Awards and Accolades
2023-2024
- BCA chapter of HOSA (Health Occupations Students of America) competed in 2024 International Leadership Conference (ILC) in Houston, Texas, an international health science competition that included hundreds of competitors from all over the country/world and over 20 events. Students received recognition (top 10 nationally) in Biomedical Debate, Parliamentary Procedure, Healthy Living and Medical Reading
- Student wins the 2024 SIGGRAPH SpaceTime student competition. Three other students received honorable mention
- Visual Academy Junior won the first place with award of $2000 among 9 thousand submissions in the Walgreens 2024 challenge "Expressions"
- Montclair State University Theatre Night Awards (the Foxys) - Fall play, Can I Even Put This On My Resume? won the award for Outstanding Acting Ensemble in a Devised Play
- Four students won contests at the statewide contest at William Paterson University
- Documentary Film, "Boycott Grapes: Turning the Vine of Injustices into the Sweet Fruit of Agricultural Labor Rights."; Exhibit, "1968 Democratic Convention: How it Changed the Way we Vote."; Exhibit. "Connecting Continents: Syncom 3's Revolutionary Impact on Global Telecommunications and Japan's Geopolitical Status."
- Bergen PAC High School Musical Awards - Best Scenic Design, Best Supporting Actor, and Outstanding Overall production of musical
- Second most nominated show out of 63 schools for the Metros Awards - the "Tonys of the high school awards"
- AAPT Physics Bowl '24 contest: Two teams won second and third places among the specialized math/science schools of the United States!
- Student qualified for the Canadian Team for the International Math Olympiad for the second straight year
- Four BCA students won distinctions in the National Council of Teachers of English Achievement Awards In Writing
- SkillsUSA - Gold Medals in Interactive Application and Video Game Development, Culinary Quiz Bowl; Bronze Medal Winners: Pathways, Human Services, Community Service, Job Interview, and Restaurant Service
- New Jersey Academy of Science Fair annual meeting, Kean University. Nine First place winners, 1 second place and 3 third place winners
- BCA Investment team - SPARK INVESTMENTS won first place and are the Global Champions of the 2023-2024 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition
- Paul-Victor Winters Memorial Creative Writing Contest, prose category - first and second places
- Student won Young Playwrights Award for the Blank Theater in Los Angeles for one act play, "Gene." This playwriting contest for high school students is one of the most prestigious in the country. Out of hundreds of submissions only twelve plays are selected for professional productions. Student will be flown out to LA where the theater mounts a full production of the play for four performances.
- First place winner of the Poetry Society of Virginia's Annual Student Contest
- Twelve regional Scholastic Writing Awards and three NJ Council of Teachers of English High School Writing Contest
- Teacher chosen as the Bergen County Veteran of the Month for March 2024
- BCA Model UN at the Washington Area Model UN Conference: Team won Best Large Delegation six Best Delegate, five Outstanding Delegate and five honorable mentions
- Student ran NYC Half Marathon
- All-State Orchestra players: 3 violin, 1 viola, 1 cello
- NJ State Science Committee - three winning teams for projects addressing anthropogenic problems in New Jersey including pollution and climate change
- Two BCA students have advanced on to the Olympiad round. MAA's competition series, the AIME
- One student qualified for the USA Junior Mathematical Olympiad, a competition for those in grades 10 and below meant to help train future Olympiad contenders
- Student earned recognition at Harvard MIT Math Tournament tying for 5th place in the Combinatorics round and the 6th place in the overall Individual standings. The team placed in the top 20 of the Team Round and finished in 30th place.
- Second place winner 2nd place in Roanoke College's High School Fiction and Poetry Contest
- DECA State Competition 2024 - 58 winners across 25 competitive events qualified to compete at the DECA National competition 2024 in Anaheim, CA
- Theater Project in Union, NJ has been running a young playwrights contest - ninth grade student is one of top three; two Honorable Mentions
- Two students won the 2023-24 BCDL JV Invitational
- Student named a 2024 Coca-Cola Scholar and will receive a $20,000 college scholarship
- Student named Athlete of the Week
- Student won Bergen County Unsung Heroes Award
- Two students won 5th Congressional District in the Congressional App Challenge!
- Bergen Tech Wins Bergen County HS Girls Bowling Championship
- Spark Investments is a Semifinalist in the 2023-2024 Wharton Global High School Investment Competition!
- LitMag, the school's Literary magazine, was awarded First Place by American Scholastic Press Association and National Council of Teachers of English
- All-State Band: 4 BCA students
- Boys Fencing: Bergen Tech won Bergen County Championship
- BCA Math team came third place in World Math Team Competition in Seoul, Korea
- Three students in Bergen County Band
- Chamber Choristers - personally invited by John Rutter, director of the world-renowned Cambridge Singers, to perform under his direction his own Magnificat, at Carnegie Hall, on Sunday, January 7, 2024. In addition, the producer of concert, Dr. Peter Tiboris of MidAmerica Productions, invited choristers to perform Beethoven's Ninth Symphony, as 2024 will be the 200th anniversary of the symphony's premiere. The BCA Chamber Choir is the only high school ensemble performing the Beethoven, working side-by-side with collegiate and professional choirs in this endeavor.
- Student won the 2023 NJ Hall of Fame Essay Contest
- Princeton Model UN Conference - large delegation honorable mention award in addition to outstanding and best delegate awards and verbal commendations
- Horace Mann Model UN conference - best and outstanding delegates
- Student one of the 2023 Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History Ham4Progress Scholarship Winners; student was elected to Student Advisory Council
- Finalist in New York Times 10th Annual Student Editorial Contest, selected from more than 12,000 entries from across the world
- Finalist in 2023 Cooper Hewitt National High School Design Competition
