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(Bayonne, NJ—April 14, 2018) This year, five High Tech students have received acceptance into Princeton University, the most acceptances in one school year that High Tech has ever seen, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following students have received this distinguished honor: Bayonne siblings Anna and John Rezk; Muhammad Umar,...

(Bayonne, NJ—April 14, 2018) When Anna Rezk was just 13 years old, her family suffered a tragedy: the severe illness and death of her father. The teenager not only filled the family void of her father's death by helping to raise her two brothers, she also channeled her grief over her dad's fatal bout with...

(North Bergen, NJ—March 16, 2018) As part of its commitment to service to the community, the National Honor Society (NHS) of High Tech High School honored servicemen and women, past and present, with a charitable contribution to Operation Beachhead, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. “We wanted to thank those family members, friends,...

(North Bergen, NJ—March 5, 2018) High Tech students and staff have collected over eleven cartons worth of toiletries from February 12thto March 5th of this year, all of which will benefit the Hoboken Shelter, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. (from left to right: Sumyya Tahch, Anna Rezk, Alyssa Mojica, and...

(North Bergen, NJ—February 6, 2018) The High Tech National Honor Society (NHS), moderated by veteran Language Arts teacher and Department Liaison Joan Marie Bellotti, recently sponsored its annual Book Swap, a popular five-hour event, held in the Resource Center of the North Hudson Center of Hudson County Schools of Technology, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal...

(Jersey City, NJ—March 28, 2018)  Andrew Tran of Kearny, North Bergen residents Jeel Shah and Tanushri Shah, and Smriti Sukesh Kumar and Mahek Virani of Secaucus, all High Tech students, earned awards for their research projects at the 60th Annual Hudson County STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony, held at New Jersey City University, announced Dr. Joseph...

(April 11, 2018—Trenton, NJ) In Hudson County, a total of four public high schools surpassed the New Jersey average for the SATs, the standardized test considered a significant factor in college admissions, and High Tech ranked second among the four, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. High Tech scored, on average,...

(April 10, 2018)—SET TV, a Taiwanese news network, has featured High Tech High School’s Academy for Design and Fabrication (D/FAB) in an in-depth news series on schools specializing in educational excellence from China to the United States, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. SET TV’s segment on D/FAB features interviews with...

(April 9, 2018)—Willian Vence of North Bergen, a High Tech senior in instructor Kerri Murphy's Playwriting elective, has been selected as a finalist for his one act play, Intersecting Points, by the NJ Young Playwrights Contest, associated with the Thirty-fifth Annual New Jersey Young Playwrights Festival, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, principal of High Tech High School....