HTHS Students Earn Honors at Delaware Valley Science Fair!

HTHS Students Earn Honors at Delaware Valley Science Fair

On Wednesday, April 3rd, HTHS research students competed at the Delaware Valley Science Fair. All competitors qualified for the fair by competing in the Jersey Shore Science Fair and placing 1st, 2nd, or 3rd in their research category. High Tech students competed against over 900 students from Southern New Jersey, Southeastern Pennsylvania, and Delaware for special awards and category awards. HTHS students were awarded a total of 38 awards, including scholarship money, monetary prizes, and medals. The full list of HTHS results are listed below, and all fair results can be viewed here:

• Category Awards

• Special Awards

Category Awards

10th Grade:
Behavioral Science: Dorisa Sun - 2nd, Emily Kim - 1st
Botany: Ayon Hajra - 2nd
Chemistry: Evelyn Lee - 1st
Computer Science: Maya Bhasin - Honorable Mention
Engineering: Anabelle Ahteck - Honorable Mention
Environmental Science: Aarthi Gunasekaran - 1st
Earth & Space Science: Rahul Gupta - Honorable Mention
Microbiology: Henry Cantor - 3rd
Zoology: Vinil Polepalli - 1st

11th Grade:
Behavioral Science: Saathvik Gubbala - 3rd
Biochemistry: Prisha Rai - 3rd
Chemistry: Kriti Srivastava - 2nd
Computer Science: Ishani Singh - 2nd
Environmental Science: Rohit Kottomtharayil - Honorable Mention
Earth & Space Science: Pramya Surapaneni - Honorable Mention, Abhinav Kartik - 3rd
Mathematics: Logan Mesh - 1st
Physics: Indus Boddu - 3rd

12th Grade:
Behavioral: Haley Deng - 1st
Computer Science: Animish Jain - Honorable Mention

Team:
Shravani Vedagiri & Advika Vuppala - 1st

Special Awards
Anabelle Ahteck - Society of Women Engineers 2nd place ($50)
Haley Deng - Merck Science Achievement Award ($100) + Janssen Biotechnology Research Award ($250)
Sophia Gao - American Statistical Association Philadelphia Chapter Award ($150) + Society of Women Engineers Honorable Mention
Aarthi Gunasekaran - US Stockholm Junior Water Prize NJ Winner ($500), Roy F. Weston Memorial Environmental Sciences Award ($500)
Animish Jain - Merck Science Achievement Award ($100)
Vincent Li - Mid-Atlantic Society of Toxicology Award 1st place ($150)
Gajan Mohan Raj - Johnson & Johnson Award for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research 1st place ($500)
Ishani Singh - Johnson & Johnson Award for Cardiovascular & Metabolic Research 3rd place ($200) + Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
Kriti Srivastava - Yale Science and Engineering Association Award
Dorisa Sun - American Psychological Association Award
Aarav Upadhyay - American Society of Naval Engineers - Delaware Valley Section ($500) + Constellation Award ($100)

HTHS NHS Inducts 22 New Members!

On March 21, 2024 the HTHS Chapter of the National Honor Society inducted 22 new members. Congratulations to them!

HTHS Research Students Compete in Jersey Shore Science Fair!

On Saturday, March 16, 2024, 66 HTHS research students competed at the Jersey Shore Science Fair. Our students impressed the judges (and their research advisors!) by winning 54 awards! In addition, 38 students qualified to compete at the Delaware Valley Science Fair next month.

HTHS Chess Team Competes at NJ H.S. State Championship!

The HTHS Chess Team sent 9 participants to the NJ High School State Championship Tournament on Saturday (3/2) and Sunday (3/3). The tournament included 3 rounds on Saturday and 2 rounds on Sunday.

The Varsity team consisted of Eshan Guha, Michael Kang, Alex Lin, Indus Boddu, and Ritwik Singh. The team performed exceptionally well against an amazingly talented group 58 players representing 19 schools. The team was able to finish in 2nd place only 1.5 points out of 1st place. The 1st place team (Livingston HS) was the heavy favorite to win yet High Tech went into the final round tied with them for 1st place.

