The results of the 58th Hudson County Science Fair are in and the Explore 2000 Middle School’s second year team of Alexander Vogiatzis, Andrew Kibalo and George Vogiatzis has been awarded a gold medal for its project on smoking and the effects on the human body. On February 29, The Liberty Science Center played host...
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Explore 2000 Middle School Science Fair Finalists
Explore 2000 Middle School Science Fair Finalists Six students from Explore 2000 Middle School will participate in the Hudson County Science Fair as representatives of their school. Jonathan Pham is a third year student whose project tested three different methods of heat transfer: conduction, convection and radiation. First year student Henry Jensen-Lim tested four types...
Explore 2000 Middle School’s Science Fair 2016
Explore 2000 Middle School held its annual Science Fair this morning, its first in the school’s new location in Jersey City. A collaboration between the school and another local institution, the Waterfront Montessori School, the Science Fair featured hundreds of student projects being presented in the school’s...
The Explore 2000 Middle School Book Fair is Open!
Explore 2000 Middle School is excited to host our First Annual Scholastic Book Fair! We will be open for business: Monday, November 30th to Friday, December 4th from 9:00 am to 4:00 pm. If you are unable to make our school hour openings, visit our book fair after hours… Tuesday, December 1st Join us for...
Visiting the National Constitution Center
On October 9, the students of Explore 2000 took a trip to Independence Mall in Philadelphia to visit the National Constitution Center. It is the first and only institution in America established by Congress to “disseminate information about the United States Constitution on a non-partisan basis in order to increase the awareness...
Explore 2000 Reflects on New Beginnings
On October 7, the Explore 2000 community gathered to reflect on the school’s history, mission and move to their new building. The student leaders for each group presented original speeches about their personal views of Explore 2000. The speakers shared their experiences and how the differences between their former schools and...
Celebrating the Week of Respect at Explore 2000
The first week of October was the Week of Respect and Explore 2000 celebrated in several ways. Each day, students and staff wore a color to show one of the pillars of respect. Monday was purple day to remind the Explore 2000 community of Citizenship. On Tuesday, red showed Caring. Wednesday was orange day for...
HCSTF Supports STEM Family Night Activities at Explore 2000 Middle School
October 16, 2015 (North Bergen, N.J.) –The HCST Foundation provided grant money to support Explore 2000 Middle School—a STEM Education school that is part of the HCST Foundation and located in Downtown Jersey City—as they invited students and parents into their facility for an evening of engagement, announced Linda J. Quentzel, Executive Director of the...
A Visit to the Birth of America by Bus
For the first trip of the fall, All our students went to Independence Hall. And we thought and thought, About the ones that fought. They wrote the Constitution, They started a revolution, At first they were small, And then they grew tall! We had a bloody war, Because freedom is worth fighting for. Up on...
Explore 2000 – New School Year, New School Building
On September 9, 2015, Explore 2000 Middle School welcomed its new class of students to its new building at 180 9th Street, Jersey City. The sixth graders, also known as First Year Students, excited and ready to begin their middle school experience, took part in a Harry Potter style sorting ceremony to become assigned to...