Archives for 2016

As part of NYC Dept. of Education Chancellor Farinia's initiative to improve student achievement through the promotion of inter-school collaboration, WHSAD was chosen to be a host school for the Learning Partners Program (LPP). The staff and students of WHSAD will be hosting two other CTE schools in NYC in an effort to model and share best practices. As a result of this partnership, a group of WHSAD students decided to visit the LPP offices and offered to produce personalized desk plaques for the LPP team members using AutoCad and a laser engraver. The full story is highlighted in the December, 2016 edition of the LPP newsletter on page six. The full newsletter can be read below. You may also download the newsletter as a PDF … [Read more...]

  On 11/29/16, Mr. Rodriguez and Mr. O'Brien accompanied a select group of WHSAD ninth graders to the historic World Diamond Tower. This NYC landmark is currently under renovation as part of an adaptive reuse project. If you would like to learn more about the World Diamond Tower, please click here. The following is a report on the field trip as written by WHSAD 9th grader Jonah Vasquez: THE DIAMOND TOWER FIELD TRIP – WORLD MONUMENTS FUND Written by Jonah Vasquez     The trip to the Diamond Tower was astonishing, being able to stand in the presence of people who resembled what would soon be our own future, all together it was overwhelming. The building alone stands magnificently amongst the rest … [Read more...]

Congratulations to all of the students that made the honor roll for the second marking period! Keep up the good work! To see if you’ve made the honor roll, look for your grade in the report below. Remember, while your average may have been high enough, you can only make the honor roll if you’ve passed all of your classes. [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2016_1_2_HONOR_ROLL.pdf"] … [Read more...]

  On Thursday, December the 8th, the 90 selected seniors of Williamsburg High School for Architecture and Design traveled the intricate subway systems of Brooklyn and Manhattan to experience and art installation at the Park Avenue Armory.  Manifesto was the culminating trip for the senior cohort that was led up to by four, in-class visitations of two of the Armory’s Resident Teaching Artists, Vicki Tanner and Neil Pritchard. Upon arriving to the Armory, the students were separated into five groups. In these groups, they discussed the manifestos that they created in class and they were prepped to view the installment that consisted of twelve 20x20 projections of Kate Blanchett portraying twelve different Manifestos written by … [Read more...]