Lake Como has been an ongoing project for I believe more than 5 years. I began working on Lake Como my freshman year in 2020 remotely and made significant progress since then. This year makes it my fourth year working on Lake Como. The primary goal of this project is to take advantage of Lake Como’s natural features and create an enhanced asset for the town, making it unique from the towns around it.  The goals of this project are environmental conservation to protect the natural beauty and biodiversity of Lake Como, community engagement to engage local communities involved in decision making processes and ensuring their interest and concerns are addressed to each part of the project, and tourism promotion to enhance Lake Como’s … [Read more...]

Thank you to Mr. Demiroglu, Mr. Abraham Rodriguez, and Ariana Lowery for mentoring WHSAD's SYEP students this summer. WHSAD's sophomore architecture teacher, Mr. Abraham Rodriguez, and Junior Designer at Robert A.M. Stern Architects, Mr. Alp Demiroglu, led the 2022 WHSAD-RAMSA Summer SYEP program. WHSAD 2020 alum and current student in the University of Buffalo's architecture program, Ariana Lowery, supported and provided WHSAD students with a potential glimpse into their futures. This program was designed to introduce students to the principles and methods of solving architectural problems. A series of design exercises culminating in the final project allowed students to explore the architectural concepts of space, form, and … [Read more...]

In Ms. Soto’s AP Spanish class, students completed a project called El Mural. Ms. Soto's favorite part of teaching her AP Spanish class is the muralist movement. It is a movement that began in the early 1920s in Mexico when the government commissioned artists to make art that would educate the mostly illiterate population about the country’s history and present a powerful vision for its future.  We began by selecting unique topics in our groups. Ms. Soto encouraged us to think out of the box and be creative. Some of the topics of the murals were about the Independence of Mexico, how Maradona impacted world soccer, mental health, immigration, etc. This helped us as students learn about the history behind the muralist movement and how … [Read more...]