(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...
County Prep Fashion students volunteered at Fab Scrap, a textile recycling center dedicated to the process of achieving environmental sustainability through the process of recycling textile waste.The textiles are donated from various apparel and textile companies. Instead of ending up in landfills, Fab Scrap textiles can be used as material for new garments or as...
(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,...
(November 30th–Jersey City) “The Right Dream”, a one-man Living Voices performance, was presented to the students at Explore Middle School. “The Right Dream” follows the story of a young African American boy, Raymond, portrayed by Brian Simmons, growing up in a small town in Mississippi on the brink of the American Civil Rights movement. Living...
(November 16th, 2018–Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School students and staff attended a trip to the Liberty Science Center sponsored by the BASF Company. Students attended the trip, led by the science department, to kick-off their next thematic unit, “phenomenon and the engineering design process”. For this unit, students will take into account different phenomena...
(November 21st, 2018–Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School student council members visited the newly renovated Veterans of Foreign Wars (VFW) Post 2294 Samuel R. Shelton Post in Jersey City. Commander Tony Goodson, a former technology teacher at Explore and Vietnam War Purple Heart Recipient, led the assembly. In honor of Veteran’s Day, Chef Mario and...
County Prep High School will host Kyle Marshall Choreography Friday, November 30 at 7:30pm & Saturday, December 1 at 2pm as part of the school’s Choreographer in Residence Program. Kyle Marshall is a 2018 New York Dance and Performance “Bessie” Jury Award recipient and a New Jersey State Council of the Arts Fellow. Marshall's residency...
(November 26th, 2018--Jersey City, NJ) Explore Middle School held a Human Rights Art Gallery as the 1st culminating project of the school year.Human rights served as the 1st thematic unit for the students and the language arts department headed this unit by creating project-based lessons and activities focusing on a variety of human rights. The...
Edison NJ –November 19, 2018 The County Prep FCCLA delegation attended the Fall conference at the Pines Manor in Edison NJ. The conference was attended by 740 members from schools throughout New Jersey, announced Ms. Barbara Mendolla, Principal of County Prep High School. Our students competed in the following events: Cupcake Challenge ( Culinary Arts...
JERSEY CITY — Students at Explore Middle School attended an anti-bullying presentation by professional and motivational speaker Kerry Magro. Magro, who is on the autism spectrum, encouraged students to “choose kindness” and shared his own powerful story of being bullied growing up during his visit to the school this month. The roughly 50 minute presentation...