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...
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...
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...
High Tech Hosts Its First FTC Robotics Competition
(North Bergen, NJ—December 17, 2016) High Tech's Robotics, along with advisors Harry Peles and Alba Simon, hosted its inaugural First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics Competition in the fieldhouse at the North Hudson Center of Hudson County Schools of Technology, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Teams 7994 and 10633 competed, with...
High Tech’s Hiking Club Takes Trip to Ramapo Mountain State Forest
(Ringwood, NJ—December 10, 2016) High Tech Social Studies instructors Ronald Kliesh and David Polito escorted ten High Tech Hiking Club members on a trail at the base of Ramapo Mountain State Forest, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The High Tech hikers experienced steep hills, a precarious trail at times due...
High Tech’s Jeremy Lewan Meets Fox 5 News Meteorologist Mike Woods at HCST Gala
(Jersey City, NJ—November 4, 2016) Bayonne resident Jeremy Lewan, a budding meteorological student and guest speaker at this years’ Hudson County Schools of Technology (HCST) Foundation Gala, received the thrill of a lifetime by meeting his professional role model, Mike Woods of Fox 5 News in New York City, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of...
High Tech High School Holds 2017 National Honor Society Induction Ceremony
(North Bergen, NJ—December 12, 2016) This year, the High Tech High School National Honor Society (NHS) inducted 38 seniors, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students earned initiation into National Honor Society for 2017: Bayonne residents Eman Abdalla, Kayla Alvarez, Amanda Chang, Mohamed Elzokm, Hasumi Hayashi, John Kahlil, Maria Kaldes, Indhu...
High Tech’s Butterfly Effect Club Spreads Holiday Cheer for the Folks at Hudson View Care & Rehab Center
(North Bergen, NJ—December 6, 2016) High Tech students in the Butterfly Effect Club, a club designed to spread awareness and fundraise for people with developmental disabilities, visited the Hudson View Care & Rehab Center to share Season’s Greetings, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Under the supervision of club advisor Jamie Velazquez, students...
High Tech’s Krystal Andrade to Perform Leading Role for the Annual Jersey City Nutcracker Production
(Jersey City, NJ—December 8, 2016) Krystal Andrade, a High Tech Dance major and member of the pre-professional training program at the School of Nimbus Dance Works, has been selected to perform a leading role in the latter company’s Jersey City Nutcracker production, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Andrade performs two matinees of Jersey City...