(Cranford, NJ--March 9, 2018) Andy Chae of Harrison, North Bergen resident Diana Concepcion, and Rebecca Rosas of West New York have received the 2018 New Jersey Association of Teachers of Japanese (NJATJ) Language and Culture Study Award at Orange Avenue School, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The award recognizes New...
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High Tech Students Selected into Japanese National Honor Society
(North Bergen, NJ--April 13, 2018) Eleven High Tech students have been inducted into the Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) this year, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students earned this honor: Bayonne resident Thomas Fiennan; Ava Ichikawa of Hoboken; Jersey City residents Shahan Abdi, Gilir Gabinete, and Shanaz Munna; Carla Herrera,...
High Tech High School’s Poetry Slam Team Wins First Place at Louder Than A Bomb Competition
(Newark, NJ--April 29, 2018) High Tech's Poetry Slam Team won first place at Louder Than a Bomb, New Jersey's youth poetry slam competition, battling several schools in multiple individual and group rounds at the Paul Robeson Center at Rutgers-Newark, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. High Tech scored a perfect 30...
High Tech’s Sarah Bacha Selected as an Emperor Science Award Winner
(North Bergen, NJ--May 1, 2018)Sarah Bacha, a North Bergen resident at High Tech High School, has been named one of 100 award recipients for the third year of PBS’s and Stand Up To Cancer’s Emperor Science Award program, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The program, designed to empower high school students to...
County Prep Students Participate in Junior Achievement Finance Park Program
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...
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...