CTE Month: Local PR Firm Visits HTHS for Guest Lecture
(Secaucus, NJ––March 10, 2022) Philp Swibinski, Chief Operating Officer at Vision Media Marketing Inc out of Secaucus, NJ, delivered a guest lecture to High Tech students as part of the CTE month celebration in February, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. Swibinksi, who is in charge of managing daily operations at Vision Media...Continue reading→
HTHS Filmmaker Wins Best Student Film at Golden Door Film Festival
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) High Tech senior Samiksha Thakur took home the trophy for Best Student Film at the 2022 Golden Door Film Festival held in Jersey City, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. The film, Miss Fortune, is a romantic comedy about high school student Jane, who receives a mysterious, handwritten...Continue reading→
High Tech Rests (Briefly) for Wellness Day
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) After two long years of disrupted schooling, students at High Tech High School took a collective deep breath together on Thursday, March 3, for the first-ever Student Wellness Day, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. The premise of Wellness Day is simple: it’s school without so much...Continue reading→
HTHS Senior Amanda Pace Wins 2nd State Title for North Bergen Wrestling
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) Amanda Pace, High Tech senior and veteran wrestler for the North Bergen Bruins, was crowned champion for her weight class in the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA) Girls Wrestling tournament in February, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. This most recent victory for Amanda, who...Continue reading→
HTHS Environmental Students Pen Children’s Book to Save the World
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) Two entrepreneurial students at High Tech High School—seniors Roxy Hreb and Zach Fieldman——have self-published a children’s book, Eco the Elephant, with the hopes of inspiring the next generation of kids to think about environmental science and sustainability, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. Inspired by both contemporary...Continue reading→
HTHS Future Health Professionals Excel at HOSA Regional Conference
(Secaucus, NJ––February 15, 2022) Under the tutelage of award-winning educator Dr. Arun Srivastava, five students from High Tech’s chapter of the HOSA—Future Health Professionals club were awarded medals for their performance at the 2022 HOSA Northern Regional conference in January and are now automatically qualified to compete in the upcoming State Conference in March, announced...Continue reading→
High Tech’s Christopher Martinez Set to Shine in Nickelodeon’s Warped!
(Secaucus, NJ––January 11, 2022) High Tech senior Christopher Martinez will play the character Hurley on the upcoming Nickelodeon series Warped!, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. A musical theater major at HTHS, Christopher began acting around age 5, when he and his brother—HTHS alum Sebastian Martinez—started interviewing child celebrities for their...Continue reading→
HTHS Alumni Obiamaka Nnadika Earns Scholarship to Study at Cambridge University
(Secaucus, NJ––January 11, 2022) High Tech High School alumni and Jersey City resident Obiamaka Nnadika was recently awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship and will study at Cambridge University this spring, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal at High Tech High School. Nnadika graduated HTHS in 2019 and is currently a junior majoring in government at...Continue reading→
New Holiday Traditions Take Center Stage at HTHS
(Secaucus, NJ––December 23, 2021) The halls at High Tech are, quite literally, decked this year. Two new traditions—a door-decor battle between homerooms, and an academy-vs-academy tree decorating contest—have helped generate a festive vibe on campus this year, thanks to initiatives from the junior student council and Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School....Continue reading→
D|Fab Architecture Students Help Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark
(Secaucus, NJ––November 21, 2021) Twenty architecture majors in High Tech’s Academy for Design & Fabrication (D|Fab) spent a day helping to build a home with volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark on November 16, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. The students––Nicholas Bartletta, Brianna Bellamy, Amirah Calamito, Samuel Calmas,...Continue reading→