On Monday, December 11, Monday, March 12 and Wednesday, March 14, over 275 County Prep students participated in a financial literacy program entitled “Finance Park” sponsored by Junior Achievement. County Prep students were privileged to vist Junior Achievement's brand new state-of-the-art facility located in Edison, NJ. The students engaged in an intensive, high-energy immersion learning experience in...
Month: April 2018
County Prep Students Participate in Junior Achievement’s High School Heroes Program
Ms. Bello and Ms. Torres teach classes at County Prep High School for aspiring young teachers. Their students participated in Junior Achievement's High School Heroes Program and taught Financial Literacy classes to elementary school students at Frank R. Conwell PS #3 in Jersey City on Friday, April 27th. The lesson plans focused on educational standards with grade appropriate themes of...
High Tech Students Earn Medals for Their Performances on the National French Contest
(North Bergen, NJ—April 25, 2018) Students taking French at High Tech took part in the 83rd Le Grand Concours (National French Contest), an annual national competition sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students of French (grades 1-12) from all across the United...
High Tech Hiking Club Takes First Trek of the Year to Pyramid Mountain
(Montville, NJ—April 21, 2018) On a picture-perfect Saturday, students and staff from the High Tech Hiking Club embarked on their first trek of the year at Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area in Morris County, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Ronald Kliesh, High Tech social studies teacher and Hiking Club moderator,...
High Tech Teacher Brian Mooney Speaks to DEMOCRACY NOW! about Kendrick Lamar Winning Pulitzer Prize
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High Tech High School Students Earn Eight Medals at SkillsUSA NJ Championships
(Bridgewater NJ—April 14, 2018) High Tech High School students earned a total of eight medals for demonstrating occupational and leadership qualities at the 2018 SkillsUSA New Jersey Championships, held in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Gym, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following High Tech students earned the medals in their...
HCST County Prep Culinary Arts Department & Teacher John Palsi Receive Charity Award
This Friday, April 20th, the Chandelier Charity Organization of the Year Award honors a community volunteer group that has actively supported the work of Hudson Milestones as well as the individuals within their programs. This year’s recipient is Hudson County Schools of Technology, Culinary Arts Department, led by John Palsi. Congratulations!
Four High Tech TV Production Students Earn Medals at SkillsUSA NJ Championships
(Bridgewater NJ—April 14, 2018) Four High Tech TV Production students earned medals in Video Production at the SkillsUSA New Jersey Championships, held in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Gym, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The TV Production students, David Mansour of Bayonne, Hoboken resident Colm Donston, Makayla Blount of Jersey City,...
High Tech Has Record Princeton Acceptances in One School Year
(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,...
High Tech’s Anna Rezk Offered Full Scholarships to Eight Ivy League Schools
(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...