Art students at Hills East participated in the Art Department’s annual Arts Advocacy Day by creating a "domino effect" installation where each student decorated a domino and added it to a structure that they knocked down at the end of the school day.

Sunquam held its annual Heart of Gold Fundraiser in September to support Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month and Whip Pediatric Cancer, a non-profit started by Sunquam alumna Jordan Belous.

Students and staff members across the district wore Gold yesterday in support of Pediatric Cancer Awareness Month!

Congratulations to our Half Hollow Hills Board of Education Vice President Stephanie Gurin on being appointed to N-SSBA’s Executive Committee (Nassau-Suffolk School Boards Association)!

The new Half Hollow Hills 2022-2023 Annual Report for last school year is now available!

Click here to view the report.

Congratulations to our National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students from Hills West, recognized for their exceptional academic promise in the 2024 competition!

Congratulations to our National Merit Scholarship Program Commended Students from Hills East, recognized for their exceptional academic promise in the 2024 competition!

Niche.com's 2024 rankings recognize Half Hollow Hills as having some of the best schools in our county, state and country! Our district is ranked #1 in Suffolk County, #5 in New York State, and #14 out of almost 11,000 districts in the entire country!

The Hills West students and community had a great time at their Homecoming pep rally and football game!

West Hollow students had an amazing afternoon at their Back to School Social. They enjoyed hanging out with new and old friends, playing games and of course having some snacks provided by the PTA! Wolverines ROAR!

Congratulations to the Hills East, Hills West and West Hollow students selected as SCMEA All-County Jazz musicians at the advanced and intermediate levels!

There was something for everyone at "The Hangout," the first event of the year at Candlewood. Students were able to play Kan Jam, four square, or basketball in the gym, visit the PTA refreshment stand in the cafeteria, and of course, hang out with friends!

Congratulations to Hills East's Preet Anand and Courtney Goldenberg and 2023 HSE graduate Shaheer Khan for earning perfect scores on college-level Advanced Placement® (AP®) Exams in the spring of 2023.

Congratulations to our Hills West and Hills East students selected as All-State musicians to represent our district at the 2023 NYSSMA Conference in Rochester, NY!

Congratulations to our Hills East students designated as College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholars (Alicia Madjido, Ebube Mbaukwu & Justin Rimpel) and College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars (Aiden Agulto, Alicia Madjido, Eric Maestre, Isabella Fontalvo & Sophia Gomerman)!

Congratulations to our Hills West students designated as College Board National African American Recognition Program Scholars (Amir Truman, Brett Dalia, Ciara Brown, Emilie Grand-Pierre, Jude Stiell, Leila Sherard, & Nia Derodel), College Board National Hispanic Recognition Program Scholars (Demitra Stavrinides, Emilie Grand-Pierre, Isabella Williams, Kyle Wisnieski, & Nadia Ahmed), and College Board National Indigenous Recognition Program Scholar (Sophia Mazz)!

Hills East students, staff and families had a great time celebrating their Homecoming with the pep rally, festivities and football game!

Parents of 6th graders had a wonderful time at West Hollow's Back to School Night where they walked their child's schedule, met the teachers and even had a chance to sign up to present at the 6th grade career day!

Congratulations to Hills East's Becca Hochman (Visual Arts) on being honored by the Long Island Arts Alliance as a Scholar-Artist!

Candlewood's Back to School nights were a great opportunity for parents to meet their child's teachers and walk their child's schedule, as well as connect with each other and support their PTA, SEPTA and Music Boosters!

Congratulations to Hills West junior Joseph Filardi on setting school records with seven touchdown passes and 531 yards passing in the football team's 48-33 win over East Islip!

Half Hollow Hills is very proud of our ten students who have been named semifinalists in the prestigious 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program academic competition: Hills West's Rayan Afzal, Daniel Dobin, Justin Florian, Isaac Kim, Jordyn Morris and Hayley Morris, and Hills East's Aidan Joseph, Jayden Neidell, Stasya Selizhuk and Arnav Singh!

Our Half Hollow Hills elementary schools and PTA units hosted their annual family picnics, bringing students and families together to kick off the new school year with delicious food and fun!

Congratulations to our 65 students who earned the Advanced Placement® (AP®) Capstone Diploma and our 21 students who earned the AP Seminar and Research Certificate™ during the 2022-23 school year!

Half Hollow Hills is excited to welcome back all our students for a fun, safe and successful 2023-2024 school year!