High Tech’s D|Fab Academy Visits Goya Foods’ Manufacturing and Distribution Centers

(Secaucus, NJ—March 14, 2018) Students in D|Fab Academy at High Tech High School and their instructors received another opportunity for the third year in a row to tour Goya Foods’ manufacturing plant and distribution center in Secaucus and Jersey City, respectively, as part of Junior Achievement of New Jersey’s Job Shadow program, announced Dr. Joseph...

High Tech Wood Tech Comes to the Rescue of High Tech Chemistry Classes

(Secaucus, NJ--March 11, 2019) For safety and logistical purposes, the designers of the new Frank J. Gargiulo Campus elected not to pipe natural gas into the science labs, thereby prompting High Tech chemistry instructors Bill Goold and David Cincotta to seek alternative means of igniting flames for class experiments, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of...

John Sedrak at Yale

John Sedrak Accepted into Yale

John Sedrak of High Tech’s Academy of Design and Fabrication Accepted into Yale through Questbridge Scholarship (Secaucus, NJ—December 18, 2018) Bayonne resident John Sedrak, a senior majoring in Wood Technology at High Tech’s Academy of Design and Fabrication (D│FAB), has been accepted into Yale University through a Questbridge scholarship, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of...

High Tech’s Academy of Design and Fabrication Receives ‘Balloon Talk’ (Secaucus, NJ—December 14, 2018) Kelly Dubé from Balloon Talk visited High Tech High School

(Secaucus, NJ—December 14, 2018) Kelly Dubé from Balloon Talk visited High Tech High School’s Academy of Design and Fabrication (D│FAB) and presented an exciting and live hot air balloon demonstration, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Dubé reviewed the history of ballooning, explained some of the science, and engaged in a...

High Tech’s D|FAB Academy Hosts Its 2nd Annual Applebee’s Breakfast Fundraiser

(North Bergen—November 22, 2017’) The D|FAB Academy at High Tech High School raised $600 at the 2nd annual DFAB Applebee’s breakfast fundraiser, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. These funds help D|FAB Academy pay for a variety of educational and team-building activities that make up its unique learning community.  For many educators, community...

High Tech’s D|FAB Academy Holds Fundraiser at Applebee’s

(North Bergen, NJ—February 19, 2017) High Tech students from D|FAB Academy (formerly, Academy of Architecture and Contemporary Themes, or AACT) volunteered their time to serve customers a pancake breakfast at their local Applebee’s, raising nearly $1,100 in the process, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Applebee’s of North Bergen generously opened...

High Tech’s Hamza Qureshi Earns Second Place in Third Annual National High School Architecture Competition

(Chicago, IL—June 13, 2014) The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) announced High Tech’s Hamza Qureshi, a resident of Jersey City, the winner of the second prize in its DiscoverDesign.org National High School Architecture Competition, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Qureshi, sponsored by his teacher, Gregory Simon, joined 219 teens from 28...

Jacob Vega of A. Harry Moore High School Completes Business Computers Application Program at High Tech

(North Bergen, NJ—June 6, 2014) Jersey City resident Jacob Vega, a shared-time student from A. Harry Moore High School, has successfully completed the two-year business computer applications program at High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Not only has High Tech honored Jacob's hard work, but so has Berkeley College in Clifton,...

High Tech Science Instructor Catherine Yuhas Accepted into Two National Science Foundation Workshops

(North Bergen, NJ—June 4, 2014) Catherine Yuhas, the science facilitator at High Tech High’s Academy of Architecture and Contemporary Themes (AACT), has been accepted into a pair of National Science Foundation workshops, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Yuhas, who teaches Biology, Earth & Space Science, and AP Environmental Science for the Science...

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