Every 4 years, Chess SuperNationals is held, which combines the Elementary School, Middle School and High School Championships. This is a fave chess event uniting all of our Hunter schools into a team of 53 players!
This past weekend in Orlando, FL, at the Chess SuperNationals VIII (with over 6,000 players), HCHS won trophies in both middle school and high school, click to read all the successes!
Bravo to ninth grade students Charlotte Y, and Kevin Z. and junior Danny S. for being selected to perform at Alice Tully Hall on the Lincoln Center campus last week. They performed a trio by D. Milhaud for violins and piano. With gratitude to Mr. Stratechuk for his support.
Congrats to the HCHS Middle School Division B Science Olympiad team! Special thanks to Dr. Perry for advising!
They won 6 medals at States in Syracuse:
1st Place - Entomology (Miles W. and Deven K.) 3rd Place - Reach for the Stars (Jocelyn C. and Aayaan K.) 7th Place - Meteorology (Chengtian C. and Catherine D.) 9th Place - Metric Mastery (Jocelyn C. and Bryan L.) 9th Place - Road Scholar (Thomas H. and Aayaan K.) 10th Place - Anatomy & Physiology (Aria K. and Jocelyn C.)
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.
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!
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.
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.
Congratulations to some remarkable chess players! We’re thrilled to celebrate our chess team’s victory at the All Girls Nationals last weekend in Chicago, competing against some of the strongest players in the country.
Congratulations to Fiona T (8), Indira V (8), Zoe Y (8), and Lisa S (9) for winning National Team Champion in the U16 section!
HCHS research students traveled to Washington, DC with advisors Mr. Park and Ms. Gonzalez to support our own Ashley Z, a top 40 finalist and to view the other top 40 finalists exhibits during the public day on Sunday March 9th. Many of those studying the exhibits are highly motivated younger students who aspire to enter the Regeneron Science Talent Search in their senior year of high school.
Everyone at HCHS wishes Ashley the best in these final days of the Regeneron Science Talent Search. Finalists meet leading scientists and distinguished national leaders and visit institutions of historic and political importance.
Thanks to the HCHS Alumnae/i Association for sponsoring this trip!
On December 17th, Amy Marie Haven, Associate Producer of Suffs and Creative Executive at Universal Theatricals came to HCHS to conduct a theatrical talk-back with HCHS students and advisors Dr Deans and Ms. Bryne.