A Free Verse Poem from an Explore 2000 Student

Ode to Winter Flounder By Yazan Baghdady FlounderYou lie flatOn the seafloorWaiting with your single eyeOn the right sideOf your flattened headBrown patterns runDown your flanksAn inquisitive shrimpLooks at the strange patch You gulp it downAs you have ended the lives of thousandsAnother shrimp is dangling in front of youIt shines with a strange lightYou...

Thank You to HCST Schools

On February 22, 2016 County Prep Science teacher, Tim O’Donnell and his five-year-old daughter Bridget were killed in a tragic car accident on the New Jersey Turnpike Hudson County Extension. Immediately following this event, there was a tremendous and very generous outpouring of donations from County Prep High School, High Tech High School and Explorer...

First S.T.E.A.M. Vocational Middle School

Explore 2000 prides itself on being New Jersey’s first S.T.E.A.M. vocational middle school, to which the students embody in their hands-on learning environment, which has produced some impressive projects.  Explore 2000 delves into three thematic units per year, one in each respective trimester.  In their first trimester for the 2016-2017 school year, “Oceans” were explored...

Explore 2000 Middle School Holds Mock Election

Explore 2000 Middle School hosted their first mock presidential election on Monday, November 7, 2016. Students cast their ballots during their lunch periods while the 3rd Year students volunteered at the polls to help their classmates with the process. With all classes reporting in, we have a clear and decisive winner: Secretary Clinton won with...

Thinking Pink at Explore 2000 Middle School

Explore 2000 Middle School students and staff are making strides against breast cancer! The proceeds of two Think Pink NUT (No Uniform Today) Days, donut and ribbon sales, totaling $300 were donated to “Jersey City’s Making Strides” 5k, represented by our facilitator, Frances Bermas.                        ...

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