Category: HTHS

(Montville, NJ—April 21, 2018) On a picture-perfect Saturday, students and staff from the High Tech Hiking Club embarked on their first trek of the year at Pyramid Mountain Natural Historic Area in Morris County, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.  Ronald Kliesh, High Tech social studies teacher and Hiking Club moderator,...Continue reading

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(Bridgewater NJ—April 14, 2018) High Tech High School students earned a total of eight medals for demonstrating occupational and leadership qualities at the 2018 SkillsUSA New Jersey Championships, held in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Gym, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following High Tech students earned the medals in their...

(Bridgewater NJ—April 14, 2018) Four High Tech TV Production students earned medals in Video Production at the SkillsUSA New Jersey Championships, held in the Bridgewater-Raritan High School Gym, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The TV Production students, David Mansour of Bayonne, Hoboken resident Colm Donston, Makayla Blount of Jersey City,...Continue reading

(Bayonne, NJ—April 14, 2018) This year, five High Tech students have received acceptance into Princeton University, the most acceptances in one school year that High Tech has ever seen, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The following students have received this distinguished honor: Bayonne siblings Anna and John Rezk; Muhammad Umar,...Continue reading

(Bayonne, NJ—April 14, 2018) When Anna Rezk was just 13 years old, her family suffered a tragedy: the severe illness and death of her father. The teenager not only filled the family void of her father’s death by helping to raise her two brothers, she also channeled her grief over her dad’s fatal bout with...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—March 16, 2018) As part of its commitment to service to the community, the National Honor Society (NHS) of High Tech High School honored servicemen and women, past and present, with a charitable contribution to Operation Beachhead, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. “We wanted to thank those family members, friends,...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—March 5, 2018) High Tech students and staff have collected over eleven cartons worth of toiletries from February 12thto March 5th of this year, all of which will benefit the Hoboken Shelter, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. (from left to right: Sumyya Tahch, Anna Rezk, Alyssa Mojica, and...Continue reading

(North Bergen, NJ—February 6, 2018) The High Tech National Honor Society (NHS), moderated by veteran Language Arts teacher and Department Liaison Joan Marie Bellotti, recently sponsored its annual Book Swap, a popular five-hour event, held in the Resource Center of the North Hudson Center of Hudson County Schools of Technology, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal...Continue reading

(Jersey City, NJ—March 28, 2018)  Andrew Tran of Kearny, North Bergen residents Jeel Shah and Tanushri Shah, and Smriti Sukesh Kumar and Mahek Virani of Secaucus, all High Tech students, earned awards for their research projects at the 60th Annual Hudson County STEM Showcase Awards Ceremony, held at New Jersey City University, announced Dr. Joseph...Continue reading