The following varsity players finished in the top 20 as individuals:

Alex Lin earned 17th place overall with 3 points (3 wins and 2 losses). His only losses came against the players who finished in 5th place and 7th place. Indus Boddu finished in 15th place. He had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss was to the player who finished in 4th place. Michael Kang finished in 7th place. He had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss (to the 2nd place player). Finally, Eshan Guha earned 1st Place. He was the only player in the tournament to win all 5 of their games. Two of his wins came against the players who finished in 2nd and 3rd place.

Congratulations to Eshan. Eshan is the NJ High School Individual State Champion for 2024!!

HTHS had a JV Team too. The team consisted of Gordon Fan, Aditya Choudhary, Henry Liu and Rahul Gupta. The JV Team performed very well on their way to a 4th place team finish. They finished only a half point out of 2nd place and 2 points out of 1st place in a very competitive JV bracket.

There were 47 participants in the Junior Varsity Bracket representing 15 schools. High Tech had 3 players finish in the top 20. Finishing in 18th place with 2 wins, and 2 draws was Henry Liu. Finishing in 10th place with 3 wins was Gordon Fan. And finishing in 5th place with 4 wins Aditya Choudhary.

Way to go HIGH TECH!!!

HTHS Students Compete at Jersey Shore Science Fair!

On Saturday, March 16, 2024, 66 members of HTHS’s experimental research club, ReconX, competed at the Jersey Shore Science Fair (JSSF) at Stockton University. Our students competed in a broad range of categories and presented their research to panels of judges for a chance to advance to the regional Delaware Valley Science Fair (DVSF) on a path to the Regeneron International Science and Engineering Fair (ISEF). In total our students came home with 55 awards and 38 students placed first, second, or third in their category, earning them a spot to compete at DVSF (April 2nd - April 4th).

Here are the individual results from the fair:

Special Awards

• The IEEE and Women in Engineering (WIE) award in Computer Science and Engineering - Sophia Gao

• The Paul Saraduke Jr .Physics Award - Indus Bodu

• The American Chemical Society Award- Kriti Srivastava

Behavioral Science

Intermediate level (Grades 9-10)

• First Place - Emily Kim

• Third Place - Dorisa Sun

Upper level (Grades 11-12)

• First Place - Haley Deng

• Third Place - Saathvik Gubbala

• Honorable Mention - Edith Domanski

Biochemistry

Intermediate level

• Third Place- Sunkalp Chandra

Upper level

• Second Place- Prisha Rai

• Honorable Mention - Bhargav Yerramsetty

• Honorable Mention - Daniel D’Silva

Botany

Intermediate level

• Second Place - Suvit Asnani

• Third Place - Ayon Hajra

Chemistry

Intermediate level

• Second Place - Evelyn Lee

Upper Level

• First Place - Kriti Srivastava

• Third Place- Anders Nielsen

Computer Science

Intermediate level

• Second Place - Maya Bhasin

• Third Place - Aditya Choudhary

• Honorable Mention - Niyel Hassan

• Honorable Mention - Saketh Satti

Upper level

• First Place - Raymond Jiang

• Second Place - Ishani Singh

• Third Place - Animish Jain

• Honorable Mention - Shreya Mahindroo

• Honorable Mention - Ayan Patel

Earth and Space Science

Intermediate level

• First Place - Rahul Gupta

Upper level

• First Place - Abhinav Kartik

• Second Place - Pramya Surapaneni

Engineering

Intermediate level

• First Place - Aarav Upadhyay

• Second Place - Sophia Gao

• Third Place - Anabelle Ahteck

Upper level

• Honorable Mention - Mia Mastroianni

Environmental Science

Intermediate level

• First Place - Aarthi Gunasekaran

• Third Place - McDonagh Kuntz

• Honorable Mention - Yanna Varouhakis

Upper level

• Third Place - Rohit Kottomtharayil

• Honorable Mention - Sashreek Bhupathiraju

Math

Upper level

• Second Place - Logan Mesh

• Honorable Mention - Suhani Kumar

Medicine

Intermediate level

• First Place - Vincent Li

Upper level

• First Place - Gajan Mohan Raj

• Second Place - Anusha Sharma

• Honorable Mention - Vishrut Thoutam

Microbiology

Intermediate level

• Second Place -Henry Cantor

• Third Place - Divyam Dave

Upper level

• First Place - Jyothi Ramesh

Physics

Intermediate level

• Second Place - Audrey Wang

• Third Place - Remy Mander

• Honorable Mention - Rohan Arni

Upper level

• First Place - Indus Boddu

Zoology

Intermediate level

• Second Place - Vinil Polepalli

Upper level

• Honorable Mention - CJ Volk

Teams

Upper level

First Place - Shravani Vedagiri, Advika Vuppala

Congratulations to all our students on an outstanding performance!

