TECH BITES
Jan/Feb/March Issue 2022
GIRLS VARSITY SOFTBALL HULKS UP THEIR TRAINING
For the first time in three years the Girls Varsity Softball Team went to Florida for their annual spring training trip. In addition to playing, the team also spent some time visiting Universal Studios. The Knights open up their season on April 1st against Clifton at home. - Coach Cristal Cornelio
FIRST HAND LOOK INTO THE CIVIL RIGHTS MOVEMENT
Mr. Sam Jones spoke to the 9th grade law class about his personal experiences during the Civil Rights Movement, this visit occurred simultaneously with the 9th graders completing the Harvard Case study entitled MLK Jr and Voting Rights. -Genny Allard
BT FASHION STUDENTS SPARKLE AT FCCLA COMPETITION
(Design above by Josephine Kim)
Congratulations to the following students for their win at this years FCCLA State Leadership Conference. (check out their amazing work below)
Star Events
- Fashion Design - Star Event - Alliyah Arcilla - 2nd place Gold - Represents NJ State at the Nationals
- Fashion Design - Star Event - Sofia Diamantopoulos - Silver Medal
- Fashion Construction - Star Event - Ngawang Sodon - 3rd place Gold
State Events
- T-Shirt Expressions - Josephine Kim - 1st place Gold . Design will be used as part of FCCLA promotionals.
- Personal Patchwork - Isabella Taveras - 1st place Gold
- Personal Patchwork - Chloe O'Neill - Silver
- Successories - Izabella Boldina - 1st place Gold
- Successories - Madeleine Mazgaj - Silver
- Fashion Runway – Career wear - Sophia Sancilio - Gold
- Fashion Runway – Career wear - Mackenzie Burke - Gold
- Fashion Runway – Career wear - Estella Burke - Bronze
- Fashion Runway – Sportswear - -Charissa Soh - Silver
- Fashion Runway – Sportswear -Isabella Aslanian - Bronze
- Fashion Runway - Evening Wear- Alexa Papasavas - Bronze
- Fashion Runway - Evening Wear- Hanan Awawdeh - Bronze
- Fashion Runway - Evening Wear - Gyuri Kim - Bronze
Thank you to the Admin and teachers for all their support and encouragement.
Congratulations once again to all the students! Great job! - Anna George
EQUITY PANEL "LOVE ALONE HEALS"
Equity Panel 2022
"This year's Equity Panel theme was 'Love Alone Heals'--and our diverse presenters shared powerful personal stories of perseverance and compassion. We appreciate the participation of both students and staff--and the special guest appearance by Yvonne Thevenot, Ed.M., Ph.D., student, Mathematics, Science, & Technology, Teachers College at Columbia University and Founder & Executive Director STEM Kids NYC (who also serves as a mentor in our Senior Internship Programs)." You can watch the entire panel on the zoom link below. Marcella Hernandez, Cristal Cornelio & Amy Surraco
STUDIO WILDCARD STEPS INTO BT
Mr. Doug Kennedy is one of our Senior Experience internship mentors as well as one of the original creators of the video game Guitar Hero. He has quite an extensive career in the gaming industry and currently runs his own company Studio Wildcard (Gainesville, FL) in which the featured video game Ark and Ark II have millions of players. He is close to finishing an animated film based on the Ark game which stars Vin Diesel. Mr. Kennedy visited with us on Tuesday March 8th and 9th and presented to interested students the various careers in the video game industry and ways in which one should go about pursuing a career in video game development. He also handed out free copies of his video game and autographed them for the students. We are looking forward to a continued collaboration with Mr. Kennedy and Studio Wildcard. - Andrea Buccino
9TH GRADE LAW & JUSTICE PRESENT TO THE CASE METHOD INSTITUTE
The 9th grade law students presented their murals to a representative from the Case Method Institute (formerly known as the Harvard Case Method Project). The students created these murals to answer the essential questions proffered by Harvard Professor David Moss. Professor Moss developed and created the cases in conjunction with Harvard history scholars. - Genny Allard
FBLA STARTS THE NEW YEAR WITH A WIN WIN WIN!
The following students competed in the FBLA Northern Regional Competitions and can now go on to the state competition in March. 3400 students competed in the regional competitions, and we had 31 students compete.
1st place winners:
Economics: John Byrne 1st place
Banking & Financial Systems Zain ElHashemite and Jonathan Gulyak (team) 1st place
Introduction to Financial Math Dhruvil Pujara 1st place
Intro to Business Communication Daniel Pak 1st place
Political Science Jason Delgado 1st place
Business Calculations Krish Lulla 1st place
2nd place winners:
Economics: Justin Sousa 2nd place
Introduction to Financial Math Dayeon Kim 2nd place
Intro to Business Concepts Lana Kazakevich 2nd place
3rd place winners:
Introduction to Business Procedures Jacob Huber 3rd place
Intro to Business Communication Seohyun Kim 3rd place
Intro to Business Concepts Daniel Paley 3rd place
Intro to FBLA Andrew Sung 3rd place
Business Calculations Lilly Dreyer 3rd place
5th place winners:
Journalism Sam Ruggier 5th place
7th place winner:
Economics: Manisha Palaniappan 7th place
8th place winners:
Economics: Emily Chen 8th place
Securities & Investments Kush Kavadia 8th place
All 1st-8th place winners are eligible to advance to the state competition. If they did not place 1st-8th they can still compete in a straight to state event. - Mabel Van Daalen
SENIOR SCHOOL SPIRIT AT THE SPRING PEP RALLY!
Our first Pep Rally in almost 3 years was a great success!! We greatly appreciate the opportunity to participate in building a stronger and more connected school community through events like these and hope to continue to do so for the remainder of the school year.
In particular we wanted to thank the following teachers/staff for their participation in the Pep Rally activities:
- Mr. Dominguez, Mr. Olivo, Mr. Price, Mr. Conlon, Mr. Rojek, Mr. Moogan, Ms. Cornelio, Mr. Dalzell, Mr. Lin, Mr. Conry, Mr. Bennett, Ms. O’Connor, and Mr. Rosso for their participation in the Faculty Quidditch games! A big thank you to Ms. Marella for helping to organize and plan these events!
- On behalf of Student Council and the BT Lemon Club, thank you to Mr. Rosso, Mr. McKenna, Sra. Torres, Mr. Lin, Mr. Rojek and Mr. Buser for their participation in the Save It or Shave It fundraiser.
- A huge thank you to Mr. Miller for his tireless work to make sure that all our A/V requests were met (and solving problems we didn’t even think of!).
- Mr. Castiglia, Ms. Cabanilla and Mr. Tankard for their help and support in planning the events today and our entire Major March Madness Spirit Week!
Thank you to all of the teachers and staff here at BT for your help in monitoring our participation in each of the activities throughout the day. We couldn’t have done it without you! - Joseph Conroy
FASHION 9TH GRADE PILLOW CREATIONS
The Freshman Pillow Project focused more on what is meaningful to them such as family, music, faith, friend, etc. - Anna George
BUILDING A LAW & JUSTICE SNOW PERSON?
During the last snowstorm, Ms. Golle assigned an optional homework assignment: Build an L&J-themed snowperson. While the snow totals varied around the county, the snow itself proved to be incredibly light and not especially conducive to snowperson-making. Gabi Swain, an 11th grader, persevered by creating a "law student, who is definitely NOT stressed out over a FIRAC". - Erica Golle
USA Archery 2022 National Elite Development Program
Congratulations to Aidan Zhoung for being invited to attend the NED Program next week. He will get the chance to train under the USA national coaching staff. Good Luck! - Monet Kendall
Bergen County Technical High School
