The Interact Club joined thousands of participants this past Sunday for the annual Breast Cancer Walk in Jersey City. Over twenty students joined their adviser, Mr. Schwamberger, for this event. The club managed to raise several hundred dollars to donate to the cause. Over three hundred thousand dollars were raised overall to raise awareness and further...
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High Tech’s Butterfly Effect Club Holds Fundraiser and Participates in American Cancer Society’s Making Strides against Breast Cancer Walk
(Jersey City, NJ—October 22, 2017) Students in High Tech’s Butterfly Effect Club, along with advisor Jamie Velazquez, Vice-Principal Allyson Krone, and friends and family, participated in the American Cancer Society’s Making Strides against Breast Cancer two-mile walk, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The American Cancer Society raises money to fund...
High Tech Class Attends Lecture by Famous Author
(Bronx, NY—October 16, 2017) Robert Dillon’s High Tech senior class toured Fordham University, where his students inquired about majors and financial aid, but a lecture by Professor Mary Bly, a New York Times bestselling author and Shakespeare expert, proved the highlight of the tour, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Bly,...
High Tech Shines at Poster Session Organized by North Jersey Section of American Chemical Society
(South Orange, NJ—September 25, 2017) Five High Tech High School students, along with Dr. Dmitri Lavlinski, attended a poster session at Seton Hall University, organized by the North Jersey Section of the American Chemical Society, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. These students, members of the American Chemical Society’s Project SEED summer research...
County Prep Hydroponics/Aquaculture Class Visits Forest Resource Education Center
Students from the Hydroponics/Aquaculture class at County Prep visited the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson, N.J. accompanied by their teachers Mr. Nicholas LaVolpe and Dr. Stephanie Szymanski. The students were introduced to the various products that come from trees.The foresters demonstrated the use of a saw mill to cut a longitudinal section of a...
County Prep’s Qu’Raun Scott McKoy to Premiere Film at Golden Door Film Festival
The film, A Very Bad Day, created by County Prep senior, Qu’Raun Scott-McKoy, will have its premiere on Friday, October 6 at the Golden Door Film Festival in Jersey City. Qu’Raun’s film was one of only a handful of movies selected in the Young Filmmakers category for this prestigious festival. Qu’Raun is an Audio Visual Production...
CP Culinary Arts Students Running One of the Hottest New Restaurants!
Take a look at who’s running one of the hottest new restaurants! 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. He currently owns Talde Brooklyn, Talde Jersey City and Talde Miami. So what does...
Jeremy Lewan of High Tech Accepted as a 2017-2018 National Hispanic Recognition Scholar
(New York, NY—September 13, 2017) Bayonne resident Jeremy Lewan, a senior at High Tech, has been accepted into the 2017-2018 National Hispanic Recognition Program, which acknowledges about 5,000 academically outstanding students from more than 250,000 Hispanic/Latino juniors who take the PSAT/NMSQT®, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High school. To be eligible for the...
High Tech Attends The Merchant of Venice at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey
(Madison, NJ—June 1, 2017) the HCST Foundation treated 120 High Tech juniors to a live performance of the Bard’s The Merchant of Venice at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High school. Students in Kerri Ann Murphy’s European Literature courses had just finished reading the play and...
High Tech Receives Certificate of Recognition for Its Performance in Shakespeare: NJ
(Madison, NJ—April 27, 2017) Judges at the Shakespeare Theater of New Jersey have awarded High Tech High School a Certificate of Recognition for its participation in the theater’s annual festival, Shakespeare: NJ, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High school. Students in Kerri Ann Murphy’s Shakespeare course also received commendations for interpreting one...