Support CPHS' Class of 2022 Chipotle Fundraiser!

 

Stop by Chipotle in Jersey City on January 9th to support the County Prep High School Class of 2022!

How can you support our fundraiser?

a) verbally tell the cashier about the fundraiser

b) show a physical fundraiser flyer

c) screenshot this flyer and show it to the cashier 

d) use our online ordering code to place an order for pickup through the Chipotle app or website.

CODE : A7M4XJG 

Chipotle 

525 Washington Blvd Ste G

Jersey city, NJ 07310-2607

                                                 

County Prep HS Theatre Arts Program: 2019-2020 A Year in Review

 2019-2020 A Year in Review

The Theatre Arts program at County Prep HS has had an unusual yet rewarding year. The students undergo a rigorous and rewarding program based on the professional model and focus on classics, world theatre, modern plays, musicals, and improvisations. Our productions and classes offer students the opportunity to develop individual interest while gaining invaluable practical experience in acting, musical theatre, and stagecraft. The students start by learning both important aspects of the history of theatre and basic acting skills and are first assigned classical monologues and scenes. They take part in auditions for our mainstage productions; they participate in field trips to Brooklyn Academy of Music, Manhattan Theatre Club, or the Roundabout Theatre and take workshops with various professional directors and theatre artists. They also participate in competitions such as the Teen Arts competition at NJCU, the Papermill Playhouse Musical competition, and the Montclair State Theatre Night Foxy Awards. 

2019-2020 Performances:

• HCST Gala and Fundraiser- the students presented a short selection of scenes, and songs from our musical Chicago, The High School Edition

• The Christmas Show- the students presented a short selection of scenes, and songs from our musical Chicago, The High School Edition as well as a Holiday skit entitled The Office, written and performed by the members of the Improv show 

• Chicago, The High School Edition

• Our Sixth Annual Improv Show and Fundraiser, hosted by Junior Yvelisse Vargas, a hilarious Improv competition and Fundraiser for the Theatre Program

• Now What? EveryActor’s Dilemma during the Great Quarantine, a virtual theatre production 

      Field Trips, Workshops, and Competitions: 

• The Roundabout Theatre on Broadway: The Rose Tattoo by Tennessee Williams

• Sound Painting Workshop with Leese Walker, Artistic, Producing Director and Founder of Strike Anywhere Performance Ensemble

• Voice Over Workshop with award-winning voiceover artist Neil Hellegers

• Teen Arts Competition: Kayla Velazquez and Ivellisses Segovia received the Judge’s Award for their scene from the Odd Couple (Female Version) by Neil Simon.

• The Montclair State Foxy Awards Competition, where last year’s play Paradise Hotel’s Robert Delmonte was nominated for a Foxy award, for Outstanding Performance of A Lead Actor in a Comedy 

 

We are very proud to announce that some of our seniors will continue their theatre education after leaving County Prep. Dynajah Smith will attend The New York Conservatory for the Dramatic Arts, and Yvelisse Vargas will attend the New York Film Academy.

Also, five Chicago performers were awarded $10,000 scholarships to the New York Academy of Dramatic Arts, should they decide to pick this prestigious institution for college: Ariel Rivera, Kayla Velazquez, Arbaz Khan, Matthew Segovia and Khira Fried. Congratulations to all!

County Prep French Classes Celebrate Valentine's Day

On February 14, all students from Mr. Bejerano’s French classes organized and presented a class fashion parade in County Prep ITV-ROOM, "A French defile de mode." Being asked about this unique show, Mr. Bejerano said, “We created a fashion show all in French. Students each took turns being the commentators and the models. In this event students had the chance to describe each other's outfits using demonstrative (ce/cette), clothing vocabulary, clothing color, clothing material, activities they could do in the clothing, and the seasons they could wear the clothing in, all this as a part of a thematic unit, my students are learning at this time.” Also, as a closure of the event, they had a beautiful and excellent performance from students of Audio Technology, conducted by Mr. Figuereo.

