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ELEMENTARY SCHOOL NEWS
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Congratulations to Jay N. - NYC Spelling Bee Champion
Congratulations to Jay N (5Kruvi) for placing 1st in the 2025 New York City Spelling Bee Finals. Jay will be one of two spellers representing New York City at the Scripps National Spelling Bee in May. Here's Jay in the championship round spelling "mediobrome". -
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HCCS welcomes Math educator Mr. Eddie Woo
On Monday, 11/18, HCCS was delighted to welcome Mr. Eddie Woo, the Australian HS Math teacher and author with a world-wide online following for his math videos on Youtube. Thanks to support of the PTA and our ES Math Specialist, Ms. Wolf and our HS Math Dept Chair, Mr. Owens, Mr. Woo presented fun and educational sessions to HCES parents, faculty and students and met with HS students and the HS Math teachers. -
Welcome Back to School!
Hunter College Elementary School
Classes begin Thursday, Sept 5th
See you soon!
(K & 1st grade will have 1/2 days this week (Th, 9/5 and F, 9/6)
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HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
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HCHS Observes Climate Day 2025
On Friday, April 25, Hunter's Environmental Action Team hosted Climate Day with speakers during 4 periods: Daniel Propp, energy and climate policy expert in the US Department of State's Bureau of Energy Resources; Shiv Soin and our own senior Iz G. from Treeage, a grassroots student-led climate advocacy organization; Larry Bock, who has contributed to Diamond Sustainability Standards and created the Carbon Negative Diamond Company; and Michael Brownstein, CUNY professor of philosophy who studies philosophical and sociological aspects of social change. All the speakers emphasized that students can make change in their own lives that contribute to greater impact by influencing peers and acting in groups to influence policy and societal behavior. -
Seniors Taj C. & Samuel B. won 1st place in Computation Biology at TERRA NYC STEM Fair!
Congratulations to seniors Taj C. and Samuel B. who presented their independently conducted research project at the Terra NYC STEM Fair. Their software project helps biologists easily visualize the structures they study in an interactive 3D animation.
Taj and Samuel won First Place in the category of Computational Biology at the Terra NYC STEM Fair and are one of the 13 teams selected to compete at the International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF).
They won an all-expense-paid trip to ISEF from May 11–16, 2025, at the Greater Columbus Convention Center in Columbus, Ohio.
Congratulations on this valuable work and good luck at ISEF! -
2025 ACS show celebrates family, friends and the community at HCHS
With affection for friends, family and traditions, the 2025 ACS show told a skit about how traditions change through the metaphor of cooking and performed modern and traditional dances, martial arts demonstration spoken word and traditional singing and drumming numbers. Special thanks to advisors Mr. Lim and Mr, Park. -
Scheherazade S's writing on AI is a winning submission for the New York Post Scholars Contest
Congratulations to 10th grade student Scheherazade S., whose piece A consideration of the complicated future of artificial intelligence at Hunter College High School from available tools to ethical use was selected as a winning submission from the New York Post Scholars Contest, presented by Command Education.
You can read her piece here: https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/careers/a-consideration-of-the-complicated-future-of-artificial-intelligence-at-hunter-college-high-school-from-available-tools-to-ethical-usage/ar-AA1Doq6A
Congratulations Zadie! We're so proud of you! -
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Hunter College Campus Schools
71 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
Elementary School: 212-860-1292
High School: 212-860-1267
71 East 94th Street
New York, NY 10128
Elementary School: 212-860-1292
High School: 212-860-1267
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