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The Robot in the Classroom: High Tech Students Display Their Handiwork on STEM Day
by Art Schwartz Reporter/staff writer, Hudson Reporter Feb 21, 2016 Inching around assorted debris, the robot crept forward to rescue the pair of climbers caught in the avalanche. Built of exposed metal beams, gears, motors, wires, and a hydraulic arm, the two-foot-tall robot towered over the three-inch climbers. “This is our competition robot,” said High Tech...Continue reading
High Tech’s Hamza Qureshi Earns Second Place in Third Annual National High School Architecture Competition
(Chicago, IL—June 13, 2014) The Chicago Architecture Foundation (CAF) announced High Tech’s Hamza Qureshi, a resident of Jersey City, the winner of the second prize in its DiscoverDesign.org National High School Architecture Competition, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Qureshi, sponsored by his teacher, Gregory Simon, joined 219 teens from 28...Continue reading
Jacob Vega of A. Harry Moore High School Completes Business Computers Application Program at High Tech
(North Bergen, NJ—June 6, 2014) Jersey City resident Jacob Vega, a shared-time student from A. Harry Moore High School, has successfully completed the two-year business computer applications program at High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Not only has High Tech honored Jacob’s hard work, but so has Berkeley College in Clifton,...Continue reading
High Tech Science Instructor Catherine Yuhas Accepted into Two National Science Foundation Workshops
(North Bergen, NJ—June 4, 2014) Catherine Yuhas, the science facilitator at High Tech High’s Academy of Architecture and Contemporary Themes (AACT), has been accepted into a pair of National Science Foundation workshops, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Yuhas, who teaches Biology, Earth & Space Science, and AP Environmental Science for the Science...Continue reading