(Trenton,
NJ—April 11, 2016) High Tech’s Hank Portney of Jersey City and Bayonne resident
Sophia Velasquez will attend the Governor’s School of Engineering &
Technology and the Governor’s School in the Sciences, respectively, this
summer, announced Dr. Joseph Giammarella, Principal of High Tech High School.
Students who apply to the
Governor’s School of New Jersey must maintain an
impressive GPA and stellar grades in math and the sciences, must have earned
exceptional PSAT and SAT scores, and must possess a strong desire to perform
research in STEM fields.
The High Tech Science Department reviewed
applications from its upperclassmen and recommended Portney and Velasquez after
the Science Department determined that the pair had met the aforementioned
nomination requirements for the Governor’s School of new Jersey. The Governor’s School of New Jersey reviews approximately 600 to 800
applications from nominees.
Of the
nominees, the best and brightest young scholars, fewer than 25% receive acceptance
letters, making admission to the Governor’s School of New Jersey a very competitive process indeed.
Portney will attend the
Governor’s School of Engineering & Technology at Rutgers University in New Brunswick and Velasquez will attend the
Governor’s School in the Sciences at Drew
University this July for four weeks and
three weeks, respectively.
Established in 1983, the Governor’s School of New Jersey offers
a tuition-free, summer residential for high-achieving high school students who possess
an interest in STEM fields. Currently, only
two programs, the Governor’s School in the Sciences and the Governor’s School
of Engineering & Technology, exist. These
programs attract New Jersey students from diverse economic backgrounds who have
completed their junior year in any public or private high school or have been
home-schooled. The students receive hands-on research experience geared
toward inspiring young scholars to major in STEM fields in college.
