(New York, NY--March 13, 2019) Veteran Language Arts instructor and department liaison Joan Marie Bellotti took her American Literature class to Manhattan to explore the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Bellotti’s class had just read Thornton Wilder’s classic novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which...
(New York, NY--June 14, 2019) Eighteen students from High Tech High School’s Music & Audio Tech Major performed a set of songs honoring the Motown era at New York University's Frederick Loewe Theater, part of this year’s Association for Popular Music Education (APME) Conference, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. APME encourages and...
(North Bergen, NJ--June 14, 2019) The High Tech eSports team competed against North Bergen, Bronx High School, Rutherford, Memorial, Brooklyn Tech, and Weehawken in Super Smash Bros., Ultimate, and Overwatch and High Tech team members performed well again, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Jersey City resident Zion Hickson and Melvin Rivera of...
(Secaucus, NJ--June 5, 2019) Assistant Manager Jose Figueroa and Business Development Officer Christine Bridgelal from BCB Bank in Jersey City visited High Tech High School to give a talk to the senior Business Accounting class, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. “This presentation gave my students many options with money management and will...
(Secaucus, NJ--June 10, 2019) High Tech High School’s Interactive Media Junior and Senior Class hosted a showcase in which they presented their thesis and end of the year projects, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech.The event showcased a surplus of interactive works, such as VR experiences, films, animations, games, holograms, projection mapping, and...
(Bedminster, NJ--June 5, 2019) High Tech High School students in AP Biology and Appiculture classes, under the direction of Dr. Nina Lavlinskia and Dr. Arun Srivastava, attended this year’s Young Science Achievers Program (YSAP) Student Symposium and Celebration Event at AT&T Headquarters, where two High Tech groups won awards, including the YSAP Alumni Award and...
(New York, NY--June 3, 2019) High Tech High School’s French Club visited Ellis Island and the Statue of Liberty, leaving Liberty State Park via ferry, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Once docked on Ellis Island, the club explored the National Museum of Immigration’s artifacts, a testament to the sacrifices that people made...
(Trenton, NJ--June 6, 2019) Bayonne resident Rimsha Reem, a High Tech freshman in the Academy of Environmental Science and Sustainability, won First Place in the 2019 New Jersey ArcGIS Online Story Map Competition, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Reem took part in the course Geospatial Technology with High Tech instructor Catherine Yuhas. ...
(New York, NY--June 1, 2019) Judges from the United Nations International School (UNIS), the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations, and Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese honored five High Tech High School students and two instructors at the 13th annual UNIS Haiku Contest Awards Assembly, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High...
(Millburn, NJ--June 5, 2019) Hoboken resident Sara Bartoszek received the Paper Mill Playhouse Rising Star Award for Best Featured Actress for her portrayal of the Mistress in High Tech High School Musical Theatre’s production of Evita, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. A junior majoring in Musical Theatre, Bartoszek had been nominated with...