Huntington High honored on AP School Honor Roll; dozens of students recognized for academics, arts and athletics

Huntington High School was recognized on the AP School Honor Roll at the Huntington Union Free School District board meeting April 21, where administrators also presented a slate of student awards across academics, arts and athletics.

Rochelle Brown, identified in the meeting as Huntington High School principal, and Dr. Ricky Papandria, director of school counseling and testing, led the presentation. Dr. Papandria said the high school earned the AP Honor Roll silver distinction for the class of 2025 and also received an AP Access award that recognizes schools expanding equitable participation in AP exams.

The presentation broke AP metrics into three categories: college culture (the share of graduates who took any AP exam), college credit (the share scoring 3 or higher), and college optimization (the share who took five or more AP exams, including at least one taken in ninth or 10th grade). For the class of 2025 the presenters reported college optimization at 16% (platinum level), college credit at 44% (gold) and college culture at 50% (silver). The presenters also said about 38.6% of the district’s 453 AP students received an AP Scholar distinction.

Board members and principals then recognized students and teams for a range of achievements: National History Day awards and qualifiers for state competition, regional Long Island arts honors, film‑festival placements, scholar‑artist awards, and athletic honors across football, lacrosse, swimming and track. The board named valedictorian Emma Pollinsky and salutatorian J. Pit Singh and recognized student fundraisers who raised significant sums for charity.

The district asked the public to note upcoming events tied to student success — senior celebrations, concerts and fundraisers — and thanked administrators, staff and parent volunteers for supporting student opportunities.

The AP presentation and student recognitions were ceremonial in nature; no formal board policy changes were proposed during that portion of the meeting.