Harborfields High School

Harborfields High School is a four year secondary school located in Greenlawn, New York. It functions as the high school for Harborfields Central School District which serves the communities of Centerport and Greenlawn and parts of Huntington, Huntington Station, Huntington Bay and Northport.

As of 2007, the school principal is David Bennardo.

The school building has recently undergone significant renovations which were completed during the summer of 2005.

The Class of 1960 was the first graduating class, with about 130 graduates from Centerport and Greenlawn only. That first class used the building for four years as it was being completed. Otherwise, those students would have had to go to Huntington High School which was becoming overcrowded. The first Graduation Ceremony June 1960 enjoyed the celebratory, unifying gesture of having three clergymen officiate: A priest, a minister and a rabbi.

The name Harborfields came from a combination of the older names of Centerport (ex Little Cow Harbor) and Greenlawn (ex Old Fields), selected from an entry by Russell Fisher in a naming contest in about 1955.

Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

* John J. Flanagan, Republican New York state senator [http://www.senatorflanagan.com/2/biography.aspx]
* Mariah Carey, pop/r&b singer-songwriter-producer and actress [http://movies.nytimes.com/person/10883/Mariah-Carey/biography]
* Sara Whalen, U.S. women's soccer team; 1999 Women's World Cup champion and Olympic silver medalist in 2000 Fact|date=January 2008
* Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Cohost of Opie and Anthony on XM 202. Fact|date=January 2008
* Charles Ludlam, actor, director, playwright, producer. Fact|date=January 2008
* Karin Cook, author ("What Girls Learn"). Fact|date=January 2008
* Jeff Hawkins, co-inventor of the Palm Pilot. Fact|date=January 2008
* Geoff Gilmore,director of the Sundance Film Festival. Fact|date=January 2008
* Noah Kalina, Photographer and Internet Superstar.Fact|date=February 2008
* Ken Cresswell, Member 1992 United States International Polo Team
* Christina Harnos, Actress, appeared as Jennifer Greene on ER [http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0363705/]

Trivia

* Portions of the controversial movie "L.I.E." were filmed here.
* The film, "The Town That Banned Christmas", was filmed in the community serviced by Harborfields High School in late 2005 and early 2006. However, it does not appear to have been shown in any significant venue.
* The school is ranked 279 on the top 1300 high schools in America by "Newsweek" as of 2007.Fact|date=January 2008

External links

* [http://www.harborfieldscsd.net/schools/high.asp Harborfields High School website]
* [http://www.emsc.nysed.gov/repcrd2004/schools/580406060007.shtml Harborfields High School report card] provided by NYSED
* [http://new-york.schooltree.org/public/Harborfields-High-059057.html Harborfields High School profile] provided by schooltree.org