(Englewood, NJ—February 4, 2015) Representing High Tech High School, Aaleah Oliver of Secaucus, along with another high school student from the Region 6 Championship, will compete in the 2015 Poetry Out Loud State Championship at Princeton University on March 13th, a first for High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. A junior,...
High Tech’s Dr. Lavlinski Joins Other Teachers in Seton Hall’s Project Acceleration
(North Bergen, NJ--February 3, 2015) Dr. Dmitri Lavlinski, who teaches AP Chemistry for High Tech, has joined other High Tech teachers in connecting their coursework to Seton Hall University's college curriculum in a program known as Project Acceleration, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella,Upon completion of the course, students earn college credits. Students register in September and receive...
Netting More Experience: Local Badminton Fans Get Visit from U.S. National Squad
Netting more experienceLocal badminton fans get visit from U.S. national squad by Joseph Passantino The world got a bit smaller and friendlier for students at the county’s public high school -- High Tech High School -- on Jan. 16, when they were visited by the USA and Thailand’s national badminton teams.Visitors included Andrew Smith of England,...
High Tech Attends Hip-Hop Youth Summit at Columbia
(New York, NY—January 22, 2015) Twenty-seven High Tech students took part in the third annual “Cyphers for Justice: Hip-Hop Youth Summit” at Teachers College, Columbia University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), “Cyphers for Justice” (CFJ) Youth Day summits assemble high school...
HCST County Prep High School SkillsUSA Collecting Jeans for Youth
SkillsUSA from Jersey Cityis collecting jeans for Teens for Jeans, a national campaign in partnership with Aéropostale and DoSomething.org, encouraging young people across the county to donate gently used jeans to help homeless youth. Over a million young people experience homelessness in the United States every year and one of the most requested items that...
Kerry Butler, Christine Pedi and More Set for BROADWAY LOVE at High Tech Musical Theatre, 2/2
Kerry Butler, Christine Pedi, James Carpinello, Telly Leungand more are set for "Broadway Love" at High Tech Musical Theatre to raise money for arts students on February 2nd, 2015. Kerry Butler (Catch Me If You Can, Xanadu, Hairspray),Christine Pedi (Chicago, Newsical), James Carpinello (Rock of Ages, Saturday Night Fever), Telly Leung (Godspell, Rent, Glee), Anastacia McCleskey (Violet, Book of Mormon, Priscilla), Kate Loprest (First Date, Wonderland), Clarke Thorell (Annie, Hairspray)...
High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver Advances to 2015 Poetry Out Loud Region 6 Championship
(North Bergen—January 9, 2015) High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver, a resident of Secaucus, won the school-wide competition of the 2015 Poetry Out Loud competition at the North Hudson Center, and now, she advances to the Region 6 Championship, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Oliver recited “Truth” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Thoughtless...
County Prep Students Participate in Lock-in
On November 21st at County Prep High School, 130 Students in grades 9-12 participated in a school wide lock-in. From 9:30 pm to 6:30 am the next day students participated in activities that included a basketball tournament, volleyball tournament, and video game tournament. For entertainment purposes there were movies playing in the ITV room. By...
Hydroponics at County Prep High School
Over the course of the 2013 – 2014 school year, County Prep Administration along with science instructors Dr. Szymanski and Mr. La Volpe met with members of New York Sun Works to discuss the possibility of building a Hydroponic Greenhouse at County Prep High School. While the Greenhouse Project at County Prep is still in...
HCSTF Donates AM/FM Radios to the JDC Residents
Dear Mr. Mattei: On behalf of the Hudson County Schools of Technology Foundation, we are pleased toinform you that our leadership board has officially approved your grant proposal of$598.00 to help fund for AM/FM portable electronic devices. As an organization determined to support educational opportunities for HCST students,we are committed to helping our students, faculty...