High Tech High School

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High Tech High School


Established	1991
Type	Public high school
Principal	Carol Brancato
Location	North Bergen, New Jersey, United States
Mascot	Lasercats
Website	http://www.hthsweb.net/

High Tech High School (or High Technical High School, according to College Board, as of 2006) 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.^[1] The school is well noted for exceeding highly in the sciences and in the performing arts (winning several awards in both fields).

1 History
2 Musical theatre program
3 Sports
4 Awards
5 References
6 External links

[edit] 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. 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.^[2]

[edit] 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 Performance by an Actor in a Leading Role" to Joe Gehrmann.^[3]

[edit] Sports

High Tech has a few sports teams, including girl's and boy's tennis, bowling, and basketball, as well as soccer, but their best continues to be their softball team. The High Tech Lasercats have won the Seglio Division Championship for five out of the last six years, the first time ever in the Seglio Division.