HTHS Competes at NJ High School State Championship Tournament

NJ HIGH SCHOOL STATE CHAMPIONSHIP TOURNAMENT

The HTHS Chess Team sent 9 participants to the NJ High School State Championship Tournament on Saturday (3/2) and Sunday (3/3).  The tournament included 3 rounds on Saturday and 2 rounds on Sunday. 

The Varsity team consisted of Eshan Guha, Michael Kang, Alex Lin, Indus Boddu, and Ritwik Singh.  The team performed exceptionally well against an amazingly talented group 58 players representing 19 schools.  The team was able to finish in 2nd place only 1.5 points out of 1st place.  The 1st place team (Livingston HS) was the heavy favorite to win yet High Tech went into the final round tied with them for 1st place.

The following varsity players finished in the top 20 as individuals:

Alex Lin earned 17th place overall with 3 points (3 wins and 2 losses).  His only losses came against the players who finished in 5th place and 7th place.  Indus Boddu finished in 15th place.  He had 2 wins, 2 draws and 1 loss was to the player who finished in 4th place.  Michael Kang finished in 7th place.  He had 3 wins, 1 draw and 1 loss (to the 2nd place player).  Finally, Eshan Guha earned 1st Place.  He was the only player in the tournament to win all 5 of their games.  Two of his wins came against the players who finished in 2nd and 3rd place. 

Congratulations to Eshan.  Eshan is the NJ High School Individual State Champion for 2024!!

HTHS had a JV Team too.  The team consisted of Gordon Fan, Aditya Choudhary, Henry Liu and Rahul Gupta.  The JV Team performed very well on their way to a 4th place team finish.  They finished only a half point out of 2nd place and 2 points out of 1st place in a very competitive JV bracket.  

There were 47 participants in the Junior Varsity Bracket representing 15 schools.  High Tech had 3 players finish in the top 20.  Finishing in 18th place with 2 wins, and 2 draws was Henry Liu.  Finishing in 10th place with 3 wins was Gordon Fan.  And finishing in 5th place with 4 wins Aditya Choudhary.

Way to go HIGH TECH!!!

HTHS Competes at Shore High School Chess League Championship Tournament

On Wednesday 2/28, the Chess Team competed in the Shore High School Chess League Championship Tournament that was held at Monmouth Mall.  The varsity team consisted of Eshan Guha, Michael Kang, Alex Lin, Harrison Mesh, and Zac Levy

In the first round of the 3 round tournament High Tech defeated Toms River East by a score of 5 to 0.  In the second round, they defeated South Brunswick HS also by a score of 5 to 0.  

So, for the 16th consecutive year, High Tech had made it into the Shore HS Chess League Championship Match!!  High Tech was pitted against arch-rival CBA.  High Tech dominated the match on their way to another 5 to 0 win.  The team won every game in every round in the Championship Tournament!!

So, CONGRATULATIONS TO THE SHORE HIGH SCHOOL CHESS LEAGUE CHAMPIONS for 2024!!! 

This is the 6th consecutive championship and 7th title in the last 8 years. 

Additionally, High Tech had 3 players competing in the Extras Tournament.  The Extras Tournament field consisted of 68 players from 14 schools.  Abigail Marinaccio and Abhinav Kartik each had 4 wins out of 5 games to finish in a tie for 3rd place with 11 other players.  Henry Liu earned 3 wins in his 5 games to finish in 14th place.

Congratulations to all the players!!

WAY TO GO High Tech!!!

HTHS Academic Team Competes at Eagles' Spring Fling Quiz Bowl Tournament!

On March 2, the High Technology Academic Team competed in the Eagles' Spring Fling Quiz Bowl tournament at Middlesex College organized by Edison Academy Magnet High School. The High Tech team finished in First place in a field of 21 teams. The High Tech team was composed of the following students: Daniel D'Silva, Abhijit Nair, Maya Bhasin, Ryan Leverock, and Saketh Satti. In addition, Daniel D'Silva and Ryan Leverock were awarded book prizes for being in the Top 10 in individual scores.

