Students from career and technical schools across the state of New Jersey competed on April 10th in the SkillsUSA Information Technology Services contest. It was announced this week that County Prep junior Iosif Moraru of Jersey City won the gold medal in the competition, and is now eligible to represent New Jersey in the national...
JERSEY CITY, N.J. -- Three County Prep High School students have been awarded a first place prize at the statewide SkillsUSA competition for their effort to bring their school community together during the COVID-19 pandemic. Aleena Choudhry, of Bayonne, Fajrhafza Sohail, of Jersey City and Varsha Santhosh Kumar, of Jersey City presented their project, “Acts...
Mr. Grele and Mr. Patten have announced that two Juniors in Commercial Photography have placed in this year's NJ SkillsUSA Photography competition. Casey Kelly won 3rd place with a bronze medal and Jared Maldanado won First Place with a Gold Medal. This year's competition was virtual, but the same rules applied in the photography category...
County Prep Principal Barbara Mendolla would like to recognize the accomplishments of 5 Seniors who were accepted to Barry University in Miami, Florida. These students not only have been accepted but are also receiving merit scholarships between $5,000 - $19,500 (automatically renewed each year)! Congratulations Adriana Rodriguez, Angel Pinto, James Dickson, Nicole Ronquillo, and Yadermi...
County Prep Fashion and Culinary students are awarded 4 Gold and 3 Silver Medals along with $12,000 in scholarships at FCCLA State Conference. It is with great pleasure and pride to announce that County Prep Students have once again achieved outstanding results at the 2021 FCCLA Virtual State Leadership Conference. What makes this even more...
Mrs. Shields is very excited to announce that our three virtual 2020 and 2021 productions have earned the cast and crew fourteen Foxy award nominations this year. Our production of Now What? received three nominations for Outstanding Production of a Virtual Play, Outstanding Achievement for an Acting Ensemble in a Virtual Play, and Outstanding Performance...
The Theatre Arts students participated this year in the virtual Manhattan Theatre Club Core Education program of the Broadway Production of “Constellations”, by Nick Payne, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson. As part of this program, our students participated in various workshops based on the play “Constellations” designed by Manhattan Theatre Club education director David...
Sustainability in fashion is a hot topic these days. County Prep students know that the fashion industry is one of the major polluting industries in the world. Students are doing their part in helping the environment by recycling and repurposing old sweaters and fleece hoodies. Instead of the old ripped or stained sweater ending up...
(February 18, 2021) -- County Prep 9th graders in Ms. Taryn Ashe’s World Literature classes had an enriching experience learning about the Holocaust. After reading the graphic novels Maus I and Maus II by Art Spiegelman, students listened to survivors’ podcasts on the US Holocaust Memorial Museum website. To deepen the students’ learning experience, Ms....
In its ninth year, the after school Theatre Arts class has brought a new performance opportunity to County Prep students, who are learning both performance and rehearsal practices, and are encountering first hand all of the aspects of professional theater. Once again, the show had complete accompaniment, by renowned pianist Craig Ketter, and award winning...