(Secaucus, NJ--January 4, 2019) Veteran High Tech dance director Trista DeFilippis hosted an alumni dance day at the Frank J. Gargiulo Campus, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. DeFilippis reached out to former dance majors who graduated from High Tech as far back as four years ago. All of the alumni have been...
(New York, NY--December 29, 2018) Four High Tech Music/Audio Tech Majors performed at one of Manhattan’s most iconic music venues, the Bitter End, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Sisters Daniela (senior, vocalist) and Juliana García-Escobar (sophomore, drummer) of North Bergen, Hoboken resident Andrew Wholf (junior, guitarist), and Martin Baker (sophomore, bassist) of...
(Secaucus, NJ—November 19, 2018) Students and teachers alike from the Academy of Environmental Science and Sustainability participated in the historic inauguration of the first FFA (formerly, the Future Farmers of America) chapter in Hudson County, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. State-level officers Josh Loew, Brittany Smith, Susan Schmidt, Jamie Specca,...
December 13, 2018, Senior students of the County Prep Dance Program met dance pioneer Steve Paxton, a founding member of the legendary Judson Dance Theater and creator of the dance technique Contact Improvisation. Paxton was featured in the exhibit Judson Dance Theater: The Work Is Never Done at the Museum of Modern Art in Manhattan....
County Prep High School Theatre Arts proudly presents Brooklyn, the Musical, with music, lyrics and book by Mark Schoenfeld and Barri McPherson. Using a play within a play concept, this musical focuses on a group of musicians known as the City Weeds who periodically transforms a street corner under the foot of the Brooklyn Bridge into...
The Dance Program at County Prep High School has been featured in the Hudson Reporter this week. Please click the link below for full article. Hudson Reporter Article
County Prep High School will host Kyle Marshall Choreography Friday, November 30 at 7:30pm & Saturday, December 1 at 2pm as part of the school’s Choreographer in Residence Program. Kyle Marshall is a 2018 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Jury Award recipient and a New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellow. Marshall's residency...
By Al Sullivan, Senior Staff Writer for The Hudson Reporter, November 8, 2018 For High Tech High School sophomore Victoria Caban, competing on NBC’s TV show World of Danceover the summer was a dream come true. Victoria—who lives in Jersey City and trains at New Jersey Dance Fusion in North Bergen—competed on World of Dance in the junior...
(New York, NY—October 30, 2018) High Tech freshman Lauralie Mufute, a resident of Jersey City, has been selected for the starring role in the off-broadway show Sleepover, by Tada! Resident Youth Ensemble, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Mufute, a member of the Youth Ensemble since the age of eight, has...
The Theatre Arts students participated in the Manhattan Theatre Club Core Education program of the Broadway Production of The Nap. Part of this program, our students participated in workshops with Manhattan Theatre Club resident artist, actress and playwright Nilaja Sun, in order to prepare and discuss the play. During the workshops they acted, read, improvised and wrote...