(Secaucus, NJ––January 11, 2022) High Tech senior Christopher Martinez will play the character Hurley on the upcoming Nickelodeon series Warped!, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School. A musical theater major at HTHS, Christopher began acting around age 5, when he and his brother—HTHS alum Sebastian Martinez—started interviewing child celebrities for their...
(Secaucus, NJ––January 11, 2022) High Tech High School alumni and Jersey City resident Obiamaka Nnadika was recently awarded the Benjamin A. Gilman Scholarship and will study at Cambridge University this spring, announced Ms. Kathy Young, principal at High Tech High School. Nnadika graduated HTHS in 2019 and is currently a junior majoring in government at...
County Prep Fashion students, under the direction of their instructor Ms. Janet Patten, designed and constructed festive holiday dresses using the elements and principles of design. Using unconventional materials created many opportunities for the students to use their problem-solving skills. The dresses are on display in the mall area of County Prep High School. The...
(Secaucus, NJ––December 23, 2021) The halls at High Tech are, quite literally, decked this year. Two new traditions—a door-decor battle between homerooms, and an academy-vs-academy tree decorating contest—have helped generate a festive vibe on campus this year, thanks to initiatives from the junior student council and Ms. Kathy Young, principal of High Tech High School....
County Prep culinary arts students visited Hudson County Community College multiple times this school year to participate in a “ Culinary Arts Immersion '' work-based learning experience (WBL). The students were afforded the opportunity to work "one-on-one" with a renowned chef to prepare a variety of succulent dishes. During one of the sessions, our students...
County Prep students visited Kean University on Friday, December 3, 2021. The students attended an informative presentation as an overview of the institution followed by a tour of the expansive campus including the library, classrooms, theater, and numerous state-of-the-art buildings. They met with an admissions representative to discuss the various programs offered at the institution...
Explore Middle School celebrated the closing of its first-quarter with the Science Olympics. In the spring of 2021, the staff at Explore Middle School met and chose the Olympics as their topic for the first thematic unit for the 2021-2022 school year. Students, not only in science, were exposed to various topics relating to the...
This school year Explore Middle School is excited to announce their first-ever Council on Diversity. The club is led by Explore’s Academic Coach and 8th Grade Language Arts teacher, Ms. Justine Franco. The council includes 7th grader Olivia Haberman and 6th graders Charlee Meyer, Madison Estrella, Lori Kim, and Noelle Dilworth. The council focuses on...
HCST Teams Among the Top Fundraisers in the Making Strides Against Breast Cancer Walk, With High Tech High School and Explore Middle School in the Top Ten Teams Jersey City, N.J. --HCST schools participated in the October Making Strides Against Breast Cancer walk, with High Tech High School and Explore Middle School coming out among...
(Secaucus, NJ––November 21, 2021) Twenty architecture majors in High Tech’s Academy for Design & Fabrication (D|Fab) spent a day helping to build a home with volunteers from Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newark on November 16, announced Ms. Kathy Young, Principal of High Tech High School. The students––Nicholas Bartletta, Brianna Bellamy, Amirah Calamito, Samuel Calmas,...