March 2, 2026- The third annual NJTSA ChapterCon — sponsored by the Lakehurst Joint Base, NAWCAD for 2026 — was held Feb. 27 and brought out the district's best and brightest.
In preparation for their competition at the state level, High School East Chapter President Noah Eichert coordinated a comprehensive plan and schedule for an afternoon of career and technical education, a series of NJ Technical Student Association challenges.
Students brought their work, assigned to different NJTSA categories, for feedback.
"This was a great opportunity to assist students along their NJTSA journey, and for them to collaborate with one another for an ALL IN experience here at TRRS," said Technology Supervisor Tiffany Lucey.
Families came to support their learners, and the event featured an all-star cast of judges from both the NAWCAD, Remington and Vernick Engineers, and Toms River Regional Schools. The categories, winners, and judges included:
- Architecture and Construction Technology was judged by Stephanie Baumgartner of Remington and Vernick Engineers, and the first-place award was presented to Jorja Tupper, who presented a scrupulous and comprehensive home design including systems, sketches and materials.
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Communications Technology was judged by High School South Business Academy Instructor Gary Azzolini, and the award was presented to Angelina Sanford and Adam Martino for their website design with a complete and thorough marketing plan for execution.
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Computer Science and Information Technology was judged by NAWCAD’s Lauren Youngblood, and first place was presented to Chance Cook, Chris Duffield, Tim Purnell, and Ehtishaam Shah for their virtual reality game design using the Unity physics engine and C++.
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Manufacturing and Transportation Technology was judged by NAWACAD’s own Dominic Fargo. The winning design was a drone designed by Mithil Patel and Matt Leatherman (below). Their work in progress was exceptional for their optimization of the design to successfully traverse a series of obstacles.