Harborfields Central School District
Harborfields High School is a four-year secondary school located in Greenlawn, New York, Greenlawn, New York (U.S. state), New York, United States. It functions as the sole high school for Harborfields Central School District, encompassing the communities of Centerport, New York, Centerport and Greenlawn along with parts of Huntington, New York, Huntington and Northport, New York, Northport. In 2011, the school was ranked 88th on ''Newsweek''s list of Top 1300 High Schools in America. 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. The name Harborfields came from a combination of the older names of Centerport (Little Cow Harbor) and Greenlawn (Old Fields), selected from an entry in a naming contest in about 1958. Harborfields High School can be seen in Mariah Carey, Mariah Carey's documentary "Mariah Carey's Homecoming" which aired on Dec ...
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Greenlawn, New York
Greenlawn is a hamlet and census-designated place (CDP) in Suffolk County, New York, United States. Located on Long Island in the Town of Huntington, the population was 13,742 at the 2010 census. Students primarily attend the Harborfields Central School District. History Originally known as Old Fields, it became known by the name Greenlawn with the coming of the Long Island Rail Road in 1870 or 1871. The LIRR chose the name Greenlawn for its station, apparently to project an idyllic rural/suburban image and foster resort travel to the beaches in Centerport. Greenlawn was well known for its pickle production during the 19th century as well as, to a lesser degree, potato and cabbage farms; the principal commodity, pickles, is still celebrated by the annual Pickle Festival, held by the local Greenlawn-Centerport Historical Association at the John Gardiner Farm. The Gardiner family was the first to make a name for themselves as pickle farmers in the region but a former slave, Sam ...
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