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".
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.
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!