(North Bergen, NJ--May 17, 2019) High Tech High School’s eSports team entered its first official eSports tournament in partnership with Helix eSports, competing against North Bergen, Weehawken, and Memorial High Schools, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Kevin Osorio and Joseph Munoz-Breto, both North Bergen residents, came in 1st place for Super Smash...
Category: HTHS-MEDIA ARTS
Fourteen High Tech Students Receive Awards at This Year’s Hudson County Alliance of Teen Artists Student Art Expo
(Bayonne, NJ--May 9, 2019) Fourteen High Tech students earned recognition this year at the the annual Hudson County Alliance of Teen Artists Student Art Expo, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.The Top Honors Award went to Giselle Echeverria, a resident of Kearny, who will move on to the New Jersey State...
High Tech Media Students Inducted into the Ridgewood Film Festival
(Ridgewood, NJ--April 24, 2019) The Ridgewood Film Festival recently inducted Jared Krinsky’s junior and senior media classes, as well as premiering two of their animations, The Missing Pin and Lip-sync Compilation, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The links to these animations can be found below: The Final Pin Interactive Media...
National YoungArts Foundation Recognizes High Tech’s Carlos Hernandez and Tomoe Carr This Year
(Miami, FL--April 22-26, 2019) National YoungArts Foundation announced High Tech Graphic Arts major Carlos Hernandez, a resident of Jersey City, a finalist for Photography, while Dance major and North Bergen resident Tomoe Carr earned an honorable mention for Hip Hop this year, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Both Hernandez, named among...
High Tech’s Interactive Media Class Experiences Virtual Reality
(Secaucus, NJ--April 17, 2019) With the help of Nintendo, Jared Krinsky's Interactive Media class at High Tech High School now experiences virtual reality game design, thanks to the Nintendo Labo© VR Kit, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Students in the Interactive Media class had a hand in building their very own VR...
High Tech Students’ Film Takes First Place at Imagination Lunchbox International Children’s Film Festival
(Baltimore, MD--April 13, 2019) High Tech High School students Cenera Davis of Jersey City, an Interactive Media major, and North Bergen resident Genesis Cevallos, a Programming major, took First Place for the Film Festival Choice Award for their collaborative film The Hungry Hedgehog at the 3rd annual Imagination Lunchbox International Children's Film Festival, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella,...
Three High Tech Students Recognized at the North New Jersey Affiliate of the Scholastic Art Awards
(Montclair, NJ--January 18, 2019) The North New Jersey affiliate of the Scholastic Art Awards has declared three High Tech students the recipients of Gold and Silver Key awards, as well as Honorable Mentions, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.Graphic Arts major Carlos Hernandez, a senior and resident of Jersey City, has...
High Tech Students Win Film Award
(Mahwah, N.J. December 12, 2018) More than three dozen student filmmakers from around the state, including High Tech High School students Noelle White of Weehawken and Jersey City resident Katerina Vail, showcased their talents at the Fourth Annual High School Film Festival, hosted by Ramapo College of New Jersey, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of...
High Tech High School Inaugurates Its Own eSports Team
(Secaucus, NJ—December 13, 2018) With the assistance of HELIX eSports and High Tech’s Game Design Club Adviser and Interactive Media instructor, Jared Krinsky, High Tech has started its very own eSports team, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Due to the rise of eSports in colleges and universities across the world,...
High Tech Audio/Visual Students Earn Invitation to 2018 World Tolerance Day Conference
(New York, NY—November 16, 2018) The High Tech Audio/Visual Department earned an invitation to the 2018 World Tolerance Day Conference, held at the United Nations, in conjunction with YouTube Creators for Change™, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. High Tech Class of 2011 alumnus Paul Marvucic, currently Product Marketing Manager at...