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Passaic Valley Sewage Commission Donates Fallen Trees To High Tech High School

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(Newark, NJ) Since the creation of the Passaic Valley Sewerage Commission’s (PVSC) award-winning River Restoration Program in 1998, the agency has removed more than 12,000 tons of debris from Newark Bay, the Passaic River and its tributaries, including countless fallen trees, branches and stumps. There are typically two ways that trees wind up in the...

High Tech’s Jake Harrison and Amaya Montanez Attend Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory

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(New Brunswick, NJ—October 14, 2016) High Tech senior Jake Harrison of Hoboken and High Tech sophomore and Jersey City resident Amaya Montanez, both of whom had attended the Rutgers Summer Acting Conservatory (RSAC) this past July, will prepare for this year’s audition workshop in the winter, along with other High Tech Performing Arts majors, announced...

High Tech Teacher Brian Mooney Publishes First Book

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(North Bergen, NJ—September 29, 2016) Brian Mooney, a language arts teacher at High Tech High School, has published his first book on hip hop instruction in the classroom, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Released by Peter Lang International Academic Publishing, Mooney’s new book, Breakbeat Pedagogy: Hip Hop and Spoken Word...

High Tech Engineering Tech Students Participate in JA Job Shadow at Goya Foods

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(Secaucus, NJ—September 23, 2016) Students majoring in Engineering Tech at High Tech and their instructors received a rare opportunity to tour Goya Foods’ newly retooled manufacturing plant as part of Junior Achievement of New Jersey’s Job Shadow program, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Sergio Gamarra and Harry Peles, who teach...

County Prep Theatre Arts Junior Kyle Velazquez Attends the ITheatrics Summer Theatre Program

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County Prep Theatre Arts Junior Kyle Velazquez participated in the ITheatrics Summer Theatre Program this summer. This company is known for making the high school, middle school and elementary school editions of big Broadway musicals. Acceptance into the program was already a big honor for Kyle, who loved everything about it, from stepping off the...

High Tech Shines at Poster Session Organized by North Jersey Section of American Chemical Society

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(South Orange, NJ—September 26, 2016) Five High Tech High School students, along with Dr. Dmitri Lavlinski, attended a poster session at Seton Hall University, organized by the North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. These students, members of the American Chemical Society’s Project SEED summer research...

High Tech High School Holds Another Successful Open House

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(North Bergen, NJ—September 25, 2016) High Tech High School held its annual Open House event, and as usual, it proved a resounding success, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Nearly 3,000 visitors came to the North Hudson Center to mingle with administrators, staff, students, and teachers, who answered their questions and...