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High Tech’s Vibha Chauhan Selected as National Semifinalist in National Honor Society Scholarship Program

(Reston, VA—May 1, 2017) High Tech senior Vibha Chauhan, a resident of Jersey City, has been selected as a National Semifinalist in the 2016-17 National Honor Society Scholarship Program, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The National Association of Secondary School Principals (NASSP), parent organization of the National Honor Society (NHS),...

High Tech freshmen Celebrate Poem in Your Pocket Day

(North Bergen, NJ—April 27, 2017) Freshmen in Joan Marie Bellotti’s World Literature classes celebrated Poem in Your Pocket Day, in which students constructed pockets and enclosed poems in each pocket, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Poem in Your Pocket Day, originally initiated in 2002 by the Office of the New...

Four High Tech Studio Arts Students Comprise One of Ten Finalist Teams in Vans Custom Culture Sneaker Design Contest

(Cypress, CA—May 1, 2017) A team of High Tech Studio Arts students has entered the Vans Custom Culture Sneaker Design Competition and has been selected as one of ten finalists in the Northeast Region Contest, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. If Jersey City residents Mously Lo and Pauline Bertholon, Sophia...

County Prep Freshman’s Boy Scout Project Honors Veterans

County Prep Freshman Matt Piscopo is currently working on a service project towards earning a merit badge for his Eagle Scout Award. He is honoring veterans from his hometown of Bayonne with a "Hall of Heroes," made up of their photographs, in a display at City Hall.For more information please visit: http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27393483/article-Call-All-Vets--Aspiring-Eagle-Scout-and-mayor-collaborate-for-veteran-memorial-at-City-Hall-

County Prep Inducts Seniors into the National Honor Society

On April 26th, 2017 County Prep Inducted the following seniors into the National Honor Society: Anjela Maravilla, Genna Post, Patrick Gabriel, Nicole DeAssis, Marian Hanna, Raymundo Hernandez, Patricia Ramirez, Sarah Salama, Umradha Shievkumar, Karina Sanchez, Karina Pereira,Xuan Pham, Dana Suthammanont, Juliana Yeung, Simran Dutta, Fatima Munawar, Snehal Patel, Joseph Mamaril, Michelle Nunez,Karolina Minkiewicz, Vanessa Chicas, Felicity Agustin, Kush Agrawal, Emily Jaramillo and Nikolina Krzymanska....

Awards for County Prep Theatre Arts Students

County Prep Theatre Arts News County Prep’s Matthew Riccardi won the Judge’s Award for his monologue from Shakespeare’s Romeo and Juliet County Prep’s Theatre Arts’ production of Ondine has received four Foxy Final Nominations for Montclair State University Theatre Night Awards! On March 9th, at the Teen Arts Alliance competition at New Jersey City University,...

High Tech Drama Majors Meet and Consult with Playwright David Ives in Preparation for Spring Production of THE LIAR

(North Bergen, NJ—April 19, 2017) This year, the High Tech Drama Department will be showcasing The Liar, a French farce originally written by the famous playwright Pierre Corneille, but updated by David Ives, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The Liar, set in Paris in 1643, involves mistaken identities, the pursuit of marriage,...

HCSTF Sponsors Winning Workshop for County Prep Dancers

March 10, 2017 (Jersey City, N.J.) – The County Prep Dance Program, led by Ms. Heather Warfel-Sandler, recently won Top Honors at the Hudson County Teen Arts Festival thanks in part to an HCSTF-sponsored collaboration with percussionist Ravish Momin, announced Silverio A. Vega, Development Coordinator of the HCST Foundation. Senior dancers Mia Stephens, Amanda Abdelaal,...