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HCST Students Explore the Modern Art at MoMA

HCST Students Explore the Modern Art at MoMA

 This past Monday, on April 20th, 2026, High Tech students transformed into "art detectives" during an immersive visit to the Museum of Modern Art (MoMA).  Students participated in a guided tour focused on the evolution of modern thought.  In a hands-on workshop, students experimented with drawing and collage, mirroring the techniques used by the masters...

High Tech High School Team Wins Best Overall Tower at NJ Architecture Week STEAM Challenge

High Tech High School Team Wins Best Overall Tower at NJ Architecture Week STEAM Challenge

High Tech High School is proud to announce that its student team, the Laser Cat Archies, earned the Best Overall Tower Award at the NJ Architecture Week Women’s STEAM Interscholastic High School Architecture Tower Challenge, held at Hackensack High School on April 14, 2026. Hosted by the AIA Architects League of Northern New Jersey, the...

NJCU College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award

NJCU College of Education Distinguished Alumni Award

Craig Morrison, school counselor at High Tech High School, has been recognized by New Jersey City University’s College of Education with a distinguished award honoring his exceptional service to students. NJCU representatives visited High Tech High School to personally present the award, recognizing Craig’s unwavering commitment to student support, collaboration, and community impact. Known for...

High Tech High School Students Earn Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship

High Tech High School Students Earn Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship

Two seniors from the D|Fab Computer Programming program at High Tech High School, part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology, have been named recipients of the highly competitive Amazon Future Engineer Scholarship. Maximus Elmorry and Yousef Mohammed were selected for the national award, which provides up to $40,000 toward a degree in computer science...

High Tech High Student Parth Khot Selected for Prestigious Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology

High Tech High Student Parth Khot Selected for Prestigious Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology

The High Tech High School Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy is incredibly proud to share that Parth Khot, an 11th-grade Graphic Technology major, has been selected for the prestigious Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology at Rutgers University. This is an honor awarded to only a select group of the most exceptional students across...

From the Met to HTHS: Students Conduct Research for Upcoming French Immersive Museum

From the Met to HTHS: Students Conduct Research for Upcoming French Immersive Museum

This Tuesday, March 24th, French students from the High Tech High School (HTHS) traded their classrooms for the world-renowned galleries of The Metropolitan Museum of Art (The MET). This immersive field study served as a vital research expedition and a strategic precursor to the school’s highly anticipated headline event: The French Immersive Experience Museum. Organized...

STEM Showcase Achievement – 2026 Hudson County STEM Showcase

STEM Showcase Achievement – 2026 Hudson County STEM Showcase

We are proud to celebrate the outstanding achievement of our students at the 2026 Hudson County STEM Showcase. Their innovative research project earned both a Silver Medal in the Senior Division and the prestigious National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) “Taking the Pulse of the Planet” Award. The team developed a low-cost, real-time pollen monitoring...

County Prep Students win Silver and United States Air Force Awards at the 2026 Hudson County STEM Showcase

County Prep Students win Silver and United States Air Force Awards at the 2026 Hudson County STEM Showcase

At today’s Hudson County STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony at the Liberty Science Center, our students Mohan Chitkara, Alice Li, and Vinson Guo were honored with two major awards for their project, “Going with the Flow: Mitigating Hemodynamic Energy Loss and Thrombotic Risk in Single-Ventricle Palliation with AI‑Optimized Helical Circuits.” They received: • Silver Award (Senior...