And special thanks to Emily Kim for volunteering to Reading and Scorekeeping for the tournament.

HTHS PAC Presents: "All Shook Up"!

Come see the High Tech Performing Arts Club in their spring musical, "All Shook Up"! We will perform Friday 3/15 and Saturday 3/16, both shows at 7pm at the Brookdale Performing Arts Center. Come see the hard work of our singers, dancers, musicians, stage crew, set designers, and tech crew and more as we celebrate the songs of Elvis Presley in a small town where everyone is looking for love!

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HTHS Students Attend American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS) Conference

Eleven HTHS students traveled to Denver, Colorado to represent New Jersey as delegates to the American Junior Academy of Science (AJAS). These students competed at the New Jersey Junior Academy of Science Annual Meeting in May of 2023 and won a position in one of 12 categories  to represent our state at the AJAS 2024 Annual Meeting. As delegates to the American Academy, our students attended the American Association of the Advancement of Science (AAAS) Annual Meeting and presented their original research to scientists from all over the globe. The AAAS meeting is the largest meeting of scientists in the world and it was a chance for our students to share their work and network with other students as well as scientists in their field of study. In addition to attending the AAAS meeting all 11 students have been named lifetime fellows to AJAS. Congratulations to all our students for this prestigious honor!

HTHS Students Attend NJ Southern Junior Science & Humanities Symposium

New Jersey Southern Junior Science and Humanities Symposium 2024

On Friday, February 9th, four High Tech students were among the sixteen NJ finalists that presented their original STEM research at the Annual New Jersey Southern Junior Science and Humanities Symposium at the Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst Flight Deck. The event was sponsored by the Department of Defense, U.S Army, Air Force, and Navy as well as many government and corporate sponsors and was hosted by Ocean County Community College.

Seniors Haley Deng and Advika Vuppala and Juniors Ayan Patel and Kriti Srivastava were chosen to present their research. Haley, Advika and Ayan were chosen as oral presenters and competed for scholarships, sponsor awards and a chance to advance to the 62nd National Junior Science and Humanities Symposium in Albuquerque, New Mexico from May 1-4, 2024. Kriti was chosen to present a research poster to the judges for sponsor awards.

All four students gave an excellent presentation. Kriti Srivastava was awarded $550 in sponsor awards for her poster presentation. Advika Vuppala and Ayan Patel were each awarded $565 in sponsor awards for their oral presentation. Haley Deng placed second overall for her research presentation and was awarded a $1500 undergraduate tuition scholarship from the U.S. Army, Air Force and Navy. She also received $865 in sponsor awards. A second place award also qualifies Haley to compete at the National Symposium in New Mexico this spring. Congratulations to all of our research students for a job well done!

HTHS VEX Teams Earn Awards at Colts Neck H.S.!

On Saturday, February 3rd, the four HTHS VEX teams competed at Colts Neck High School where all 4 teams qualified for the elimination rounds. At the end of the day, 765N earned the Excellence Award for all around outstanding performance, 765A earned the Robot Skills Award and 765X earned the Judges Award. Team 765N has also joined 765A as a state championship qualifier. Congratulations to all!

HTHS VEX Team 765A Earns Judges Award and Qualifies for NJ States!

On January 13th, the four HTHS VEX teams competed at Sparta High School. All 4 teams qualified for the elimination rounds and team 765A earned the Judges Award, which is presented to a team deserving recognition for special accomplishments. Team 765A also scored high enough in the Skills competition to qualify for the NJ State Championship.

HTHS Academic Team Competes in ACE Quiz Bowl!

On November 4, 2023, the High Tech Academic Team competed in the ACE quiz bowl tournament hosted by Livingston High School. The A team was undefeated until the final championship match and finished in second place. The A team was composed of team captain Ranvith Adulla [senior], Daniel D'Silva [junior], Rohan Arni [sophomore], and Ryan Leverock [sophomore]. The A team photo with the trophy is attached.

In the field of 36 teams, the High Tech sophomore B team performed exceptionally by finishing in seventh place. The B team was composed of team captain Saketh Satti, Abhijit Nair [junior], Arian Arvandi, Maya Bhasin, Emily Kim, and Krishan Kouvri.

HTHS Students Attend National TSA Conference in Louisville, Kentucky!

