(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."