We are proud to announce that Dance Performance Division major, Skye Estevez, has been named a Semifinalist in the 2025–2026 Coca-Cola Scholars Program! This is an extraordinary achievement — only 1,237 Semifinalists were selected from more than 107,000 applicants nationwide. Skye was recognized for her outstanding leadership, academic excellence, and her exceptional commitment to serving...
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Congratulations to Maximus Elmorry and Skye Estevez!
Maximus Elmorry and Skye Estevez, High Tech High School students, are Semifinalists in the 2025–2026 Coca-Cola Scholars Program. This accomplishment is truly exceptional, as only 1,237 Semifinalists were chosen from a pool of more than 107,000 applicants across the nation. Maximus and Skye were recognized for their outstanding leadership, academic excellence, and their exceptional commitment...
FLASH MOB 2025
Happy flash mob season!!! shout-out to all our dancers - proud is an understatement! Keep working hard; we love you all! we had so much fun dancing for you all today. Catch us in the theater next Thursday at 3PM for Dance Jam to see more… purchase tickets in bio on Instagram.
A Top School for Creativity: Niche Names High Tech High #3 for Arts in NJ
High Tech High School named #3 in Niche’s list of the Best High Schools for the Arts in New Jersey Congratulations to the Media, Visual & Performing Arts Academy!
HTHS/ACTE Open House- Oct. 5, 2025
High Tech High School welcomed prospective students and families to Open House on Sunday, October 5th. The event offered valuable opportunities to learn about the school’s admissions process through application information sessions, explore Career and Technical Education (CTE) classrooms across all programs of study, and meet key members of the school community. Guidance counselors, academic...Continue reading
High Tech Theater Arts Drama performs Rent, School edition, Book, Music and Lyrics by Joanthan Larson (Spring 2025)
This year, the Theater Arts Drama classes, who are part of the Paper Mill Playhouse Adopt-A-School program (Year 4) presented Rent, the High School Edition, an inspiring story about friends and artists struggling in New York City’s East Village in the 1990s, loosely based on Puccini’s Boheme. Despite impoverished conditions, battling HIV/Aids and drug addiction, the...Continue reading
Urban Ecology Juniors Explore the High Line and Little Island
Mrs. Schlitzer’s Urban Ecology juniors from the Environmental Science Academy explored New York City on a field trip to the High Line and Little Island. Students experienced firsthand the importance of green space in an urban setting, observing how natural landscapes are woven into the city environment. Along the High Line, they answered questions about...Continue reading
HCST Students Participate in Strides Against Gun Violence
On Saturday, September 20, 2025, students from High Tech/ACTE High School participated in the 4th Annual 5K walk / run promoting Strides Against Gun Violence. In addition to our students who volunteered to walk and run, peer leaders from both High Tech and County Prep volunteered to help with the event. Superintendent Thomas Macagnano also...
HTHS Drama Students Invited To The French Institute L Alliance
The Theatre Arts, Drama students were invited to the French Institute L’Alliance New York to participate in a workshop with choreographer Kimberly Bartosik (former member of the Merce Cunningham dance company, and creator of bLUr, new dance work presented as part of L’Alliance New York’s Crossing The Line Festival)) and Burr Johnson (Principal dancer in...Continue reading
High Tech Students Gain Hands-On Experience and Industry Certifications Through STS Aerospace Internship
Three students from High Tech High School’s Design and Fabrication Academy (D|Fab) completed an intensive summer internship with STS Aerospace, a global leader in fluid conveyance products for commercial and military aircraft, as well as energy, space, and marine industries. This unique opportunity was made possible through High Tech alumna Angelique Rivera (Class of 2018),...Continue reading
