Gabriel Marandino, a 7th grader at Explore Middle School, took first place in the annual Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Oratory Contest, a citywide event that allows students to take turns performing portions of some of King’s greatest speeches in front of family, friends, educators and a panel of judges. On Friday, February 21st, Gabe...
(February 12th, 2020 -- Jersey City, NJ) Ms. Heather Garrett and the 8th-grade yearbook staff proudly revealed the cover for the 2019-2020 yearbook earlier this week. The original art was created by 8th-grade student Elise Crow. Since September, the 25 8th grade staff members meet once a week with Ms. Garrett to plan, organize, and...
(February 4th, 2020–Jersey City, NJ) Over 50 industry professionals and Hudson County Schools of Technology high school majors joined the students, faculty, staff, and community members for the second annual Career Day at Explore Middle School. Professionals in fields ranging from environmental engineering, journalism, social work, public relations, cosmetology, architecture, and much more spent the...
Explore Middle School is now home to a number of published authors. Students in Mr. John Dunphy’s English language arts class have had their short stories published in the book Mission: Catastrophe. Mission: Catastrophe is the first of the Survival Saga series published by Young Writers. Young Writers is a small publishing company that encourages...
(November 18th, 2019 — Jersey City) On Thursday, November 14th, the Student Council and Peer Leaders visited VFW Post 2294 to bring breakfast to the veterans and spend time with them. The visited included students reading thank you letters, reciting poems, and spending time talking with the vets. Mr. Tony Goodson spoke with the students...
(November 12th, 2019 -- Jersey City) As the culminating project for the first marking period thematic unit, the students at Explore Middle School put together a showcase that included art, videos, poems, short stories, and “Open Mic Night” performances. “Identity” was chosen by the language arts department as the first thematic unit for the school...
(November 2, 2019 — Jersey City) The Parent Student Association (PSA) held the Annual Pancake Breakfast with support from students, families, staff, community members and the HCST Foundation and HCST Administration. The PSA teamed up with Mr. Mario Rodriguez, Mr. Danny Ward, and the Explore culinary staff to serve a breakfast buffet that everyone truly...
(October 30th, 2019 — Jersey City) Explore Middle School was ranked the #1 School Team and #5 Team overall for the American Cancer Society Making Strides Against Breast Cancer event held at Lincoln Park on October 20th. Explore students, family members, staff and community members fundraised over $3,000 collected for the cause. Mr. Sal Vega...
(October 24th, 2019 — Jersey City) The staff, students, and administrators at Explore Middle School welcome hundreds of people interested in becoming a part of their school community at the annual Open House. 5th graders throughout Hudson County interested in applying to Explore, along with their family members and guardians met various faculty and staff...
(October 23, 2019 — Jersey City) The Explore Middle School Peer Leaders held their first ever “Mix it Up” Day which included special guest speaker John Halligan sharing “Ryan’s Story”. “Mix it Up” is an international campaign promoted by Teaching Tolerance that encourages students to identify, question, and cross social boundaries by interacting with peers...