(North
Bergen, NJ—January 19, 2018) The High Tech Consumer
Bowl team reaped the fruits of their labors at the Hudson County Consumer Bowl
Championship, besting seven schools in order to reach the Regional Championship, announced
Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech. High School.
The members of the High Tech team (seniors Tamana Bawa and
Himani Patel of Jersey City, junior Dylan Conrad of Kearny, and sophomores Jay
Patel of Jersey City and Secaucus resident Eshaan Mangat) spent countless hours
studying and quizzing one another in preparation for their Hudson County
Consumer Bowl competitions against County Prep, Dickinson, Secaucus, McNair,
Liberty, Kearny, and Union City.
An educational competition for students across the Garden State,
the New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl tests students on a number
of important consumer issues, all of which approved under the state’s Professional
Development Guidelines. Established in
1997, the New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl also enables the teachers who
coach students to obtain professional development credits.
Schools involved in the New Jersey High School Consumer Bowl
participate at no cost to them and they have immediate access to pertinent study
materials at the New Jersey Consumer Affairs website. The materials can be accessed at the
following link:
http://www.njconsumeraffairs.gov/bowl/Pages/default.aspx
All participating students receive Certificates of
Achievement. Winners at the county and
regional level earn trophies. First,
second, and third place winners at the state level (the final level of
competition) receive individual medals and prizes.
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| (clockwise from left to right: Jamie Velazquez (team teacher), Eshaan Mangat, Dylan Conrad, Himani Patel, Tamana Bawa, and Jay Patel) |
