On February 22, 2016 County Prep Science teacher, Tim O’Donnell and his five-year-old daughter Bridget were killed in a tragic car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike Hudson County Extension. Immediately following this event, there was a tremendous and very generous outpouring of donations from County Prep High School, High Tech High School and Explorer...
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HTHS Environmental Science Students Get Down and Dirty in Jersey City’s Washington Park
October 14, 2016 (North Bergen, N.J.) – Students in the Environmental Science Academy at High Tech High School spent a day working the gardens of Jersey City’s Washington Park, thanks to a grant funded by the HCST Foundation, announced Linda J. Quentzel, Executive Director. Instructors Samantha Dorio, William Goold, Shelly Witham and Cathy Yuhas chaperoned...
First S.T.E.A.M. Vocational Middle School
Explore 2000 prides itself on being New Jersey’s first S.T.E.A.M. vocational middle school, to which the students embody in their hands-on learning environment, which has produced some impressive projects. Explore 2000 delves into three thematic units per year, one in each respective trimester. In their first trimester for the 2016-2017 school year, “Oceans” were explored...
High Tech High School Musical Theatre Presents STORY TO SONG: A MUSICAL REVUE
(North Bergen, NJ–January 12, 2017) High Tech High School Musical Theatre announces its January production, Story to Song: A Musical Revue. The show will be performed on Wednesday and Thursday evenings, January 25thand 26th, at 7 p.m. in the Jay Todd Black Box Theater at the North Hudson Center, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech...
County Prep Celebrates Winter Spirit Week
County Prep High School’s Annual Winter Spirit Week took place from Monday, December 12th, 2016 to Friday, December 16th, 2016. Spirit days are a great way to shake up the monotony of the school year. The first day was dedicated to Pajama Day because what better way to come to school on cheerless Mondays? The...
County Prep Hosts Second Annual Battle of the Classes
County Prep High School’s second annual Battle of the Classes (BOTC) took place on Friday, December 16th, 2016. It was in correlation with Spirit Week; on this day, specifically, each grade wore their class color to represent and cheer on their class. This year’s theme was Avatar and the four elements: Earth (Freshmen-green), Wind (Sophomores-pink),...
High Tech Sophomores Attend Rockefeller University’s Annual TALKING SCIENCE Event
(New York, NY—January 7, 2017) Nine High Tech sophomores, accompanied by Dr. Nina Lavlinskaia and fellow science instructor Joseph Ona, attended Rockefeller University’s 2017 Talking Science event, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following sophomores attended Talking Science: Elijah Conlin of Hoboken; Jersey City resident Soleil Perez; Jillian Boyle and...
Explore 2000 Middle School Students Review WowWee MiP Robot
WowWee MiP Robot Review Mr. Sonny Dave, president of ExtremeKids LLC, provided Explore 2000 Middle School with the WowWee MiP Robot to enhance the learning experience of the students and introduce them to computer programming. The students were very excited to unbox their new learning tool which was presented in a...
County Prep’s NHS Supports “The Make A Wish Foundation”
County Prep’s National Honor Society spread cheer this holiday season by supporting “The Make A Wish Foundation” through Letters to Santa. Every year Macy’s donates $1.00 for every letter they receive. This year the County Prep’s school community wrote 710 letters to Santa. NHS would like to thank everyone for their support.
County Prep Students Receive Awards at FCCLA Fall Conference
The NJ FCCLA Fall Conference was held on November 21, 2016 in Pines Manor, Edison, NJ and attended by 600 people. The total awards for County Prep students were 2 bronze, 4 silver, and 13 gold. Awards were given to the following County Prep Students. Congratulations to them all! Apple Bake-off Sherry Joseph – Bronze...