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High Tech National Honor Society Holds 2016 Induction Ceremony
(North Bergen—April 21, 2016) This year, the High Tech High School National Honor Society (NHS) inducted 26 seniors, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following students earned initiation into NHS for 2016: Bayonne residents Amina Bendaoud, Sara Bendaoud (President), Jessica Driscoll (1st Vice President), Mariam Elsaker, George Iskander, Vanessa Kirschner,...
Six High Tech High School Students Honored at 2016 Letters About Literature Award Ceremony
(Piscataway, NJ—May 19, 2016) Out of almost 2,000 letters submitted from New Jersey in the 2015-2016 Letters About Literature contest, High Tech High School received notice that six of its students had been honored at the 2016 Letters About Literature Award Ceremony at Rutgers University’s Livingston College Student Center, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of...
County Prep’s Dominick Quintela Awarded Scholarship from NJCECA
As a result of our district's participation in the New Jersey Cooperative Education Coordinators Association (NJCECA), County Prep is proud to announce Dominick Quintela was recently selected to receive a $6,000.00 scholarship to attend Lincoln Tech. Dominick plans on pursuing a program in IT this coming fall at the Edison campus. A special thank you...
Explore 2000 Middle School at the Urban Watershed Program
The First Year students at Explore 2000 Middle School spent the week of May 9, 2016 working on the Urban Watershed Education Program. Part of the New Jersey department of Environmental Protection, the program begins with a day in the classroom. The students prepared for their field experience with lessons in map reading, learning to...
County Prep Student Wins First Place at 33rd Annual Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest
The County Prep World Language Department is proud to announce that County Prep students excelled once more at the 33rd Annual Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest, held at William Paterson University on May 19. This year, fifty-eight schools participated in this great event and one of our students, Alexander B. Berman, won First Place in the Chinese...
County Prep Environmental Science Students Take Class Outside
Ms. Cynthia Rose and her Environmental Science students did some Spring planting in the front gardens of County Prep High School's campus this week.
High Tech Students Shine in Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest
(Wayne—May 19, 2016) This year, High Tech High school students shone at the 33rdAnnual Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest, held at William Paterson University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students excelled in the Frenchpoetry contest: North Bergen resident Erica De Lacerda earned first place for intermediate level; Mously...
High Tech’s Halaena Merrill Wins First Prize at the 42nd Annual NJ Young Filmmakers Festival
(Jersey City, NJ—May 16, 2016) High Tech’s Halaena Merrill, a Weehawken resident, has won first prize in the High School Category at this year’s New Jersey Young Filmmakers Festival, a project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Merrill won for her three-minute seventeen...
High Tech High School Takes Part in Genetic & Genomics Virtual Conference
(North Bergen, NJ—May 11-12, 2016) High Tech’s Science Majors took part in the 4thannual Genetics and Genomics free virtual conference, a two-day event held in Dr. Arun Srivastava’s class, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The 4th Annual Genetics and Genomics free virtual conference, one of the most attended of its kind by...
High Tech Students Excel on 2016 National Japanese Examination
(North Bergen, NJ—May 16, 2016) The Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) has recognized High Tech students in Japanese I, II, and III classes who participated in the 2016 National Japanese Examination (NJE), announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. NEJ, an online, proficiency-oriented, standards-based tool, assesses middle school, high school, and...