Half Hollow Hills Central School District

The Half Hollow Hills Board of Education is proud to announce that Mr. Brian Conboy has been appointed Interim Superintendent of Schools for the district! Mr. Conboy brings a wealth of experience to the district and will begin working in this role effective October 26, 2024. Please join us in welcoming Mr. Conboy to the wonderful educational community that is Half Hollow Hills! https://lnkd.in/e3S7HP4y

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. https://lnkd.in/eczeGZzE

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. https://lnkd.in/eS45_8pj

The Half Hollow Hills Central School District is proud to announce that five students from Half Hollow Hills High School East and two students from Half Hollow Hills High School West are Semifinalists in the 70th annual National Merit Scholarship Program. These seven academically talented students join the over 16,000 Semifinalists nationwide who have an opportunity to continue in the competition for some 6,870 National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $26 million that will be offered next spring. The students who earned this prestigious honor from Half Hollow Hills are High School West’s Arjun Airen and Zachary Harel, and High School East’s Noah Berlin, Victoria Geller, Tea Shouldice, Makiko Stravato and Julia Zinkin. https://lnkd.in/emiibMGu

The Half Hollow Hills Central School District has appointed five new assistant principals to their buildings for the 2024-2025 school year. The selections were made from a rich pool of highly qualified candidates that represented a mix of internal applicants and new faces to the district. The assistant principal vacancies were filled at Half Hollow Hills High School East, Half Hollow Hills High School West, Candlewood Middle School, Paumanok Elementary School and Signal Hill Elementary School by the following people. -        Paige Furman, new assistant principal at Half Hollow Hills High School East -        Sara Choit, new assistant principal at Half Hollow Hills High School West -        Maria Belfiore, new assistant principal at Candlewood Middle School -        Melissa Peyton, new assistant principal at Paumanok Elementary School -        Carolyn DiPreta, new assistant principal at Signal Hill Elementary School https://lnkd.in/eJGWd6FF

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. https://lnkd.in/ef_kMmic

The Half Hollow Hills Central School District is proud to announce that High School West seniors Rayan Afzal and Jordyn Morris, and High School East senior Stasya Selizhuk have each been awarded $2,500 in the National Merit Scholarship Competition. The $2,500 Merit Scholar designees were chosen from a talented pool of more than 15,000 outstanding Finalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program.

Half Hollow Hills High School East is proud to announce the Top 20 students of the Class Of 2024! https://lnkd.in/eQCD5CSw

Half Hollow Hills High School West is proud to announce the Top 20 students of the Class Of 2024! https://lnkd.in/ekTP7jFT

The Half Hollow Hills School District has an opening for an Employee Benefits Supervisor to manage the benefits for its almost 2,000 employees and almost 1,000 retirees. This leadership position includes management of medical, dental, life insurance, retirement plans, Workers' Compensation, unemployment, flex spending accounts, etc. The compensation package includes a starting salary of $85,000, NYS retirement plan, paid time off, medical and dental coverage, optical, life insurance, long term disability, and paid holidays. Experience preferred. Important note: This is a provisional position - the successful candidate must sign up for and take the Suffolk County Employee Benefits Supervisor Civil Service test and then be reachable* on the list of available candidates once it is released. "Reachable" refers to the candidate having scored highest on the test among the top three scoring test-takers interested in the position. Interested candidates may apply by visiting this link: https://lnkd.in/eineq_kN. #HHHCSD