Half Hollow Hills!

Our newest students in the Half Hollow Hills Class of 2037 had a great time visiting their elementary schools for Kindergarten Orientation, where they met their teachers and got acclimated with their buildings.

The head cooks from all of our buildings recently engaged in a summer professional development program with representatives from The Teaching Kitchen, where they learned different ways to serve fresh, healthy and local food without raising costs.

Half Hollow Hills welcomed back all of its faculty and staff for the 2024-2025 Superintendent's Conference Day, where everyone got prepared and excited for the new school year!

117 of our elementary teachers and administrators completed the Science of Reading microcredential program offered by SUNY New Paltz.

The Rising Stars Academy held their annual kick-off activities this week for their new 6th grade class, including ice-breaking and team-building activities to get to know one another, activities to get to know their new school buildings better, a mindfulness program, an orienteering activity at Hills West, and conversations about character and goal setting.

Incoming freshman at Hills East and West were welcomed into their buildings this week for their 9th grade orientation programs.

Incoming 6th graders and their families were welcomed at Candlewood and West Hollow middle schools for their new student open houses.

Please join us in giving a warm welcome to the new teachers who are becoming part of the Half Hollow Hills faculty this year!

Wishing the best to our 785 high school student-athletes who registered for athletics as they start their tryouts for our fall 2024-2025 sports. Best of luck!

Administrators in Half Hollow Hills have been busy getting ready for the 2024-2025 school year by participating in professional development sessions at their Leadership Retreat that included training on how to identify, understand and respond to signs of mental health and substance use challenges among children and adolescents, as well as learning about the indicators of abuse and how to promote resilience.

The Half Hollow Hills Central School District is proud to announce the appointment of two new principals to their school buildings. Candlewood Middle School welcomes Mr. Matthew Mayo as the new principal and Paumanok Elementary School welcomes Mr. Steven Vitolano as the new principal. The selections were made from a rich pool of highly qualified candidates who represented a mix of internal applicants and new faces to the district.

Congratulations to Hills Boys Lacrosse players Anthony Raio and Joseph Filardi on being selected by USA Lacrosse as 2024 High School Boys' All-Americans!

Students from our five elementary schools have come together to form an inviting and productive learning environment at summer school, while also having fun working together on reinforcing reading, writing and math skills.

Congratulations to Hills East Senior Naomi Myers for earning runner-up in the NY Times 7th Annual Student Podcast competition!

Congratulations to Hills Softball player Mikaila Correa on receiving a $1,000 scholarship from the Township of Huntington Softball Hall of Fame and being named their Softball Player of the Year!

At last night's Board of Education meeting, Diana Acampora was re-elected as President of the Board and Stephanie Gurin was re-elected as Vice President. Our two re-elected board trustees, Stephanie Gurin and Adam Kleinberg, were sworn in for their terms

Our probationary teachers in Half Hollow Hills have been engaging in summer workshops to help them further enhance their teaching skills and knowledge.

Congratulations to Hills East's Téa Shouldice on winning first place in the country in United States Extemporaneous speech at the National Speech and Debate Championship in Des Moines, Iowa!

Congratulations to Hills Boys Badminton player Rajveer Gujral on being selected by Newsday as a member of their All-Long Island boys badminton team and Newsday Player of the Year for 2024!