County Prep Students Visit Kean University
County Prep students visited Kean University on Friday, December 3, 2021. The students attended an informative presentation as an overview of the institution followed by a tour of the expansive campus including the library, classrooms, theater, and numerous state-of-the-art buildings. They met with an admissions representative to discuss the various programs offered at the institution...
Explore Middle School Hosts the Science Olympics
Explore Middle School celebrated the closing of its first-quarter with the Science Olympics. In the spring of 2021, the staff at Explore Middle School met and chose the Olympics as their topic for the first thematic unit for the 2021-2022 school year. Students, not only in science, were exposed to various topics relating to the...
Explore’s Council on Diversity Celebrates Native American Heritage Month
This school year Explore Middle School is excited to announce their first-ever Council on Diversity. The club is led by Explore’s Academic Coach and 8th Grade Language Arts teacher, Ms. Justine Franco. The council includes 7th grader Olivia Haberman and 6th graders Charlee Meyer, Madison Estrella, Lori Kim, and Noelle Dilworth. The council focuses on...
HCST Community Raises Money for Breast Cancer Research
HCST Teams Among the Top Fundraisers in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, With High Tech High School and Explore Middle School in the Top Ten Teams Jersey City, N.J. --HCST schools participated in the October Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, with High Tech High School and Explore Middle School coming out among...
D|Fab Architecture Students Help Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark
(Secaucus, NJ––November 21, 2021) Twenty architecture majors in High Tech’s Academy for Design & Fabrication (D|Fab) spent a day helping to build a home with volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark on November 16, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. The students––Nicholas Bartletta, Brianna Bellamy, Amirah Calamito, Samuel Calmas,...
HCST’s Explore Middle School Holds Science Olympics
Hudson TV News: The Hudson County Schools of Technology’s Explore Middle School in Jersey City held a very special science fair on Friday. Dubbed the Science Olympics, the event was the school’s first, thematic unit for the 2021-2022 academic year. It was designed to piggyback off of the Tokyo Summer Olympics held in August. Click...
Culinary Arts Students Team Up with Fashion Students at County Prep for a Monster of a Project
Culinary Arts and Fashion Design students partnered to create a collaborative project using a fun and playful monster theme. Chef John Palsi, Culinary instructor, and Ms. Janet Patten, Fashion Design instructor, are proud of how the students were able to put their creative minds together. Keeping in mind elements and principles of design, teams discussed...
HTHS Students Showcase Skills at Pre-College Engineering Conference
(Secaucus, NJ––November 16, 2021) High Tech student members of the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers (SHPE) participated in––and took home first place in the design challenge at––the SHPE Virtual Pre-College Conference in October, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. The Virtual Pre-College Conference, which took place from October 28–30, began with...
High Tech Singer, Lauralie, Releases Music Video Featuring HTHS Dancers
(Secaucus, NJ––November 16, 2021) High Tech songstress Lauralie Mufute recently released a music video for her new song, “No Fool,” which featured several dancers from High Tech’s Performing Arts Academy, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. Laurlie, who resides in Jersey City, is a senior majoring in Musical Theater at High...
WBL – New Jersey City University
County Prep juniors and seniors visited New Jersey City University (NJCU) on Friday, November 12. Our students met with admission representatives for an overview of the majors, programs, support services, and campus life at this institution. The students toured the campus including classrooms, offices, and the library. The day concluded with a complimentary luncheon and...