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High Tech High School is a full-time public high school, located in North Bergen, New Jersey, United States, as part of the Hudson County Schools of Technology. Since its establishment in 1991, High Tech High School has been named a Top Ten High School, a Governor's School of Excellence, a New Jersey Star School (twice) and has been cited by New Jersey Monthly magazine as one of the state's great public high schools. The school is well noted for exceeding highly in the sciences and in the performing arts (winning several awards in both fields).
As of the 2009-10 school year, the school has an enrollment of 573 students and 58 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student–teacher ratio of 9.9
History
High Tech High School was founded in 1991 by the Hudson County Schools of Technology school district to provide Hudson County residents with a quality public education in a technology based environment. The high school has grown from 30 students in 1991 to 480 students in present school year. High Tech has been able to maintain a student to faculty ratio of 12 to 1. Hudson County is the smallest of New Jersey's 21 counties. Highly urbanized and densely populated, the 2000 census ranked this area as fourth in the nation on the ethnicity index. As a regional school of choice, High Tech draws on its diverse student population from the 12 towns and cities within the county. 43% of the student body is Hispanic, 32% is Caucasian, 16% is Asian/Pacific Islander, and 9% is African American. The average expenditure per student is $14,760 and is derived from federal, state, and county aid. High Tech High School is accredited by the New Jersey Department of Education.
Musical theatre program
The musical theatre group at High Tech High School has won numerous Rising Star Awards from New Jersey's prestigious Paper Mill Playhouse, and has always explored the bizarre and different when selecting a musical. In 2002, the students put on a production of Oz . The production was named the best overall musical in the state that year, and in 2003, the cast performed the production Off-Broadway. In 2005, the students put on Bat Boy: The Musical . The production won a host of awards in the Paper Mill Playhouse's annual Rising Star Awards, including "Outstanding Performance by an Actress in a Leading Role" to Sasha Formoso, and "Outstanding Lobby Display" to Krystal Acosta. In 2007, the musical theatre program was invited to Scotland to perform in the Fringe Festival representing the American High School Theatre Festival. Originally, they had planned to bring a production of Hair to the festival, but due to some problems with the rights, they revived their production of Oz, re-vamping it and making it even more in-tune with current events. In 2008, the program performed Dracula: A Rock Opera, developed from the script from a straight play with rock music from the 80s and 90s inserted. In 2009, the students put on a production of Cabaret which won awards for "Best Musical" and "Best Lead Actress" in an award program called Cappies.
Sports
The High Tech Lasercats compete in the Hudson County Interscholastic Athletic Association (HCIAA), which includes private and parochial high schools in Hudson County. The league operates under the supervision of the New Jersey State Interscholastic Athletic Association (NJSIAA).
High Tech has a few sports teams, including girl's and boy's tennis, bowling, a judo club and basketball, as well as soccer, but their best continues to be their soccer team. The High Tech Lasercats have won the County Championship for the past five years(2004-2008). The captains for the 2009-10 soccer season, Conor woods, Taylor Ensmann, Jose Arismendi, so far have taken the talented soccer team to the North II Group I State Sectional Finals. Kevin Mayaka, a division I prospect, has a total of 109 career goals and 88 career assists one of the remaining players who played with the likes of Nick Hopkins, Ryan Woods and Mike Pieczonka. Jose Arismendi has about 50 career goals, after only playing for this talented team for 2 great seasons. Other outstanding players are as follows: Connor Woods, Derrick Mayaka a promising younger,athletic and talented midfielder who has slowly grown to be like his older brother, Nicholas Gonzalez, Sam Borsellino, Bryan Barfield, Alex Swiren, Julian Thervil, and Tyler Timpinaro. Several players mentioned here have played very beneficial roles in the teams ongoing success.
The girls softball team won the 2008 North I, Group II state sectional championship, defeating Hoboken High School 3-1 in the tournament final. The team won the first round of the Group I state championship with a 4-2 win over Pompton Lakes High School 4-2, before falling to Pennsville Memorial High School by a score of 8-2 in the final game.
Majors
At High Tech, Juniors are required to have 80 minutes of a major per day, and Seniors are required to have 120 minutes (2 hours) of a major per day:
- Advanced Cybernetics
- Audio Tech
- Automotive Tech
- Broadcasting
- Business Applications and Technology
- CADD
- Dance
- Desktop Publishing
- Motion Picture
- Office Systems
- Studio Arts
- Musical Theatre
- Theatre Arts
- TV Production
- Web Site Development
- AP Biology/AP Chemistry
- AP Computer Science
- AP Physics
AACT program
The Academy of Architectural and Contemporary Themes, which opened in September 2006, is an academy within High Tech High School that is reinventing project-based learning. This non-traditional learning environment is devoted to inquiry-based learning within small, personalized learning communities; students think critically and problem solve through standards-aligned interdisciplinary projects and seminars, performance-based assessment, real-world learning, and differentiated instruction. Group dynamics, writing proficiencies, project planning, and task completion skills are honed through projects. The traditional teacher becomes a facilitator and advisor, guiding and supporting students’ decisions; a Personal Education Plan is created for each student. Through modeling, facilitators teach the importance of equity, democracy, success, and lifelong learning. AACT is successful because it is a close-knit community promoting lifelong learning; students are critical thinkers and problem solvers who excel in working together to tackle challenges needed to undertake multidimensional projects.
Student government
According to the school's website, "The High Student Government provides the main forum for discussing student concerns and ideas.
The student government consists of four student councils (one each for the freshman class, the sophomore class, the junior class, and the senior class). Student government meetings are attended by these four councils, the student government counselor, the Principal, the Vice Principal, and representatives from various departments, such as the cafeteria, maintenance, transportation, etc. In addition, student councils from new programs such as AACT are also present.
Each student council consists of a President, a Vice President, a Secretary, a Treasurer, and a homeroom representative from each homeroom. In addition, representatives-at-large are occasionally appointed by the President. Each council also has two faculty advisers, one male and one female.
Class of 2007 Lounge
With respect to tradition, each graduating class presents a gift to High Tech High School. Previous classes have given benches and trophy cases. The Class of 2007 created a lounge next to the school's media center.
The effort behind the lounge was time-consuming and costly. Members of the student council spent the last 4–6 weeks of school finding the furniture and navigating through the school district's bureaucratic quagmire, which required approval for almost everything. Preparations for the room included removing the contents of its previous role, as well as two layers of painting. Almost all of the physical work was done during the last week of school, after regular hours.
The second to last day of the school year was when most of the work was accomplished. A few members of the student council stayed until 10 PM, setting up the tables, couches, and opening ceremony preparations. The last day of the school was chaotic, with the mounting of a flat-panel HDTV, connecting of an HD DVD player, organizing a video library that just arrived in the mail, and the mounting of the class plaque. The class plaque, which cost over $600, has the names of every member of the class engraved on it. The opening ceremony was held with less than one hour left before the Class of 2007 left High Tech.
Today, many students use the lounge to relax and study. Food and drinks are not allowed, and excessive noise is not tolerated. Therefore, students who want a quiet area frequent the room. The television is almost never used. It now simply serves as a reminder of the extravagance of the Class of 2007. The lounge also immortalizes the 124 graduating students of the class, unlike other class gifts which simply display the year of the graduating class, by including their names on a plaque.
Awards
Awards received by High Tech High School include:
- 2003 Governor's School of Excellence
- 2002 School Leader Award, NJ School Boards Association
- 2001 Best High School Musical, Director, Costumes - Paper Mill Playhouse
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