Friday, September 25, 2015

HCVTEA Hosts Financial Aid Workshop

(North Bergen, NJ—September 23, 2015), Hudson County Vocational Technical Education Association (HCVTEA) sponsored a financial aid workshop for the parents and/or guardians of 12th grade students from High Tech High School and County Prep, announced Daniel Greco, Vice-President of HCVTEA.

Kimber Decker, of the Higher Education Student Assistance Authority (HESAA.ORG), spoke to 90 parents about topics like preparing to pay for their children’s college tuition and filling out the new online FAFSA form.  Chef Peter Turro and the High Tech High School Culinary Arts Department treated parents to a full-course dinner, again sponsored by the HCVTEA. 

“On behalf of all the members of the HCVTEA,” says Vice-President of HCVTEA, Dan Greco, “we would like to thank the parents for coming out to our workshop and making it a success.  We have already received very positive feedback from those parents in attendance, and we are already discussing the possibility of another financial aid workshop later this school year.”


Greco adds that he also wishes “to publicly acknowledge and thank Chef Turro and the High Tech Culinary students and staff for the wonderful dinner they provided to the parents."