High Technology High School, Lincroft, NJ
Attending High Tech has several unique advantages. The school is located in Lincroft, New Jersey, adjacent to the Advanced Technology Center on the Brookdale Community College campus. This allows students the opportunity to take college courses during their junior and senior years. Seniors are also required to take a mentorship course that pairs students with engineers, scientists, and researchers working in a technological field.
Classes are scheduled using a block system. There are five seventy-minute periods a day, with a single lunch break between 11:23 and 11:53. Most classes are held three times a week, with exceptions for certain subjects. All science classes have double labs that span two periods. AP Calculus classes meet for a fourth period each week. The junior and senior technology classes (Cisco Networking Academy and Brookdale Community College courses) are held two days a week for three consecutive periods each time.
Both the faculty and the students have found this schedule to be advantageous for learning. Students have more time to get things done in class and more time to do homework. Teachers have longer, uninterrupted blocks of time to instruct students and cover all the necessary material.
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High Technology High School's unique advantages, convenient location, excellent teachers, and passionate students are the ingredients for success. The school has earned many awards and distinctions for its outstanding environment and for the work of its students. It was designated as a No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School in 2003 and a New Jersey Star School in 1997 and 2002.
from L to R: Mrs. Murdoch, Mr. Simon, and Dr. Pollock.
Principal Mr. Simon and former principals Mrs. Murdoch and Dr. Pollock with the No Child Left Behind Blue Ribbon School banner.
Of the sixty-two students in the graduating class of 2004, there are fourteen National Merit Commended Scholars, one National Merit Scholar SemiFinalist, and eleven National Merit Scholar Finalists. The students have also represented the school at numerous national competitions and conferences such as the national meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science, the TSA National Conference, and the National Consortium of Specialized Secondary Schools of Mathematics, Science and Technology (NCSSSMST) Conference.
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Photographs courtesy of the HTHS website.