- Henry E. Huntington Middle School
Henry E. Huntington Middle School (HMS, HEHMS) is academically the top middle school in Southern California according to the CaliforniaAcademic Performance Index (API)."Principal's Message", [http://hehms.us/about/principals_message.jsp?rn=4753735 "Principal's Message"] accessdate|2007-10-28] It is one of fourpublic schools inSan Marino, California and a part of the San Marino UnifiedSchool District , the best school district in all of California. [http://www.san-marino.k12.ca.us/ The San Marino Unified School District] , " City of San Marino"accessdate|2007-07-19] The current principal is Dr. Gary D. McGuigan, while the current assistant principal is [http://hehms.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=34456&type=u&title=Mr.+Dave++Murray&un=dmurray&rn=4753735 Mr. Dave Murray] . Approximately 775 students are enrolled. [http://www.hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=7082122 Huntington Middle School] , " City of San Marino"accessdate|2007-07-19] The school is named afterHenry Edwards Huntington , who was a famous railroad magnate and business leader.Achievements
Henry E. Huntington Middle School is recognized as both a
California Distinguished School and aUnited States Department of Education National Blue Ribbon School . Huntington Middle School has also been the #1 rankedmiddle school inSouthern California for five years in a row, based on the CaliforniaAcademic Performance Index (API). Additionally, over 60% of the student body is involved in either band, wind ensemble, orchestra, dance, choir, drama, or jazz band.Technology
Computers
Huntington Middle School owns over 250 networked Apple computers centrally administrated from an Apple server. The school also owns two computer labs with approximately 35 iMacs each, all controlled through the
Apple Remote Desktop software. Finally, a mobile cart equipped with an AirPort Extreme Base Station and HP laserjet printer holds about 32 laptop computers. [http://hehms.us/pdf/sarc/Report%20Card%202004-2005.pdf?rn=1882922 Huntington Middle School 2004–2005 Local School Accountability Report] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2007-12-16]Websites
The [http://powerschool.com/ PowerSchool] [http://206.117.237.10/public/ Parent Portal] grants students online access to their current grades, [http://hehms.us/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=31834&id=20&rn=6601897 PowerSchool Parent Portal] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2007-09-27] while the [http://hehms.us/ school website] lets them view assignments and subscribe to homework RSS feeds. [http://hehms.us/apps/classes/?rn=7404945 Students: Classes / Homework] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2007-09-27] [http://hehms.us/apps/podcasts/?rn=808431 HMS Podcasts] are posted online with recent news and announcements. [http://hehms.us/apps/podcasts/?rn=9457084 HMS Podcasting] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2007-10-14]
Applied and Advanced Tech. Class
In Applied Tech., 7th graders learn about internet safety, digital photography, video filming and editing in iMovie, audio editing and podcasting in Garageband, robotics in
Lego Mindstorms , cartoon animation,Adobe Flash authoring in Macromedia Flash MX, Google SketchUp, digital comic creation inComic Life , online document collaboration inGoogle Docs , and digital image manipulation and management in iPhoto. The 8th grade Advanced Tech. class visits the Wired NextFest every year and enters in video editing contests. [http://hehms.us/apps/classes/show_class.jsp?REC_ID=129667&rn=4065007] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2008-4-19] At the 2008 Digital Voice Awards, the Applied Tech. class took top Science Award out of all middle and high schools in Los Angeles County. [http://hehms.us/apps/news/show_news.jsp?REC_ID=64193&id=0&rn=1180357] , [http://hehms.us/index.jsp?rn=6718574 "Henry Huntington Middle School"] accessdate|2008-6-6]References
External links
* [http://www.san-marino.k12.ca.us/ San Marino Unified School District]
* [http://hehms.us/ Henry Huntington Middle School]
* [http://powerschool.com/ PowerSchool]
* [http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qqaa3R24_YU Winter Holiday Concert]
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