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County Prep Students Attend Harvard Model Congress
Over winter break 18 County Prep students attended Harvard Model Congress. Harvard Model Congress or HMC is the nation’s oldest government simulation conference run exclusively by undergraduates at Harvard College. Over 1,400 students from across the world attend and assume the roles of real-life congressmen and congresswomen, senators, and members of the government; the goal...
High Tech High School Teams Gearing Up the Hudson County Academic Bowl
(North Bergen, NJ—March 9, 2018) Two High Tech High School teams will compete with each other for the 2018 Hudson County Quiz Bowl Championship, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The Championship will be held at the High Tech Resource Center at the North Hudson Center during periods 7, 8 and...
High Tech High School Musical Theatre Presents Elton John and Tim Rice’s AIDA
(North Bergen, NJ—March 1, 2018) High Tech High School Musical Theatre continues its 2017-2018 season with its presentation of Disney’s award-winning musical Aida, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Aida, with a book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, features music by Elton John and lyrics by Tim...
High Tech’s Alex Becerril Builds Bookcase for Valentine’s Day
(North Bergen, NJ—February 14, 2018) As a part of his final project for DFab’s Wood Technology major, Alex Becerril of Bayonne constructed a bookcase that he crafted as a gift to his girlfriend on Valentine’s Day, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. As a requirement, the Wood Technology project had to...
County Prep’s Improvisation Class Performs in the Fourth Annual Improv Show
County Prep’s Improvisation Class Performs in the Fourth Annual Improv Show: County Prep Live Season 2 on February 19th, 2018 Only two weeks after our very successful run of How to Succeed In Business Without Really Trying, County Prep theatre arts improvisers performed in our fourth annual improvisation and fundraiser event, County Prep Live Season...
County Prep Senior Denise Anderson Plays Basketball for Hoboken High School
Please see the attached article from the Hudson Reporter for news of our County Prep Senior Denise Anderson, who plays basketball for the Hoboken High School girls' basketball team. http://hudsonreporter.com/view/full_story/27533985/article-SCOREBOARD--Redwing-girls-are-flying-high---Huge-overtime-win-over-Kearny-puts-Hoboken-at-8-2-?instance=jim_hauge
High Tech Has Soup-Per Bowl Win! 345 Cans and Other Items Collected for Hoboken Shelter
(North Bergen, NJ—February 5, 2018) The High Tech High School community took part in Language Arts instructor Robert Dillon’s second annual Soup-Per Bowl, contributing 345 cans and non-perishable items to benefit the Hoboken Shelter once more, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. “We outdid ourselves by 55 cans compared to last...
Culinary Arts Students from County Prep Visit Hudson County Community College
County Prep Culinary Arts students visited Hudson County Community College multiple times from September through December to participate in the “Extended Culinary Student for the Day” program. The students reported to HCCC at 7:30 am to cycle through the various culinary labs to gain exposure to the post-secondary culinary arts program and to “feel” what it is like to be a college student. They also had the opportunity...
County Prep Students Participate in Junior Achievement’s High School Heroes Program
Ms. Bello and Ms. Torres teach classes at County Prep High School for aspiring young teachers. Their students participated in Junior Achievement's High School Heroes Program in October and December. The students shadowed teachers and then returned to Cordero School to teach Junior Achievement's interactive elementary school curriculum. The lesson plans focused on educational standards with grade appropriate themes of personal economics,...
County Prep Theater Arts Performs the Musical How to Succeed in Business Without Really Trying
In just its sixth year, the after school Theater Arts class has brought a new performance opportunity to County Prep students, who are learning both performance and rehearsal practices, and are encountering first hand all of the aspects of professional theater. Once again, the show had complete live accompaniment, by renowned pianist Craig Ketter, under...