Category: High Tech High School

(Nazareth, PA—December 13, 2017) High Tech Wood Technology and Engineering Technology majors took advantage of a terrific opportunity to tour the Martin Guitar & Co factory, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. High School. Zach Bolich and Sergio Gamarra, instructors of Wood Tech and Engineering Tech, respectively, and Jamie Velazquez, lead History teacher, accompanied students...

by Sue Scheff, Contributor to the Huffington Post Cyberbullying: The ‘Message’ That Could Change A Life The New Year had barely started when the headlines were heard across the globe, another teen died of bullycide. It doesn’t matter what age you are, online harassment is affecting people around the world. Cyberbullying is not only child’s play, from...

  by Laiba Khan (New York City–January 11, 2018) Twenty students in Dr. Laje Gashi and Mrs. Christine Kawtari’s French Club took the opportunity to see the classic musical The Phantom of the Opera on Broadway, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.    The Phantom of the Opera, based on Gaston Leroux’s 1910 novel...

(January 10. 2018—Hollywood, California) High Tech High School’s David Mansour, a Bayonne resident and junior in the school’s Audio/Visual Production Department, has received the award for Best Youth Filmmaker of America and First Place in the Youth Category at the AT&T Film Awards, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech.   Mansour’s Leave a...

(Pittsburgh, PA—January 2, 2018) For a third consecutive year, the High Tech Dance Department will perform at the National High School Dance Festival, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. This year’s National High School Dance Festival will take place at Point Park University from February 28ththrough March 4th.  Out of the...

(Newark, NJ—December 21, 2017) High Tech students from Robert Dillon’s Rock ‘n’ Roll LEAP course experienced the GRAMMY Museum Experience at Prudential Center, which included a New Jersey Legends exhibit and other exhibits that address the heritage and history of American music, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The GRAMMY Museum...

(North Bergen, NJ—December 18, 2017) High Tech students and staff have collected over 1,500 pairs of socks to benefit the Hoboken Shelter, courtesy of the school’s eighth annual Sock Drive, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Spearheaded by veteran High Tech Language Arts teacher Robert Dillon, This year’s Sock Drive for...

By Laiba Khan (North Bergen, NJ—December 8, 2017) High Tech’s French Club and French Honor Society teamed up with Dr. Laje Gashi’s French IV class to organize a French Holiday Bake Sale, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The event, spearheaded by French Club president Mously Lo, a resident of Jersey...

(North Bergen, NJ—December 5, 2017) KAS Prep, sister school of High Tech and a program that caters to all learning styles in an alternative environment, hosted a Holiday Dinner for its student body, announced Mr. Gerald Lyons, Principal of KAS Prep. At KAS Prep, each student develops a personalized schedule of academic and career/technical courses,...

(North Bergen, NJ—December 1, 2017) Students in High Tech’s D|FAB Academy and KAS Prep students participated in an educational program on World AIDS Awareness Day, part of High Tech High School’s freshman orientation, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The orientation began with Rob Vassilarakis, A.K.A. “Simply Rob,” a poet, activist, and motivational...