“I went into this class having no experience with cameras but I learned so much and it’s one of my favorite classes now,” says Elysia Roman a junior at Harborfields who’s in her second year of photo. Throughout the year you gain knowledge about more than just the camera.
Read More“It was almost overwhelming because there were so many colleges crammed into one small gym and I felt my stress accumulating but i knew it was all for a good reason,” says Kimmy Wilkes, a junior here at Harborfields.
Read MoreWhitney Gardner is Harborfields alumna who was an amazing art student when she went to school here. She took every art class available, “I took photography I, II, III, however many there were, I took them all, art studio, drawing & painting , sculpture,and computer art!”
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Every school year winds down the same way. The building is weltering with heat and the a.c. is not there, it seems as if every other school except ours is done, and of course, the R word. Regents. It is very easy to get lazy toward the end of the year and not care as much because summer is right around the corner and everybody is having fun. As hard as it may be, keeping up with your hard work will make an impact for you in the end. Don’t get lazy and blow off all the dedicated work you’ve put in so far.. It is really important that you sprint to the finish line and end the year off strong.
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If you’ve ever taken the SAT or ACT, you know the stress and pressure it causes. Testing like this has never been introduced before so this is why many high schoolers struggle with it.
It’s March for students, but in the Guidance Department it is known as the month for scheduling. We are past the halfway mark and everybody is preparing for their 10th, 11th, or 12th and final year here. As usual, the course guide for the classes that can be taken next year have been released and some students are surprised to see the additional courses they can now participate in.
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The alarm sounds at 6am and you jump up to quickly turn it off and sleep for just 5 extra minutes. It's almost as if we as students are robots in a computer simulation. Every day we drag ourselves out of bed at 6am go to school, come home, go to bed and just keep on repeating that same old cycle.
Read MoreIf you’re looking for an elective to help you become a better public speaker and expose you to different opinions, debate is a great choice. Debate teaches students how to express their ideas in a clear way, and makes students more comfortable when talking in front of an audience. In debate, students take stands on important current events, such as the recent presidential election.
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Two of our Harborfields Science Research students, Emma Johnston and Catherine Andreadis, were featured on the Verizon Fios 1 show MyLI. They participated in the Science Journal Club at Cold Spring Harbor Labs over the past few months. They worked alongside scientists and librarians at the lab analyzing both old and new journal articles written by scientists, including Cold Spring Harbor Labs’ very own Dr. Watson’s famous article from 1953 explaining the double helix shape of DNA.
Read MoreStudio art is a wonderful, creative, and unique program for the students at Harborfields high school. We are so lucky to be given the opportunity to have the chance to learn the basics on art and a first look at the world of art. Art is something you can keep with you for the rest of your life.
Read MoreMore often than not, academic pressure weighs down on the students of Harborfields High School. Juggling between AP classes, sports, volunteering, student government, NHS, and so many other extra-curriculars, students deal with an incredible amount of stress.
Read MoreThere is nothing more important than these four years of your life (until the NEXT four years!! ;-).
Read MoreMost people think that art classes are the only classes that allow you to show who you truly are, but what if you’re not artistically gifted? Luckily for the students in Harborfields, there’s a class that we can take if we don’t want to take art: Creative Writing.
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