From June 28th - July 2nd sixteen HTHS students competed in various design challenges at the TSA National Conference held in Louisville, Kentucky. During this time, HTHS students placed as either semi-finalists or in the top ten in four of the events! Congratulations to all! The results are below:

Children's Stories
Semi-finalist/Top 10 Finalist	Priya Gokhale, Sreeja Paruchuri, Advika Vuppala and Caitlyn Zito
Coding
Semi-finalist/Top 10 Finalist	Priya Gokhale and Arjun Tschand
On Demand Video
Top 10 Finalist	Aarthi Gunasekaran, Emily Kim, McDonagh Kuntz, Shivali Sethi and Sanjit Vinodanandan
Senior Solar Sprint
Semi-Finalist	Syona Gupta, Advika Vuppala and Caitlyn Zito

HTHS Students Earn Multiple Awards at NJ TSA State Conference!

On Tuesday, May 3rd, 71 HTHS students competed in various design challenges at the TSA State Conference held at The College of New Jersey. This was the first in-person TSA State Conference since 2019! An additional 37 students competed in pre-conference events, the results of which were announced at the state conference. Below is a summary of the awards earned by the students. Congratulations to all!

Animatronics
1st	Liam Hoffman, Animish Jain, Arjun Tschand
Board Game Design
3rd	Elis Arce, Sophia Gao, Aarthi Gunasekaran, Evelyn Lee, Charlotte Richards, Kate Sorochan
Chapter Team
2nd	Om Agrawal, Indus Boddu, Jasmine Guo, Raymond Jiang, Rohit Kottomtharayil, Ishani Singh
Children's Stories
1st	Priya Gokhale, Sreeja Paruchuri, Advika Vuppala, Caitlyn Zito
Coding
1st	Animish Jain, Arjun Tschand
Data Science and Analysis
1st	Amanda Guan
Debating Technological Issues
3rd	Ayush Bobra, Haley Deng
Digital Video Production
3rd	Katherine Fang, Caleb Lin, Max Niu, Nikhil Osuri, Sen Phua
Flight Endurance
2nd	Derek Wang
3rd	John Chang
Geospatial Technology
3rd	Suchit Basineni, Matthew Battista, Emma Luo
Manufacturing Prototype
2nd	Sunkalp Chandra, Angie Garcia-Lopez, Phoebe Nguyen, Victoria O’Leary, Siddharth Shankar
3rd	Sophia Gao, Prisha Rai, Shivali Sethi, Anusha Sharma, Kriti Srivastava
On Demand Video
1st	Aarthi Gunasekaran, Emily Kim, McDonagh Kuntz, Urvi Patel, Shivali Sethi, Sanjit Vinodanandan
Prepared Presentation
3rd	Syona Gupta
Senior Solar Sprint
1st	Syona Gupta, Emma Luo, Advika Vuppala, Caitlyn Zito
VEX Robotics
1st (Tie)	Liam Hoffman, Nikhil Osuri, Aditya Sarwaikar

2023 Overall State Rankings - HS

New Jersey Total Teams: 90
Top Score: 193.2

Rank #7 TEAM C Score: 184.87
McDonagh Kuntz, Lincoln Maikos, Audrey Wang, Kelly Yuan

Rank #8 TEAM A Score: 184.19
Priya Gokhale, Sreeja Paruchuri, Nikhil Osuri, Aditya Sarwaikar

Rank #19 TEAM B Score: 172.22
Ishaan Akula, Kevin Liu, Anish Pallati, Alexander Sirotkin

Bronze Level:
Aarthi Gunasekaran, Gajan Mohan Raj, Caitlyn Zito
Silver Level:
Aarthi Gunasekaran, Caitlyn Zito

HTHS Team 765X Earns Innovate Award at VEX Worlds!

From April 25th through April 27th HTHS VEX team 765X traveled to Dallas, Texas to compete at VEX Worlds. The 809 teams in attendance were divided into 10 divisions with 765X being assigned to the Design Division. The competition was incredibly intense throughout the event. In addition to competing in the 2 vs. 2 tournament, 765X also submitted their design notebook and completed three interviews, one virtual and two in-person, to earn the Innovate Award! This award is presented to a team that exemplifies a strong combination of ingenuity, innovation and outside the box thinking. Congratulations to all!

More information can be found here: VEX Worlds 2023