Mr. Bejerano wants to thank our Art Teacher Jillian McNamara, our Audio Technology Teacher Wilkis Figuereo and our Technology staff Wise Rodriguez, for their great support and success of this event.

County Prep Fashion Students Visit Parsons School of Design

Ms. Patten's fashion students visited Parsons School of Design on Tuesday, December 17, 2019.  Her aspiring young professionals toured the facilities to get an in-depth view of program offerings.  In addition, the students attended a brief overview of the admissions process and the competitive nature of the respective departments. 

Extended Culinary Student for the Day Program a Success for County Prep Students

County Prep Culinary Arts students visited Hudson County Community College multiple times from September through February 2020 to participate in the “ Extended Culinary Student for the Day” program. The students were afforded the opportunity to work "one-on-one" with a renowned chef to prepare dishes selected by the students. During the last session, County Prep culinary students showcased their talents by preparing scrumptious ribs, spicy buffalo chicken, delightful macaroni and cheese, exotic potatoes, and deep fried grilled cheese sandwiches. The opportunity to partake in “hands-on” activities gave the students a glimpse of culinary arts on a college level. Overall, it was an invaluable structured learning experience that defined a potential career option for our students. A special thank-you is extended to Ms. Nunez and Chef Puc at Hudson County Community for their efforts to bring this SLE to fruition.

College and Career Fair at County Prep High School

County Prep hosted a college and career fair on February 11th, 2020. There were many hands that helped to orchestrate this event from administrators, teachers, counselors, Ms. Galluccio and Ms. DeGise to maintenance and security staff, transportation staff and our Chefs and students in the Culinary Program. Colleges, universities, as well as the military and apprenticeship programs were in attendance. There were 48 organizations representing New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Connecticut, Illinois and Florida including: Rutgers University, NJIT, The New York Conservatory of Dramatic Arts, Stevens Tech, SUNY, CUNY, Johnson and Wales, University of South Florida, University of Pittsburgh, United States Army National Guard, The Stagehand Apprenticeship Program, and Eastern Millwork. The event allowed about 150 of our juniors who were in attendance to gather information about potential colleges and scholarships, the military and other career options in a “one-stop-shop” situation. We hope to host the fair again next year and thank everyone for their support.

County Prep’s Theatre Arts Students Perform in the Sixth Annual Improv Show and Fundraiser

(February 7th, 2020) Only two weeks after our very successful run of Chicago, the Musical, County Prep Theatre Arts improvisers performed in our Sixth Annual Improv Show, which consisted of one act made of skits created through improvisation by the Improv class and a second act improvised on the spot by all Theatre Arts performers, and created with audience participation. The audience picked places, relationships, gave quotes from movies to be integrated in the games, and gave ideas as to which turn a skit could take.

The show was hosted by Senior Yvelisse Vargas, in the first act, and by Seniors Tyla Gibson and Dynajah Smith in the second act. The members of the Improv after school class Juniors Ivellisses Segovia, Nyellie Muniz, James Quach and Kaine Malachi, Sophomores Fred Veloz, Jaden Misaro, Matthew Segovia, Ethan Barragan, Madison Roman, Michele Oshiro and Freshmen Arianna Czaplicki, Kawtar Laouej, Selsabil Belmokhtar and Elleria Perez were joined by special guests Freshman Alexandria Nunez, Sophomore Reanna Cruz, Juniors Kayla Velazquez, Alyssa Anglade, and Seniors Yvellise Vargas, Tyla Gibson and Dynajah Smith.

The improvisers won the heart of the audience performing games such as Freeze Tag, Whose Line Is It Anyway?, Exits and Entrances, Sitting, Standing, Lying, Taxi, What Are you Trying to Say?, Director, Here Comes Jill, and What Happens Next?

Ms. Shields is extremely proud of her extraordinary creative improvisers as well as the technical crew of the evening; student lighting, and sound technicians, Junior Eianna Martinez, and Senior Sheily Mateos, our costume designer Senior Esmeralda Garcia, and and house managers Esther Placide, Alexandria Nunez and Reanna Cruz. Thank you to all performers and crew for such a fun and amazing performance!