The following High Tech students received special recognition for the Orlando Saa Foreign Language Poetry Recitation Contest: First Place for Erica De Lacerda of North Bergen (Advanced Level French) and, also from North Bergen, Diana Concepcion (Advanced Level Japanese); Second Place for Carlos Arce-Sanchez of East Newark (Advanced Level German), Kearny resident Kalsey Colotl (Beginner Level Japanese), Alexandra Bothe of North Bergen (Beginner Level Italian), and Jersey City resident Shanaz Munna (Intermediate Level Japanese).
Also, these High Tech students participated in the Poetry Recitation Contest: Ibrahim Bangoura of Jersey City (Native Level French) and Union City resident Nicole Sanchez (Intermediate Level French); Monica Arce-Sanchez of East Newark (Intermediate Level German); Jersey City resident Lola Buczkowski (Intermediate Level Italian); and Rishika Bandamede (Beginner Level Spanish) and Joan Marie Tubungbanua (Advanced Level Spanish) of Jersey City and Hoboken resident Josephine Conlon (Intermediate Level Spanish).