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County Prep Celebrates Winter Spirit Week
County Prep High School’s Annual Winter Spirit Week took place from Monday, December 12th, 2016 to Friday, December 16th, 2016. Spirit days are a great way to shake up the monotony of the school year. The first day was dedicated to Pajama Day because what better way to come to school on cheerless Mondays? The...
County Prep Hosts Second Annual Battle of the Classes
County Prep High School’s second annual Battle of the Classes (BOTC) took place on Friday, December 16th, 2016. It was in correlation with Spirit Week; on this day, specifically, each grade wore their class color to represent and cheer on their class. This year’s theme was Avatar and the four elements: Earth (Freshmen-green), Wind (Sophomores-pink),...
High Tech Sophomores Attend Rockefeller University’s Annual TALKING SCIENCE Event
(New York, NY—January 7, 2017) Nine High Tech sophomores, accompanied by Dr. Nina Lavlinskaia and fellow science instructor Joseph Ona, attended Rockefeller University’s 2017 Talking Science event, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following sophomores attended Talking Science: Elijah Conlin of Hoboken; Jersey City resident Soleil Perez; Jillian Boyle and...
Explore 2000 Middle School Students Review WowWee MiP Robot
WowWee MiP Robot Review Mr. Sonny Dave, president of ExtremeKids LLC, provided Explore 2000 Middle School with the WowWee MiP Robot to enhance the learning experience of the students and introduce them to computer programming. The students were very excited to unbox their new learning tool which was presented in a...
County Prep’s NHS Supports “The Make A Wish Foundation”
County Prep's National Honor Society spread cheer this holiday season by supporting “The Make A Wish Foundation” through Letters to Santa. Every year Macy’s donates $1.00 for every letter they receive. This year the County Prep’s school community wrote 710 letters to Santa. NHS would like to thank everyone for their support.
County Prep Students Receive Awards at FCCLA Fall Conference
The NJ FCCLA Fall Conference was held on November 21, 2016 in Pines Manor, Edison, NJ and attended by 600 people. The total awards for County Prep students were 2 bronze, 4 silver, and 13 gold. Awards were given to the following County Prep Students. Congratulations to them all! Apple Bake-off Sherry Joseph – Bronze...
County Prep High School’s Middle Eastern Cultural Club Holds Luncheon
The Middle Eastern Cultural Club of County Prep High School hosted its end-of-the-year luncheon at Shalimar BBQ Restaurant to enhance students’ awareness of the diverse ethnic wonders of the world’s population, announced Ms. Barbara Mendolla, Principal of County Prep High School. The Middle Eastern Cultural Club promotes the significance of all cultures across the globe. ...
County Prep’s AV Production Students Visit Long Shot Productions
On October 26th, 2016 County Prep’s Audio Visual Production students took a field trip to Long Shot Productions in Fairfield, New Jersey. Our students got to meet Lisa Marie Latino, the passionate creator of Long Shot Productions LLC, who shared with us her journey on starting her own production company. We had the opportunity to...
County Prep High School Social Skills Club Visits Bryant Park
On December 13th, County Prep High School Social Skills club spent a late afternoon and early evening taking in the sights and sounds of Bryant Park. The students enjoyed walking around the winter village and ice skating; afterwards they took in the sights of Time Square and ended the evening having dinner in NYC. A...
High Tech Hosts Its First FTC Robotics Competition
(North Bergen, NJ—December 17, 2016) High Tech's Robotics, along with advisors Harry Peles and Alba Simon, hosted its inaugural First Tech Challenge (FTC) Robotics Competition in the fieldhouse at the North Hudson Center of Hudson County Schools of Technology, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Teams 7994 and 10633 competed, with...