by Jeremy Lewan (North Bergen, NJ—March 29, 2018) – Thirty High Tech Environmental Science majors, accompanied by a contingent of five teachers and four chaperones, attended an EF Educational Tours nine-day expedition of Costa Rica over the Easter/Spring Break, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The Environmental Science group from High...Continue reading→

(North Bergen, NJ—May 8, 2018) – Thirty-six High Tech students of Spanish, levels I-IV, scored exemplarily well in the 2018 National Spanish Exam (NSE), sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Spanish and Portuguese (AATSP), announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The NSE assesses students’ proficiency in the Spanish language....Continue reading→

(Elmer, NJ–May 5, 2018) Seven High Tech students comprising two High Tech teams participated in the statewide Envirothon competition against 27 other teams at Camp Grice, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Team #1 comprised seniors Eleanore Woodruff, a resident of Weehawken, and West New York resident Amir Mustafa, who earned a 10th...Continue reading→

(North Bergen, NJ–May 4, 2018) Seven High Tech students have received medals and Honorable Mention for their performances in the National Japanese Exam, sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of Japanese, which evaluates reading and comprehension skills, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students earned medals and Honorable Mention: Gold...Continue reading→

(North Bergen, NJ–April 13, 2018) High Tech High School’s Muhammad Umar, John Rezk, and Anna Rezk, all residents of Bayonne, have received the Project SEED College Scholarship Award, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Project SEED scholarships, nonrenewable and awarded to first-year college students, recognize achievement in school, success in the Project SEED...Continue reading→

(Cranford, NJ–March 9, 2018) Andy Chae of Harrison, North Bergen resident Diana Concepcion, and Rebecca Rosas of West New York have received the 2018 New Jersey Association of Teachers of Japanese (NJATJ) Language and Culture Study Award at Orange Avenue School, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The award recognizes New...Continue reading→

(North Bergen, NJ–April 13, 2018) Eleven High Tech students have been inducted into the Japanese National Honor Society (JNHS) this year, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students earned this honor: Bayonne resident Thomas Fiennan; Ava Ichikawa of Hoboken; Jersey City residents Shahan Abdi, Gilir Gabinete, and Shanaz Munna; Carla Herrera,...Continue reading→

(Newark, NJ–April 29, 2018) High Tech’s Poetry Slam Team won first place at Louder Than a Bomb, New Jersey’s youth poetry slam competition, battling several schools in multiple individual and group rounds at the Paul Robeson Center at Rutgers-Newark, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. High Tech scored a perfect 30...Continue reading→

(North Bergen, NJ–May 1, 2018)Sarah Bacha, a North Bergen resident at High Tech High School, has been named one of 100 award recipients for the third year of PBS’s and Stand Up To Cancer’s Emperor Science Award program, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The program, designed to empower high school students to...Continue reading→