Harborfields High School

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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 Cow Harbor) and Greenlawn (ex Old Fields), selected from an entry by Russell Fisher in a naming contest in about 1955.

Auditorium of Harborfields High School in 2005

[edit] Notable alumni

Notable alumni include:

John J. Flanagan, Republican New York state senator[1]
Mariah Carey, pop/r&b singer-songwriter-producer and actress[2]
Sara Whalen, U.S. women's soccer team; 1999 Women's World Cup champion and Olympic silver medalist in 2000^{[citation needed]}
Gregg "Opie" Hughes, Cohost of Opie and Anthony on XM 202.^{[citation needed]}
Charles Ludlam, actor, director, playwright, producer.^{[citation needed]}
Karin Cook, author (What Girls Learn).^{[citation needed]}
Jeff Hawkins, co-inventor of the Palm Pilot.^{[citation needed]}
Geoff Gilmore,director of the Sundance Film Festival.^{[citation needed]}
Noah Kalina, Photographer and Internet Superstar.^{[citation needed]}
Ken Cresswell, Member 1992 United States International Polo Team

[edit] 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.^{[citation needed]}