by Patrick Villanova, The Jersey Journal: (Jersey City, NJ–March 6, 2015) While two high school students have officially been crowned winners of The Jersey Journal‘s 57th annual Hudson County Science Fair, a number of their peers have earned medals for their projects. McNair High School senior Eswar Anandapadmanaban and High Tech High School junior Kapil...Continue reading
Speaker Prieto recognizes Career Technical Education Month with visit to High Tech High School in North Bergen
NJ Council of County Vocational-Technical Schools recognizes Prieto with Leadership Award after Roundtable Discussion, School Facility Tour NORTH BERGEN, NJ – As a beneficiary of career-focused education himself, Assembly Speaker Vincent Prieto (D-32) has always had a passion for providing students with the skills necessary to pursue different paths to success. That interest has directly...Continue reading
Picatinny Arsenal and ARDEC Select High Tech’s Kylie Long and Anisha Mahat as Runners-Up for Monmouth Junior Science Symposium
(West Long Branch, NJ—February 24, 2015) Picatinny Arsenal and ARDEC (U.S. Army Armament Research, Development and Engineering Center) have selected two High Tech students, Kylie Long of Kearny and Harrison resident Anisha Mahat, as runners-up for their projects for the Monmouth Junior Science Symposium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Picatinny...Continue reading
High Tech Research Represented at XIX Poster Session of American Chemical Society at St. Joseph’s College
(Brooklyn, NY—February 7, 2015) High Tech students presented their research at XIX Poster Session of the New York Section of the American Chemical Society at St. Joseph’s College, where students from the five boroughs and New Jersey took part in the contest judged by imminent scientists, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High...Continue reading
High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver Will Compete in 2015 Poetry Out Loud State Championship
(Englewood, NJ—February 4, 2015) Representing High Tech High School, Aaleah Oliver of Secaucus, along with another high school student from the Region 6 Championship, will compete in the 2015 Poetry Out Loud State Championship at Princeton University on March 13th, a first for High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. A junior,...
High Tech’s Dr. Lavlinski Joins Other Teachers in Seton Hall’s Project Acceleration
(North Bergen, NJ–February 3, 2015) Dr. Dmitri Lavlinski, who teaches AP Chemistry for High Tech, has joined other High Tech teachers in connecting their coursework to Seton Hall University’s college curriculum in a program known as Project Acceleration, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella,Upon completion of the course, students earn college credits. Students register in September and receive...Continue reading
Netting More Experience: Local Badminton Fans Get Visit from U.S. National Squad
Netting more experienceLocal badminton fans get visit from U.S. national squad by Joseph Passantino The world got a bit smaller and friendlier for students at the county’s public high school — High Tech High School — on Jan. 16, when they were visited by the USA and Thailand’s national badminton teams.Visitors included Andrew Smith of England,...Continue reading
High Tech Attends Hip-Hop Youth Summit at Columbia
(New York, NY—January 22, 2015) Twenty-seven High Tech students took part in the third annual “Cyphers for Justice: Hip-Hop Youth Summit” at Teachers College, Columbia University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Sponsored by the Institute for Urban and Minority Education (IUME), “Cyphers for Justice” (CFJ) Youth Day summits assemble high school...Continue reading
Kerry Butler, Christine Pedi and More Set for BROADWAY LOVE at High Tech Musical Theatre, 2/2
Kerry Butler, Christine Pedi, James Carpinello, Telly Leungand more are set for “Broadway Love” at High Tech Musical Theatre to raise money for arts students on February 2nd, 2015. Kerry Butler (Catch Me If You Can, Xanadu, Hairspray),Christine Pedi (Chicago, Newsical), James Carpinello (Rock of Ages, Saturday Night Fever), Telly Leung (Godspell, Rent, Glee), Anastacia McCleskey (Violet, Book of Mormon, Priscilla), Kate Loprest (First Date, Wonderland), Clarke Thorell (Annie, Hairspray)...Continue reading
High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver Advances to 2015 Poetry Out Loud Region 6 Championship
(North Bergen—January 9, 2015) High Tech’s Aaleah Oliver, a resident of Secaucus, won the school-wide competition of the 2015 Poetry Out Loud competition at the North Hudson Center, and now, she advances to the Region 6 Championship, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Oliver recited “Truth” by Gwendolyn Brooks and “Thoughtless...