Category: High Tech High School

(Wayne—May 19, 2016) This year, High Tech High school students shone at the 33rdAnnual Orlando Saa Foreign Languages Poetry Recitation Contest, held at William Paterson University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The following students excelled in the Frenchpoetry contest: North Bergen resident Erica De Lacerda earned first place for intermediate level; Mously...Continue reading

(Jersey City, NJ—May 16, 2016) High Tech’s Halaena Merrill, a Weehawken resident, has won first prize in the High School Category at this year’s New Jersey Young Filmmakers Festival, a project of the Thomas A. Edison Media Arts Consortium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Merrill won for her three-minute seventeen...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—May 11-12, 2016) High Tech’s Science Majors took part in the 4thannual Genetics and Genomics free virtual conference, a two-day event held in Dr. Arun Srivastava’s class, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The 4th Annual Genetics and Genomics free virtual conference, one of the most attended of its kind by...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—May 16, 2016) The Association of Teachers of Japanese (AATJ) has recognized High Tech students in Japanese I, II, and III classes who participated in the 2016 National Japanese Examination (NJE), announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. NEJ, an online, proficiency-oriented, standards-based tool, assesses middle school, high school, and...

(North Bergen, NJ—May 9, 2016) Yong Cho, Assistant Principal of Daejeon Dongshin Science High School in South Korea, and eighty students toured High Tech High School to experience the atmosphere and the culture of the High Tech community, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Jersey City residents Cindy Chung and Alex Kim, Ina Jang of...Continue reading

(Bayonne, NJ—May 2, 2016) The judges at the 30th Annual Teen Arts Student Art Expo have honored six High Tech students for their artistic achievements at the award ceremony at the Bayonne Library and Cultural Center, which showcased Hudson County Fine Arts students’ artworks from May 2th through May 9th, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal...Continue reading

(Northvale, NJ—April 29, 2016) After organizing their own French café at High Tech, Dr. Laje Gashi’s French II class experienced the connection between projects and real life by indulging in professionally prepared French cuisine at Madeleine’s Petit Paris, an annual event, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The absolutely stunning restaurant...Continue reading

(Newark, NJ—May 9, 2016) Former High Tech High School student Urvi Tiwari, an accounting and finance major from Jersey City, will receive this year’s Distinguished Leadership Award at Rutgers Business School—Newark, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students who demonstrate outstanding academic achievement, service to Rutgers Business School, and leadership skills...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—March, 2016) Students from Level I and II French at High Tech took part in Le Grand Concours (the National French Contest), an annual exam sponsored by the American Association of Teachers of French, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students of French (grades 1-12) from all across the United...Continue reading

(New York, NY—May 4, 2016) Robert Dillon, Language Arts instructor for High Tech, has been accepted into the Rock and Roll Forever Summer Teacher Workshop taking place on July 13th -15th, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Only a handful of teachers receive acceptance letters from the Rock and Roll Forever Summer Teacher...Continue reading