(Secaucus, NJ––May 3, 2021) Sophia Benavente-Sayani, a junior in High Tech’s Academy for Design & Fabrication (D|Fab), was awarded a gold medal for her research project at the 2022 Jersey City Medical Center/RWJ Barnabas Health STEM Showcase held at Liberty Science Center in early April, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School....
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High Tech Students Tour Triangle Manufacturing Company
35 Students majoring in Wood Technology and the Expand program at High Tech, received an opportunity to tour the facility at the Triangle Manufacturing Company in Upper Saddle River on Monday April 11th. Mr. Zachary Bolich (instructor of Wood Technology) and Mrs. Linda Digiacomo (Expand Coordinator) wanted to expose students to the different aspects relating...
HCST Students Visit American Dream Mall
County Prep and High Tech students visited American Dream Mall on Tuesday, April 12 to engage in Team Building activities. Students worked in groups to strategize on how to navigate the Mirror Maze and golfed together in the Black Light Mini Golf event. It was a fun day coupled with educational strategies to help students...
HTHS Architecture Major Earns ACE Scholarship for Syracuse University
(Secaucus, NJ––April 5, 2021) Lillian “Lilly” Marsh, a senior in the Academy for Design & Fabrication (D|Fab) at High Tech High School, was recently awarded the Architecture, Construction, Engineering (ACE) Mentorship Scholarship as part of her acceptance to Syracuse University’s School of Architecture, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. As a...
Six High Tech Seniors Present Research on Global Food Security
(Secaucus, NJ–March 17, 2021) Camille Garcia, Emily Guevara, Alma Madlener, Reilley Peck, Rimsha Reem, and Roxolana Hreb—all seniors in the Environmental Science and Sustainability academy at HTHS—attended the 2022 World Food Prize event on March 11, where they presented their research papers on global food security issues, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech...
High Tech Social Media Moguls Address Global Citizenship at Youth Leadership Conference
(Secaucus, NJ––March 9, 2022) Three High Tech students set on taking the world by storm—Sophia Delrosario, Lillian Marsh, and Jeremy Madray—recently hosted a keynote address to over one-thousand students at the NJ Elementary and Middle School Leadership conference, hosted by Kean University on Friday, March 4, 2020, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School....
High Tech Centers Teachers’ Experiences for CTE Month
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) February was career and technical education (CTE) month at High Tech High School and, to mark the occasion, student journalist and HTHS senior Taylor Shaw hosted five CTE teachers for a panel discussion to learn more about the teachers’ experiences, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. The panel discussion,...
CTE Month: Local PR Firm Visits HTHS for Guest Lecture
(Secaucus, NJ––March 10, 2022) Philp Swibinski, Chief Operating Officer at Vision Media Marketing Inc out of Secaucus, NJ, delivered a guest lecture to High Tech students as part of the CTE month celebration in February, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. Swibinksi, who is in charge of managing daily operations at Vision Media...
HTHS Filmmaker Wins Best Student Film at Golden Door Film Festival
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) High Tech senior Samiksha Thakur took home the trophy for Best Student Film at the 2022 Golden Door Film Festival held in Jersey City, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. The film, Miss Fortune, is a romantic comedy about high school student Jane, who receives a mysterious, handwritten...
High Tech Rests (Briefly) for Wellness Day
(Secaucus, NJ––March 2, 2022) After two long years of disrupted schooling, students at High Tech High School took a collective deep breath together on Thursday, March 3, for the first-ever Student Wellness Day, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. The premise of Wellness Day is simple: it’s school without so much...