Category: High Tech High School

(Cypress, CA—May 1, 2017) A team of High Tech Studio Arts students has entered the Vans Custom Culture Sneaker Design Competition and has been selected as one of ten finalists in the Northeast Region Contest, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. If Jersey City residents Mously Lo and Pauline Bertholon, Sophia...

Bringing a 1643 farcical play to 2017Local high school students modernize French comedy by Hannington DiaHudson Reporter Staff Writer A young man wearing a green beret and jester outfit dashed onto the stage. He quickly greeted the empty auditorium with cries of “All cellphones off! We're set! We've sexted.” These lines officially launched a rehearsal of...

(North Bergen, NJ—April 19, 2017) This year, the High Tech Drama Department will be showcasing The Liar, a French farce originally written by the famous playwright Pierre Corneille, but updated by David Ives, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. The Liar, set in Paris in 1643, involves mistaken identities, the pursuit of marriage,...

(New York, NY—March 20, 2017) High Tech Japanese language and culture students attended the Japanese Spring Festival (Harumatsuri) at the United Nations International School, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Sponsored by the Northeast Council of Teachers of Japanese (NECTJ), Harumatsuri featured an array of traditional Japanese activities in which students could take...

(Somerset, NJ—April 8, 2017) High Tech High School TV Production students Alana Aninipot of Secaucus and Jersey City resident Makayla Blount received the Bronze Medal in the 2017 Television (Video) Production Competition at the New Jersey SkillsUSA Championship, held at the Garden State Exhibit Center, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. For the...

(Princeton, NJ—March 11, 2017) High Tech High School students Cara Rosner of Hoboken, Kearny resident Camille Romano, and Eleanore Woodruff of Weehawken have received the 2017 Japanese Language and Culture Study Award, sponsored by the New Jersey Association of Teachers of Japanese (NJATJ), accepted at Princeton University, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech....

(New York, NY—April 6, 2017) High Tech’s Digital Design | Fabrication Academy, composing classes facilitated by Gregory and Alba Simon, recently visited Gensler NYC's new offices at 1700 Broadway, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. “We held a class discussion to reflect on the tour and some of the topics that...

(Ridgewood, NJ—April 6, 2017) The prominent Ridgewood Guild International Film Festival has nominated Alana Aninipot, a junior TV Production major at High Tech High School, in the documentary category for her insightful and revolutionary film, Thinking Body Positive, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Aninipot, a resident of Secaucus, created a four-minute social...

(Jersey City, NJ—April 3, 2017) Weehawken resident Halaena Merrill, a senior TV Production major at High Tech High School, received the Scholarship Award at the Golden Door International Film Festival, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. Organizers and judges at the award ceremony, held at The Beacon Complex, bestowed a scholarship, worth $500,...

By Tanushri Shah (Toms River, NJ—March 30, 2017) On Thursday, March 30th, and Friday, March 31st, High Tech Students visited Ocean County College for the First Annual South Jersey Junior Science Symposium, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School. Students presented more than sixty research projects from STEM fields at the Junior...