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County Prep’s Karolina Minkiewicz Wins Judges Award at Photography Competition
Photography students from County Prep High School competed in the 2017 Pingry Photography Competition in Basking Ridge, NJ. Over 30 photographs were submitted. All work was displayed at the Photography Show which took place in February 2017. This years Judges Award goes to senior, Karolina Minkiewicz with her photograph “Winter Stroll." Mr. Patten would like...
High Tech’s Digital Design | Fabrication Academy Visits Gensler NYC’s New Offices
(New York, NY—April 6, 2017) High Tech’s Digital Design | Fabrication Academy, composing classes facilitated by Gregory and Alba Simon, recently visited Gensler NYC's new offices at 1700 Broadway, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. “We held a class discussion to reflect on the tour and some of the topics that...
High Tech’s Alana Aninipot Receives Nomination from Ridgewood Guild Film Festival for Her Documentary
(Ridgewood, NJ—April 6, 2017) The prominent Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival has nominated Alana Aninipot, a junior TV Production major at High Tech High School, in the documentary category for her insightful and revolutionary film, Thinking Body Positive, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Aninipot, a resident of Secaucus, created a four-minute social...
High Tech’s Halaena Merrill Receives Scholarship Award from Golden Door International Film Festival
(Jersey City, NJ—April 3, 2017) Weehawken resident Halaena Merrill, a senior TV Production major at High Tech High School, received the Scholarship Award at the Golden Door International Film Festival, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Organizers and judges at the award ceremony, held at The Beacon Complex, bestowed a scholarship, worth $500,...
High Tech Attends Ocean County Symposium
By Tanushri Shah (Toms River, NJ—March 30, 2017) On Thursday, March 30th, and Friday, March 31st, High Tech Students visited Ocean County College for the First Annual South Jersey Junior Science Symposium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students presented more than sixty research projects from STEM fields at the Junior...
College and Career Fair a Success at County Prep High School
County Prep hosted a college and career fair on March 16th 2017. 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...
Asian Cultures Club of High Tech Celebrates Holi
By Tanushri Shah and Jeel Shah (North Bergen, NJ—March 24, 2017) The Asian Cultures Club celebrated the festival of Holi, an Indian tradition in which people play with colorful powders, to spread its message of cultural diversity, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. This festival, originally intended to celebrate good’s triumph...
County Prep High School Students Attend The Beneath the Sea Marine Careers Program
On Friday March 24th, 2017, 19 County Prep students attended the Beneath the Sea Marine Careers Programs with chaperones Casey DeBaun, Nick LaVolpe and Caroline Ulivella. Students had the unique opportunity to meet many “hall of famers” in the world of diving, try marine career-related interactive activities and speak with representatives from marine career programs...
High Tech Students Receive Medals at the Hudson County STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony
(Jersey City, NJ—March 28, 2017) Mariam Abdelmoul of Jersey City, North Bergen resident Jeel Shah, and Shreyas Agarwal of Secaucus, all students at High Tech High School, picked up awards for their research projects at the 59th Annual Hudson County STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony, held at the Margaret Williams Theatre at New Jersey City University...
County Prep World Literature Classes Host Class Poetry Readings
In anticipation of National Poetry Month next month, students in Mrs. Ashe's World Literature classes wrote their own poems inspired by works of art. These ekphrastic poems were the center of world poetry readings they held on Friday March 24th in their classes. Students read original lyric poems, narratives, and haikus. They are looking forward...