Explore Takes 2nd Place in ‘Power Up’ Challenge
(May 8th--Jersey City) Explore Middle School 8th grade students placed 2nd in the “Power Up Your Body Challenge” and were awarded a $1500 prize for the school. Cabot Creamery’s Power Up Your Body Challenge engaged students in grades 6-9 to design a campaign to educate their peers on the importance of building strong bones, brains,...
High Tech Student Selected to Perform at the International Festival of Languages and Culture
(Secaucus, NJ--May 6, 2019) High Tech freshmen Musical Theatre major Arjun Athalye, a resident of Secaucus, had recently been selected to perform at this year’s International Festival of Languages and Culture, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The festival had featured over sixty young performers representing twenty countries through a host...
High Tech Excels in National World Language Contests
(Secaucus, NJ--May 6, 2019) Students chosen by their respective language teachers in various levels of French, Spanish, and Japanese participated in this year’s National Foreign Language Exams, competing with their peers from all across the country, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Dr. Laje Gashi and Christine Kawtari selected the High...
High Tech Honored at Jersey City Medical Center/RWJ Barnabas Health STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony
(Jersey City, NJ--May 1, 2019) Three High Tech students earned medals for their research projects at the awards ceremony for the Jersey City Medical Center/RWJ Barnabas Health STEM Showcase, held at the Margaret Williams Theatre, located in Hepburn Hall on the main campus of New Jersey City University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High...
High Tech High School Musical Theatre’s Evita Receives Two Rising Star Award Nominations
(Millburn, NJ--May 6, 2019) High Tech Musical Theatre’s production of Evita received two Rising Star Award nominations from Paper Mill Playhouse, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Junior Sara Bartoszek, a resident of Hoboken, received a nomination for Best Featured Actress for her portrayal of the “Mistress”, and Trista DeFilippis, head...
College and Career Fair at County Prep High School
County Prep hosted a college and career fair on May 2nd, 2019. There were many hands that helped to orchestrate this event from administrators, teachers, counselors, and Ms. Galluccio to maintenance and security staff, transportation staff and our Culinary Program. Colleges, universities, as well as the military and apprenticeship programs, were in attendance. There were...
High Tech BioMed Tours Health Science Attractions in London and Scotland
(Great Britain--April 22nd-25th, 2019) Thirteen students from High Tech BioMed Academy, along with teachers Kimberly Braun and Dr. Arun Srivastava, embarked on an overseas study of medical history at various London and Scottish sites of development, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. “Not only am I grateful for the modern medicine...
County Prep Dance presents ENIGMA Dance Performance
The County Prep Dance Program will present its 18th Annual Dance Concert on May 16 & 17 at 7pm in the County Prep Theater. The show, titled ENIGMA, centers around an adaptable set designed and constructed by the dancers in collaboration with their instructor Ms.Heather Warfel Sandler. The performance includes choreography by the students, instructors,...
High Tech Media Students Inducted into the Ridgewood Film Festival
(Ridgewood, NJ--April 24, 2019) The Ridgewood Film Festival recently inducted Jared Krinsky’s junior and senior media classes, as well as premiering two of their animations, The Missing Pin and Lip-sync Compilation, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The links to these animations can be found below: The Final Pin Interactive Media...
National YoungArts Foundation Recognizes High Tech’s Carlos Hernandez and Tomoe Carr This Year
(Miami, FL--April 22-26, 2019) National YoungArts Foundation announced High Tech Graphic Arts major Carlos Hernandez, a resident of Jersey City, a finalist for Photography, while Dance major and North Bergen resident Tomoe Carr earned an honorable mention for Hip Hop this year, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Both Hernandez, named among...