Asbury Park Press Article About HTHS MoovDisk Team
The Asbury Park Press recently released an article about the accomplishments of the MoovDisk team. The article can be accessed by clicking here.
HTHS Dodgeball Tournament Winners
On Thursday, March 20th, the High Technology High School Key Club hosted a Dodgeball tournament in which the students competed against each other, and the top two teams had the oppurtunity to play against the HTHS Faculty and Staff. In a suspenseful final set of 3 games, the Male Faculty team played against the HTHS Student Government Association. After the 3 games were complete, the faculty won 2-1. All of the money raised during the event was donated to the WISER program through an alumnus at Duke University. Congratulations to the winners, and thank you to all who attended and donated to the cause!
HTHS Ruckus Nation "MoovDisk" Team Update
HTHS's MoovDisk Team was invited to San Francisco to present their idae to a panel of judges, as well as to have breakfast with the other finalists. During this conference they had the ability to talk to companies who would be key in developing these products. They also heard a speech from the President of Hopelabs, a non-profit organization which founded Ruckus Nation. The MoovDisk Team was named a Category Winner, and received a prize of $25,000. More information about the team can be found here. Congratulations!
Ruckus Nation Semi-Finalists
This year, High Technology High School enetered several teams into the Ruckus Nation competition, 2 of which were chosen as Semi-Finalists under the High School Category on the National Level. High Tech's Teams submitted the products entitled "MoovDisk", and "The Blue Box". More information about the competition can be found below, and the complete list of semi-finalists can be found here.
Ruckus Nation challenged entrants to imagine a new product that is fun and cool enough to make kids want to get up and move around. HopeLab, the nonprofit organization sponsoring Ruckus Nation, will support the development, testing and distribution of products based on the best ideas. Ideas will be judged in four competition categories – Middle School/Junior High School, High School, College/University, and Other. At least 10 semifinalists and 2 overall winners will be named in each category. The grand prize winner will be selected from among category winners at a special in-person event. All ideas will be judged using a scorecard, and judges will include kids and adults with a diverse set of experiences and backgrounds. For more info, review the Ruckus Nation judging process.
New Jersey Department of Education Releases 2007 School Report Card
The New Jersey Department of Education 2006-2007 School Report Cards contain information about how schools have been progressing academically. These reports show how each school compares against the Core Curriculum Content Standards and the state's goals for proficiency in mathematics and language arts.
More detailed information about the report cards can be found in the New Jersey Department of Education news page, or by clicking here. To see this year's HTHS report card, click here.
US News & World Report - America's Best High Schools
In the "America's Best High Schools" issue of US News & World Report, High Technology High School was ranked #7 in the nation and #1 in NJ.
Siemens Research Competition
The Siemens Foundation has announced that 2 students from High Technology High School have been selected as Semifinalists in the 2007-08 Siemens Competition in Math, Science, and Technology. This program continues Siemens' 160 year tradition of supporting math and science education. With its high academic standards, rigorous judging process adn emphasis on authentic scientific research, the Siemens Competition is regarded as one of the leading science and mathematics research-based competitions for high school students.
Franz Sauer, Semifinalist
Andrew Shum, Semifinalist
Project Lead the Way
PLTW has developed a four year sequence of courses which, when combined with college preparatory mathematics and science courses in high school, introduces students to the scope, rigor and discipline of engineering and engineering technology prior to entering college.
Project Lead the Way is an academic program that works with businesses and industries to give students insight into the fields of engineering and technology. By using curricula such as Introduction to Engineering and Design, Computer Integrated Manufacturing, and Digital Electronics and Civil Engineering and Architecture, schools can offer their pupils a hands-on approach to learning. Through this method of teaching, students discover how problems and solutions in projects apply to situations in the real world. In addition to this, students can take an optional exam after the course is completed to gain college credit. These extra credits will help the student later in life when they are seeking a higher institution of learning. Click on the image to visit the Project Lead the Way website.
The New Jersey Department of Education 2006 School Report Cards contain information about how schools have been progressing academically. These reports show how each school compares against the Core Curriculum Content Standards and the state's goals for proficiency in mathematics and language arts.
More detailed information about the report cards can be found in the New Jersey Department of Education news page, or by following this link. To see this year's HTHS report card, use this link.
Seniors Elizabeth Wendel, Raja Srinivas, and Liza Yermakova (coached by Mrs. Ellen LeBlanc) have recently won the 4th place Meritorious Team Prize in the Mega Moody's Math Challenge. They were picked as a finalist out of 178 teams with a paper entitled "Portfolio Management: Maximizing Investment Return". On Wednesday, April 18th, the team traveled to Wall Street in New York City to present the paper to a panel of judges.
Here is a link to the winners' page, including links to the winning papers and projects. For information about the Math Challenge itself, click here.
Congratulations to freshmen Ashley Gau, Yujia Huo, Rachel Mann, and Grace Tashijan for winning an award from eCYBERMISSION for team collaboration and communication. Their submitted project involved an experiment regarding playground surfacing materials and which was the safest.
eCYBERMISSION is an annual science, math, and technology competition for sixth-ninth graders. Each team does a scientific experiment in order to find a solution to a problem in their community. The eCYBERMISSION homepage can be found here. Click here for the list of winners in the 2006-2007 competitions (overall and for specific accomplishments).
Dan Handlin, currently a senior, was awarded 8th place in Intel's 66th Annual Science Talent Search for his work on networked optical satellite tracking.
He was HTHS's first finalist in the Talent Search. Click here to see the top ten finalists for this year's Science Talent Search. Dan's finalist page and biography can be found here.