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Congratulations to Hills East's Brooke Broder on receiving the highest honor in the New York State PTA Reflections competition, the Award of Excellence, for her photo collage, "Cool the Flame."

Congratulations to our students in Girl Scout Troop 153 who were awarded the Girl Scout Bronze Award for the recycling program they brought to Otsego Elementary School!

Congratulations to Hills East's Amir Estejab, Kevin Hoxha, Chase Keskinyan, Dylan Keskinyan, Niyanth Ponnusamy, Daniel Salkinder and Suraj Sharma on competing in this year's American Invitational Mathematics Exam (AIME).

Ms. Gucciardo’s 1st grade class at Sunquam had fun learning how to use chopsticks while visiting "Japan" during Sunquam’s Virtual Multicultural Week.

Students working with Mr. Regini at West Hollow were recently featured in an article in the MagPi Magazine for their development of their "Kay-Berlin Food Computer", a coded garden automation system.

Congratulations to Hills East's Jacob Leshnower on winning 1st place in the Senior Individual Performance category at the Long Island History Day Regional Competition!

The Half Hollow Hills Central School District has been honored with the Best Communities for Music Education designation from The NAMM Foundation for its outstanding commitment to music education. Now in its 22nd year, the Best Communities for Music Education designation is awarded to districts that demonstrate outstanding achievement in efforts to provide music access and education to all students. This is the 11th year the district has been selected for this impressive distinction.
Candlewood hosted another successful Beautiful Me workshop series with their 6th grade girls!

Congratulations to Hills West's Isabella Musacchia, Samantha Krinick, Julia Desimone and Melissa Sinon, and Hills East's Madeline Marcus, Jillian Martin, Samantha Rosenberg and Jenn Sachs on having their artwork exhibited at the Go Ape Advanced Placement Art Exhibition.

Vanderbilt recently hosted their annual drive to benefit local animals in need. The students, staff and families donated items such as bags of food, collars, water bowls, blankets and dog and cat toys.

Congratulations to Hills West science research students Benjamin Alexander and Ryan Dang, and Shreya Kannan, Marlene McKinney and Bethany Siegel on winning honorable mention in the national ExploraVision competition.

Otsego 3rd graders in Ms. Baptiste's class created awards to recognize some of Otsego's changemakers, which included administrators, custodians, security guards, lunch monitors and the school nurse. They are thankful to all members of the Otsego community for working together to keep everyone healthy, happy and safe!

Congratulations to our Science Research students from Hills West who won or placed at the 2021 local American Chemical Society Chemagination Competition!

Student artists from Signal Hill have been working with their art teacher Mrs. Jackson on special projects for Black History Month and Women’s History Month.
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2019-2020 All-State Musicians
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New York State Master Teachers
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Finalists in the 2020 International Science and Engineering Fair
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