High Tech French Students Experience Real French Cuisine

(Northvale, NJ—May 27, 2015) Sophomore French students took the opportunity to enjoy a lovely lunch at Madeleine's Petit Paris, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.

Earlier this school year, French students participated in Café Chic, a combination of a French-inspired fashion show and bistro. The money that the French students raised from Café Chic subsidized the trip and the lunch at Madeleine's Petit Paris.

The lunch at Madeleine's Petit Paris consisted of a three-course meal.  The choice of starters included soupe à l'oignon (onion soup), soupe de champignons (mushroom soup), and salade du jardin (garden salad).  As for the choices for the main course, poulet français (French chicken), poisson du jour (fish of the day: salmon), and pates provençales (Provence pasta) fit the bill.  Mousse au chocolat (chocolate mousse) and crème brulee rounded out the dessert menu.

“Madeleine's Petit Paris is a beautiful restaurant,” says Abigail Lopez, a sophomore at High Tech and a student of French.  “It was great to experience a slice of French culture outside of school.”

County Prep Students Earn Awards at the FCCLA 2015 Competition

This Spring, County Prep High School students attended the FCCLA 2015 Competition and earned what advisor Mrs. Janet Patten is calling “a clean sweep.” This competition was attended by 700 students statewide in Cherry Hill, NJ.  “Our students won 1st and 2nd place in three major national events which is very exciting,” says Mrs. Patten. Eleven County Prep students are moving on to the National FCCLA Competition in Washington, D.C. this summer where 7,000 students will attend. Congratulations are extended to all of the award recipients.  Mrs. Janet Patten was also awarded the “Spirit of Advising Award” by FCCLA state organization. She will represent all the NJ moderators when she is recognized at the National FCCLA Competition in Washington, D.C. this summer.

Explore 2000 Wins Recycling Regatta!

Explore 2000 is proud to announce that we won 1st place at the Recycled Regatta Boat Race! Read more about our win from our students who paddled on the boat and the engineers (1st year students) behind the making of the boat.
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 Jalen's Reflection 

While we rowed with all our strength, our class cheered us on with all their voice. We started off with a late and slow start and didn’t catch any speed until we made our way to the turning point. As we turned around the turning point mark, we cut off the leading boat, and I think we even bumped them back. Then we were in the lead and finally it felt like we were going faster. The crowd cheered like crazy as we docked our boat and placed first.

 Sarena's Reflection 

I never knew that it was possible to make a boat out of recycled materials. Our first year class assembled a floating vessel with recycled materials that our teacher found and with recyclables we brought in from home. After a few days, two first year boys and a facilitator paddled across a lake in Overpeck Park on our boat. I felt really proud knowing that I helped to make that boat. I felt even more proud when I saw that our boat was in first place and we won! I still can’t believe that we made the boat from scratch out of recycled materials. This was an exciting experience that I will never forget.

Representatives from Oritani Bank Speak to High Tech Students

(North Bergen, NJ—May 15, 2015) Jack Anastasi,Vice President of Business Development of Oritani Bank of Washington Township, and Gioconda Torres, Branch Manager of Oritani Bank of North Bergen, visited High Tech, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.

Mr. Anastasi spoke to the Technology, Visual Arts, and Digital Design senior majors.

“This presentation was very helpful for the seniors on the importance of obtaining and using credit for their personal economics,” says Mark Schroback, veteran teacher in the Business Technology/SLE Department.

Oritani Bank offers a wide range of services for their clients related to money.  The presentation included managing personal finances with topics on making money, spending money, and saving money.

High Tech's Best Scientific Minds Honored in Jersey Journal's 57th Annual Hudson County Science Fair

By Patrick McGovern of The Jersey Journal

(May 20, 2015--Jersey City, NJ) High Tech's best young scientific minds gathered in the Duncan Family Sky Room in the MacMahon Student Center at St. Peter's University to be honored for their achievement in the Jersey Journal's 57th Annual Hudson County Science Fair, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.

High Tech junior Kapil Kanakaraj earned a gold medal for Chemistry, which qualified him to represent Hudson County at the 2015 Intel International Science and Engineering Fair in Pittsburgh.  Bronze medal winners Anisha Mahat received the Dr. Irving Shulman Medical Award for Medicine & Health and Jessica Driscoll received the Dubby Schulman Young Scientist Award for Plant Science,

The Jersey Journal's Hudson County Science Fair, sponsored by Liberty Science Center, Fidelity Investments, Carepoint Health, Jersey City Medical Center-Barnabas Health, New Jersey City University and Saint Peter's University, with support from Comcast/NBCUniveral, features approximately 100 students in grades 5 through 12, who came with proud family members to be awarded at the annual ceremony,  Before the ceremony, some students displayed their award-winning projects for the audience.

Kapil Kanakaraj

Anisha Mahat

Anisha Mahat (left of poster), Jessica Driscoll (second from right of poster), and Kapil Kanakaraji (behind Jessica)

High Tech High School 'Promposals' Pay Off at Prom

Laura Herzog | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com By Laura Herzog | NJ Advance Media for NJ.com 

VERONA -- Many of the students at Hudson County's STEM-focused High Tech High School are going into technology-related fields--so maybe it's fitting that a student captured the fun of the year's "promposals" on camera.

High Tech student Tyler Law of Bayonne posted his video of the school's promposals on Twitter and Youtube prior to the main event on Thursday night at the Richfield Regency in Verona.

"I made the video to highlight the great promposals from this year and give proper recognition to my hardworking peers," Law said on Friday.  "A lot of people really loved it. A few people even told me that they teared up watching it."

See video here: https://youtu.be/rutQoNv9nw4

According to senior class advisor Samantha Eulo, 210 prom tickets were bought by the class of 175 students, and nearly all the students attended.

"This is a very close school," said teaching assistant Grisel Castanon. Her daughter happened to graduate High Tech with the daughter of manager of the Richfield Regency, she said, and the graduates remain close.  "It's unbelievable," she said.

Added the school's yoga instructor Fernanda Machuca, "They're so amazing, dedicated, and they put a lot of effort into everything they do."

"I'm just kind of in shock at this point," said senior Vanessa Rosensweet, 17, after walking into the cocktail room in her red gown. "Everyone just looks so perfect."