Dale Talde was featured on Top Chef, Food Networks “Iron Chef” and among many other TV appearances. He is one of the new creative young chefs in the country. After he found out that five of our students were working in his restaurant. Chef Talde so graciously offered to work with our students and tell...
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County Prep Theatre Arts Students Attend Time and the Conways on Broadway
The County Prep Theatre Arts vocation students attended the Broadway Production of Time and the Conways, by J. B. Priestley, with Elizabeth McGovern (of “Downton Abbey”), a play under the direction of Tony winner Rebecca Taichman, performed at the American Airlines Theatre venue of the Roundabout theatre. The play begins in 1919 Britain, where Mrs....
County Prep Interact Club Runs Successful Teens for Jeans Drive
This year’s Teens for Jeans drive was a success. Interact Club member Kabir Daniels-Verden organized this year’s drive to collect new and lightly worn jeans for less fortunate youth and young adults. Thanks to him and our student body, we were able to collect over two hundred pairs of jeans. The Interact Club would like...
Students in High Tech Audio/Visual Production Department Earn Awards at RCNJ Film Festival
(Ramapo, NJ—December 2, 2017) The Ramapo College of New Jersey (RCNJ) Film Festival has awarded Best Cinematography to David Mansour of Bayonne and Best Narrative to Hoboken’s Colm Donston, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Mansour won for his film Dream On. Donston earned his award for his film Solitaire. Give...
County Prep Dance Residency hosts Katelyn Halpern & Dancers
County Prep Dance instructor Heather Warfel Sandler is thrilled to announce the first annual professional dance company performance through County Prep’s Choreographers in Residence Program (CHIRP). Through CHIRP, choreographers are awarded use of the 407 Theater for rehearsals and performance, in exchange for serving as a resident teaching artist throughout the semester. Students have the...
High Tech Hosts 2nd “Havoc on the Hudson” Robotics Competition
(North Bergen, NJ—November 4, 2017) High Tech High School teams in Robotics, under the supervision of facilitators Alba Simon and Harry Peles, hosted their second “Havoc on the Hudson” competition involving sixteen high schools, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The Robotics competition proved highly successful, thanks to the great collaboration between FIRST...
County Prep’s FCCLA Delegation Earns Multiple Awards and Recognition
County Prep’s FCCLA delegation attended the NJ Fall Leadership Conference in Edison NJ on November 20, 2017. The conference was attended by 600 students from all across New Jersey. Our students were awarded several 1st place gold medals in the Fashion, Culinary, and Video competitions. Alexa Acuna achieved 1st Place Gold and perfect score in...
NJCU Jazz Musicians Perform for High Tech Performing Arts Students
(North Bergen, NJ—November 21, 2017) High Tech High School’s Performing Arts students received a rare treat when student musicians from the New Jersey City University (NJCU) Jazz Department performed at High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Lead by Professor Nathan Ekland on trumpet, the NJCU combo played selections from the music...
High Tech Audio/Visual Production Department Yet Again Represented at Ramapo College Film Festival
(Ramapo, NJ–November 20, 2017)The Ramapo College Film Festival has selected five films written, directed, and produced by High Tech’s Audio/Visual Production majors, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Dream On by David Mansour of Bayonne, Solitaire by Hoboken resident Colmcille Donston, Give Love by Carlos Hernandez of Jersey City and North...
High Tech’s Alison Fung and Her Girl Scout Team Receive Silver Award for Their Take Action Project
(Hoboken, NJ—November 17, 2017) Alison Fung, a High Tech freshman and Hoboken resident in the school’s D|Fab academy, and her Girl Scout team received the Scouts’ Silver Award for their Take Action Project, “Girls Changing the Community,” announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Girl Scouts earn the Silver Award by focusing on...