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Joseph Sexton, Explore 2000, Student, Wins 2nd Place C-Span’s StudentCam competition

Joseph Sexton, Explore 2000 third year student, recently participated in C-Span’s StudentCam documentary competition - the annual national video documentary competition that encourages students to think critically about issues that affect our communities and our nation. Explore 2000 students and staff would like to congratulate Joseph on winning 2nd prize nationally, out of nearly 5,000...

Kapil Kanakaraj of High Tech Named a Winner at The Jersey Journal’s 57th Annual Hudson County Science Fair

by Patrick Villanova, The Jersey Journal: (Jersey City, NJ--March 6, 2015) While two high school students have officially been crowned winners of The Jersey Journal's 57th annual Hudson County Science Fair, a number of their peers have earned medals for their projects. McNair High School senior Eswar Anandapadmanaban and High Tech High School junior Kapil...

Junior Achievement Finance Park Program

On Thursday, February 26, 2015, approximately 80 County Prep students participated in a financial literacy program entitled “Finance Park” sponsored by Junior Achievement.  The students engaged in an intensive, high-energy immersion learning experience in which they received a fictional life situation and created a balanced monthly budget.  The activities reinforced NJ’s Core Curriculum Content Standards...

Speaker Prieto recognizes Career Technical Education Month with visit to High Tech High School in North Bergen

NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools recognizes Prieto with Leadership Award after Roundtable Discussion, School Facility Tour NORTH BERGEN, NJ – As a beneficiary of career-focused education himself, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32) has always had a passion for providing students with the skills necessary to pursue different paths to success. That interest has directly...

Picatinny Arsenal and ARDEC Select High Tech’s Kylie Long and Anisha Mahat as Runners-Up for Monmouth Junior Science Symposium

(West Long Branch, NJ—February 24, 2015) Picatinny Arsenal and ARDEC (U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center) have selected two High Tech students, Kylie Long of Kearny and Harrison resident Anisha Mahat, as runners-up for their projects for the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Picatinny...

County Prep Theatre Arts Students Attend Broadway Production Constellations

The Theatre Arts students participated in the Manhattan Theatre Club Core Education program of the Broadway Production of Constellations, by Nick Payne, with Jake Gyllenhaal and Ruth Wilson.  Part of this program, our students participated in workshops with Manhattan Theatre Club resident artist Melissa Murray-Mutch, and other professional actors, in order to prepare and discuss the...

County Prep Theater Arts performs the musical The Wiz

In just its third year, the after school Theater Arts course has brought a new performance opportunity to County Prep students. “Our students have been getting a valuable experience through this credited class and related productions, learning both performance and rehearsal practices, and encountering first hand all of the aspects of professional theater,” says Ms....