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(North Bergen—June 19, 2015) High Tech High School drama major Perry Martijena, a freshman from Jersey City, can be seen in the first episode of the new season of the hit Netflix series Orange Is The New Black, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Once named “The World’s Cutest Vegetarian Boy”...Continue reading

(North Bergen—June 19, 2015) Wendy Ide, a senior in the High Tech National Honor Society (NHS) and resident of West New York, under the guidance of veteran instructors David Polito and Joan Marie Bellotti, participated in the Veterans History Project, an enterprise sponsored by the American Folklife Center of the Library of Congress, announced Dr....Continue reading

(North Bergen—June 19, 2015) High Tech Business Computer Application majors from Dr. Syed Abbasi’s class took the state-mandated, nationally-accredited exam, administered by the National Occupational Competency Testing Institute (NOCTI), and finished with a 100% passing rate with distinction, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. NOCTI of Big Rapids, Michigan administers job-ready...Continue reading

(North Bergen—June 19, 2015) Lia Paiva-Acosta of Bayonne and North Bergen resident Omar Serrano successfully completed the two-year Business Computer Applications program at High Tech High School under the direction and supervision of Dr. Syed Abbasi, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Not only has High Tech honored Paiva-Acosta and Serrano’s...Continue reading

(New York, NY—June 6, 2015) The United Nations International School (UNIS) and the Permanent Mission of Japan to the United Nations have announced that High Tech had six members of their community receive Honorable Mention in the 2015 Student Haiku Contest, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The United Nations International School and...

(North Bergen—June 10, 2015) The High Tech High School National Honor Society (NHS) raised over $1,000 in donations to benefit the victims of the Nepal earthquake of April 25th, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Touched by the News 4 New York broadcast highlighting Nepalese students from Caldwell University and their...

On Monday, June 8, 2015, generational icon and Grammy-award winning hip-hop artist Kendrick Lamar visited High Tech HS to meet with students and participate in a panel discussion about the educational value of his music. Here to capture all the day’s excitement were numerous media outlets including NBC, The New York Times, NPR, Rolling Stone, and...Continue reading

(New York, NY—June 10, 2015) The High Tech French Honor Society (FHS) held their annual induction ceremony in the Resource Center of the North Hudson Center, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Director of High Tech High School. The sophomores inducted into FHS include Bayonne residents Amanda Chang, Kara Neal, Sophia Velasquez, and Olivia Viteznik; Mingyu Zhao...Continue reading

(New York, NY—June 12, 2015) High Tech High School’s Dance instructor Trista Redavid DeFilippis, a former Nikolais Dance Theatre company member, recently danced in Nik: A Tribute to the Legacy of Alwin Nikolais at the Abrons Arts Center, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Director of High Tech High School. The Abrons Art Center joined with the...Continue reading

(New York, NY—June 12, 2015) High Tech High School’s Performing Arts Liaison and Director Scott Killian has produced an original score for an upcoming dance piece, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Director of High Tech High School. Killian’s original score, on which he worked during the winter and spring, will be featured in ZviDance’s Escher/Bacon/Rothko, which...Continue reading