Cosmo Cirillo is merely 23 years-old but was deemed the best choice among the five-member board at the annual reorganization meeting in West New York this past May. Board vice president Angelica Jimenez calls him a "a breath of fresh air," as reported by Karina Arrue in the today’s editions of The Jersey Journal.
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Published: Monday, July 05, 2010, in the Jersey Journal The curriculum at Hudson County Schools of Technology's Academy for Independent Studies is far from traditional and that's what its students like about it.
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(New Brunswick, NJ—June 23, 2010) Secaucus resident Julia Eisler and Crystal Shah of North Bergen, both graduating from High Tech this June, have earned nominations for New Jersey Blood Services’ High School Student College Scholarship Program, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Director of High Tech and Academy of Architectural & Contemporary Themes (AACT).
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“Toured the Burj in this U.A.E. city. They say it’s the tallest tower in the world; looked over the ledge and lost my lunch.” This is the quintessential sort of clue you hear on the TV game show “Jeopardy!” It’s witty (the clue’s category is “Postcards From the Edge”), demands a large store of trivia and requires contestants to make confident, split-second decisions. This particular clue appeared in a mock version of the game in December, held in Hawthorne, N.Y. at one of I.B.M.’s research labs. Two contestants — Dorothy Gilmartin, a health teacher with her hair tied back in a ponytail, and Alison Kolani, a copy editor — furrowed their brows in concentration. Who would be the first to answer?
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(Dumont, NJ—June 14, 2010) The Cappies, the high school version of Broadway’s Tony Awards, has awarded the cast and crew of High Tech High School Musical Theatre’s Aladdin with three honors, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Director of High Tech and Academy of Architectural & Contemporary Themes (AACT).
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