Genevieve Gonzalez, a graduate of Explore Middle School and a current sophomore at High Tech High School has been accepted to the High School Law Institute at New York University Law School. She was one of 60 accepted students out of a pool of over 500 applicants! The High School Law Institute at NYU is...
Mr. Brennan, CPHS/ATD Guidance Counselor, brought Juniors and Seniors in County Prep/ATD's Business Major to visit Kean University. While at Kean, the students were able to meet with the Admissions Counselor and Dean for the School of Business. The students explored the brand new School of Business building, and were able to visit a classroom...
Three exceptional students, Marielys Gomez, Jadalee Gonzalez and Brianna Porter were approved to participate in an externship with the Early Childhood Education Center, Starting Points of Hudson County. This Work-Based Learning experience is a valuable supplement to their Early Childhood Education program of study at the Earl W. Byrd Center. Every day after school they...
This past year the World Language Department here at High Tech had an excellent year. Teachers and students were involved in a learning community sharing their efforts and experiences. Each student brought aboard a new challenge and perspective, making the learning experience more enjoyable and meaningful. Learning happened in classrooms, and often outside the walls of...
The County Prep/ATD Audio/Visual Production Department Instructors Rob Meyer and Nicole Martinez worked with school administration to help promote the importance of wearing school IDs. Students produced, directed, filmed and edited brief public service announcements that emphasize when and where students need to wear their photo ID cards. Mr. Meyer and Ms. Martinez’s classes made...
This Halloween HCST hosted its Inaugural Trunk-or-Treat event for the District at the Frank J. Gargiulo Campus. The event was a wonderful success, and was a great time for families to connect with the district in an informal way! It was a beautiful sunny day, kids dressed up in costumes, and had the chance to...
R-E-S-P-E-C-T: We Found Out What it Means to Us! County Prep/ATD students celebrated the Week of Respect on October 3-7 in their English classes with great success. From classroom reading and writing assignments to creative, artistic displays, students worked on recognizing what respect means to them and how to show it to all throughout the...
At the EWB Center, we renovated the bathrooms in the B-Wing, and the boys bathrooms in the C-Wing. We installed an outdoor kitchen and picnic area, dehumidification units in C-wing classrooms, new fuel tanks in lot 1, and replaced the flooring in the child care facilities and several windows in the A-1 wing. We entirely...
Over the course of the summer we were busy completing our yearly technology upgrades and building maintenance projects to ensure that when students and teachers returned to their classrooms everything was running smoothly, and that all of our systems were fully up to date. Annual updates span across district-wide departments and all schools. To begin,...
This summer Explore Middle school incoming and current students participated in a STEAM Summer Innovation Camp, led by STEAM/Arts Partners in Education along with our Explore Staff. During the Camp, the students participated in STEAM community activity project-based lessons using the Engineering Design Process (EDP), Rocket Launch Pad project-based lessons that include math & science,...