High Tech Students Visit Hard Rock Café’s Rock & Roll Artifacts
(New York, NY–May 31, 2019) Students from Robert Dillon’s Rock & Roll Literature class embarked on a trip to the Hard Rock Café for lunch and to visit the famous restaurant chain’s storied collection of rock & roll artifacts, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students could read hand-written song lyrics...Continue reading
High Tech Students Visit MET’s Rock & Roll Relics Exhibit
(New York, NY–May 1, 2019) Students from Robert Dillon’s Rock & Roll Literature class embarked on a field trip to The Metropolitan Museum of Art to visit a special exhibit that focused on Rock & Roll relics, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. The exhibit, co-organized with the Rock & Roll...Continue reading
High Tech Hiking Club Goes on Camping Trip to Stokes State Forest
(Sussex County, NJ–June 19, 2019) The Hiking Club embarked on its first annual camping trip to Stokes State forest, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Chaperones included High Tech Hiking Club moderator Ronald Kliesh, Dr. Shelly Witham, Sergio Gamarra, Ella Skinner, and HCST Superintendent Amy-Lin Rodriguez. Click here for photos.
First High Tech High School Freshman Class at Frank J. Gargiulo Campus Celebrates End of School Year at Dave and Busters
(Wayne, NJ–June 19, 2019) The High Tech Class of 2022 celebrated its first year at High Tech and its distinction as being the first freshman class to spend its entire tenure at the Frank J. Gargiulo Campus with an end of year field trip to Dave and Busters, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High...
High Tech’s Kate Neal Creates Pilot Program to Replace Plastic Utensils at Frank J. Gargiulo Campus
(Secaucus, NJ--June 3, 2019) High Tech sophomore Kate Neal, a resident of Bayonne, created a pilot program in the hopes of enacting a permanent schoolwide policy to replace plastic forks, knives, and spoons with metal silverware throughout the Frank J. Gargiulo Campus, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Neal, a student...
High Tech’s Mihir Shah Places in Top 10% in the State for Physics I
(Stewartsville, NJ–May 18, 2019) High Tech High School junior Mihir Shah, a resident of North Bergen, has received a plaque to commemorate his placing in the Top 10% in the state of New Jersey for Physics I, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Over 70 schools competed. Shah competed in all...Continue reading
High Tech American Literature Class Visits 9/11 Memorial and Museum
(New York, NY–March 13, 2019) Veteran Language Arts instructor and department liaison Joan Marie Bellotti took her American Literature class to Manhattan to explore the 9/11 Memorial and Museum, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Bellotti’s class had just read Thornton Wilder’s classic novel The Bridge of San Luis Rey, which...Continue reading
High Tech Music & Audio Tech Majors Perform Motown Hits at APME Conference
(New York, NY–June 14, 2019) Eighteen students from High Tech High School’s Music & Audio Tech Major performed a set of songs honoring the Motown era at New York University’s Frederick Loewe Theater, part of this year’s Association for Popular Music Education (APME) Conference, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. APME encourages and...Continue reading
High Tech eSports Team Earns Its Bona Fides Again
(North Bergen, NJ–June 14, 2019) The High Tech eSports team competed against North Bergen, Bronx High School, Rutherford, Memorial, Brooklyn Tech, and Weehawken in Super Smash Bros., Ultimate, and Overwatch and High Tech team members performed well again, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Jersey City resident Zion Hickson and Melvin Rivera of...Continue reading
Representatives from BCB Bank Visit High Tech Business Accounting Students
(Secaucus, NJ–June 5, 2019) Assistant Manager Jose Figueroa and Business Development Officer Christine Bridgelal from BCB Bank in Jersey City visited High Tech High School to give a talk to the senior Business Accounting class, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. “This presentation gave my students many options with money management and will...Continue reading