Who is Involved?

The Hoboken School District staff, parents, community members, business and educational partners all play a part in ensuring our students are college and career ready. Hoboken is surrounded by many accomplished business and corporations such as Wiley Publishing and Pearson. Our commitment is to leverage internal and external resources and partnerships to support our students in planning and preparing for their future.
College and Career Events/Resources
The Hoboken School District coordinates a number of district-wide and building level opportunities for students to explore a variety of post-secondary options in support of their Academic and Career Plan.

Annual Events

HHS College Fair (Fall)
Career Days (Personal Growth Period)
Instant Decision Days
On-site College Visits
Off-site College Visits
PSAT Score Interpretation Night
Financial Aid Night
College Planning Night
NACAC College Fair (Spring)
HBCU College Fair

Special Program & Career Events

HCCC- Girls in Tech Symposium
NJIT- Engineering Career Day
Rutgers Pre Medical Honors Program
Princeton Review SAT Test Prep
Google Headquarters
Stevens Institute of Technology
Certifications
Google Level I and II
Microsoft Office Specialist
C-Tech
WISE Financial Literacy
Vo-Tech County Partnership
County Prep High School
Computer Programming
Audio/Visual Production
Internet-working
Commercial Photography
Cosmetology
Culinary Arts
Dance
Fashion Design
Graphic Design
Medical Science



Personal Growth Period Career Speakers

A unique student-led experience at Hoboken High School is the Personal Growth Period, or PGP. This ever-evolving eighty minute block of time in the middle of the school day is designed to empower students to make choices that meet their needs or interests. Experiences and activities are created on a monthly basis to support classroom instruction, provide academic support, create authentic learning opportunities or explore interest related activities that may not fit into the normal school day for the average student. Similar to a college hour or community hour, students are modeling the collegiate experience of unstructured time in their day and may choose the activity for the day that suits their current needs.

Education for Future Planning

The Hoboken School District is committed to developing a passion for lifelong learning. We do this by ensuring that every student sees the relevance in what they are learning to their personal, academic, social and career goals. We are a district that believes in engaging our students through rigor, relevance and relationships so that they are more likely to pursue rigorous learning experiences that challenge their understanding and develop their unique talents in ways that would otherwise not be possible. It is our collective measure to ensure all students graduate as informed consumers of post-secondary education/training to encourage completion of a postsecondary credential with value in the labor market.

The requirement for a long range plan, has been embedded in the district’s strategic plan to ensure it is integrated into the district- and building-level continuous improvement plans each year. Action items are developed based on input received by administrators, staff, students, parents, post-secondary institutions, and local/regional/state industry and economic/workforce development representatives.