Did you know?

Size does matter . . .

Half Hollow Hills is the 7th largest suburban school

district in New York State.

We cover over 34 square miles,

own 6 million square feet of land,

employ approximately 2,000 staff members

and over 10,000 students.

Every day, our custodial staff

cleans over 1 million square feet

of school buildings.

Last school year, our busses used

over 150,000 gallons of gasoline

and our drivers drove over

2 million miles.

We spent over $3 million

in utilities last year,

and served over 767,734 lunches.

Consistent leadership provides

continuity and stability.

Although the Districtis in existence for 55 years, Dr. Karnilow

is only the 4th Superintendent

of Schools.

We believe that students should have a voice.

Dr. Karnilow meets with groups of

middle and high school students to listen to their

perceptions of our schools.

Our PTA Legislative Committee provides students with the opportunity to

understand state and local government, meet with legislators, and lobby for our schools.

Half Hollow Hills

has its very own house.

It has been renovated over 20 times

in order to illustrate that our vision is

dynamic.

Great teachers are essential.

Research shows that students

who have a teacher rated at the

90th percentile in competency,

outperform students who have a teacher

rated at the 50th percentile by 18 percentile

points in reading and

18th percentile points

in math.

Due to staff retirements

in the past 5 years,

close to 600 teachers

have been hired.

They have been challenged by

a comprehensive hiring process,

coming to us with strong academic and

experiential backgrounds.

In a professional learning community,

there is a commitment to ongoing professional development.

$700,000 is invested annually in training our staff.

At least 30 HHH staff members

regularly teach in our

Professional Development Program.

Evaluation is important.

All staff members, including

Administrators and Assistant

Superintendents participate in a

rigorous evaluation

process.

The Superintendent is evaluated annually

by the Board of Education.

Half Hollow Hills is committed to

promoting our staff members

of excellence.

In the past 6 years, 32 administrators have been hired.

Of those, 15 have been promoted

from within our District.

Approximately 30 HHH teachers have been accepted into the

Touro College Administrative

Certification Program.

Our elementary programs are

comprehensive and multi-faceted.

3rd graders are learning to type and

to write feature articles;

5th graders can dance the meringue.

We make connections between

and among students

at all levels.

High school students in the Youth Education

Academy teach classes in our elementary schools.

Half Hollow Hills students are

challenged to be the best

that they can be.

In addition to a broad array of electives,

our high schools offer

26 advanced placement courses.

Nearly 2,000 students from our District took AP exams last

year.

That is more than triple

the number that took them in 2001.

We want our students to be

able to successfully

compete in the global

marketplace.

Students have the opportunity to take

American Sign Language, Chinese,

French, German, Greek, Hebrew, Italian, Japanese, Latin,

Russian, and Spanish.

We focus on preparing

students for post secondary education.

Over 90% of our seniors go on to

college.

The percentage of students entering

four-year colleges has increased by 8% during

the past 5 years.

A feeling of connectedness is

especially important for adolescents.

Our middle schools now have teaming

in grades 6 through 8.

Daily attendance is a strong indicator of

academic success.

In HHH, more than

95% of students are in attendance on any given day.

Our special needs students are

very special to us.

Our nationally recognized Special Education Program

successfully served 1,262 children with disabilities during the 2006-2007 school

year.

Among those are 144 children with

autism –

a 115% increase since 2002.

Our students are high achieving.

In 2005-2006, our students

outperformed NY State’s

highest performing comparison group

on every grade levelon the 3-8 ELA and Math

assessments.

8th grade ELA scores increased by 8.7%

in the past 3 years.

8th grade math scores have increased by 9.7%

in the past 5 years.

In the past 5 years: Achievement levels on English Regents exams

increased by 10%.

Percentage of students earning Regents diplomas increased by 17%.

ALL students are important.

Standard and Poor’s recognized

Half Hollow Hills for significantly

closing the Achievement Gap.

Our community members are

well-educated.

23% of HHH adults over the age of 25 hold graduate or

professional degrees . . .

compared with 8.9% nationwide.

Sound fiscal practices are imperative.

According toMoody’s Investment

Services,

HHH is the highest rated

school district in Suffolk County.

Communication connects us to

our stakeholders.

The HHH website is recognized asoutstanding.

There are attempts to replicate it

by other districts throughout Long

Island.

Teachers talk about their e-Boards

on our HHH media gallery site.

Parents can access information about

their children in real time through our Parent Portal.

Over 7,000 families have signed onto our email notification

system.

In less than 1 hour, we can call

every parent and staff member in the

district.

Our technology infrastructure runs at

Gigabit speed –

the fastest available in the nation.

Last year, our high school graduations

were broadcast worldwide,

via webcam.

Critical to the success of any school district

is a consistently supportive Board of

Education.

Present Board of Education members have served our

community

with great dedication

for a total of 35 years to date.

The richness of a child’s school

experience ultimately serves

to make him or her a more interesting, well-rounded and successful adult.

All of our stakeholders are committed

to what we call the three A’s.

HHH is a Triple A District, perfectly

blending

Academics, Athletics

and the Arts.

Community partners support our children and their families.

HHH Parent Teacher Associations The Hills Foundation

Helping Our OwnSchool-to-Business Partnership

S O A R Reach CYA

Collins/Panatier 9/11 Memorial Foundation

HHH Community Libraries

The HHH District-wideProfessional

Learning Community is strengthened by the dedication of

ALL.

Thank YOUfor your investment

in our children.