COUNTY PREP HIGH SCHOOL NEWS
County Prep Hydroponics/Aquaculture Class Visits Forest Resource Education Center
Students from the Hydroponics/Aquaculture class at County Prep visited the Forest Resource Education Center in Jackson, N.J. accompanied by their teachers Mr. Nicholas LaVolpe and Dr. Stephanie Szymanski. The students were introduced to the various products that come from trees.The foresters demonstrated the use of a saw mill to cut a longitudinal section of a...
County Prep’s Qu’Raun Scott McKoy to Premiere Film at Golden Door Film Festival
The film, A Very Bad Day, created by County Prep senior, Qu’Raun Scott-McKoy, will have its premiere on Friday, October 6 at the Golden Door Film Festival in Jersey City. Qu’Raun’s film was one of only a handful of movies selected in the Young Filmmakers category for this prestigious festival. Qu’Raun is an Audio Visual Production...
CP Culinary Arts Students Running One of the Hottest New Restaurants!
Take a look at who’s running one of the hottest new restaurants! Dale Talde was featured on Top Chef, Food Networks “Iron Chef” and among many other TV appearances. He is one of the new creative young chefs in the country. He currently owns Talde Brooklyn, Talde Jersey City and Talde Miami. So what does...
County Prep teacher Michael Grele Chosen as Cisco Instructor for 2017 NBA Draft Cisco Network Academy “Dream Team”
Top students from the United States and Canada are named to the “Dream Team” – and given the chance to gain real-world experience setting up massive networks at high-profile events like the NBA Draft. Dream Team members gain hands-on experience working under the direction of professional networking engineers. Students are nominated to the Dream Team...
County Prep Dance Awards and Year In Review
The County Prep Dance Program celebrated the end of the 2016-2017 school year with recognition from the arts and dance education community. Senior Tamir Rios was one of 5 dancers in the State of NJ to be given the Governor’s Award in Dance Arts. Tamir performed alongside other remarkable teen artists in the state Gala...
County Prep Students Shadow Teachers at Local Learning Center
County Prep students enrolled in Ms. Bello’s Early Childhood/Social Development courses visited Kiddie Academy and Starting Points Early Learning Center on Wednesday, June 7, 2017. The students shadowed teachers at Kiddie Academy to get a glimpse of the day-to-day operations of a day care center. According to the students, this SLE was totally “awesome.”...
County Prep Junior Matthew Riccardi Represents Hudson County at the State Teen Arts Festival
On May 31st, 2017, County Prep Junior Matthew Riccardi represented Hudson County at the State Teen Arts Festival, which took place at Ocean County College. At this festival, the highest award recipients from all New Jersey Counties were invited. All theatre awardees performed, received feedback and took workshops with theatre professionals. Matthew had officially received...
Halal Food for Muslim Students at HCST
Mr. Gerald Lyons, the director of food services in our school district, including County Prep, High Tech, and Explore 2000, received input from a group of Muslim students regarding the lack of availability of halal food. County Prep principal, Ms. Barbara Mendolla, responded to our request favorably. For Muslim students in the Hudson County Schools...
County Prep Theater Arts Performs Summer And Smoke by Tennessee Williams
In just its fifth year, County Prep Theatre Arts class has brought a new performance opportunity to County Prep students, who are learning both performance and rehearsal practices, and are encountering first hand all of the aspects of professional theater. The show was designed by our professional lighting designer, Mr. Lance Michel,...
County Prep Alumna Alexia Velazquez Won the Foxy Award for Outstanding Performance
Mrs. Shields is very excited to announce that our 2016 production of Ondine, by Jean Giraudoux, has brought home one Foxy award this year. Our production has received nominations for Outstanding Achievement for an Acting Ensemble of a Classic Play, and three Outstanding Performance Nominations for Senior Adam Hassan (Outstanding Performance by a Lead Actor...