Meet WHSAD's Students

At the beginning of summer a group of incoming freshmen students joined Mr. Codio and Ms. Cumberbatch's Summer Bridge Program. They did a series of projects that taught them the basics of life at WHSAD. Although many of them are just learning how to use the 3D design platform, they all picked up the demonstrations quickly. Read the interviews below to see the reflections on the program. In a few sentences how would you describe your summer bridge experience? "It was a creative and intuitive experience. I came into a great, welcoming environment. The mentors helped me to fully understand and envision my architectural and creative passion. It was a great experience because I got to learn a lot of new things while having fun." In … [Read more...]

Throughout my years at WHSAD, I have seen myself transformed from a quiet little kid to a more ambitious public speaker. During my freshman year like most others I lacked confidence, but as time went on from during many different projects like Battery Park, Staten Island Signage project, and many others I have learned to step out that shell. WHSAD has also really been the stepping stone to help start my career in design and architecture with the different software available and the different machines such as the 3-D printer, 3-D scanner, etc. There’s always something new to learn here like currently in our 4th marking period learning how to make self portraits. Making a portrait might seem difficult at first but our great teachers came … [Read more...]

One of the first assignments in the class was to design your own floor plan. How has the project developed since then? In what way do you think that initial floor plan will play a role in your final design? The first sketch was a bit confusing as I didn’t know how rooms were connected and how they all “interacted” with each other. Right after developing an initial sketch, we started working on our site plan, drawing and analyzing the environment in our site and drawing the space for our house and our house size. This whole Autocad site plan project lasted approximately 2-3 months as we all had to learn basic commands so that the project could be completed properly. After this all students were required to make a metahuman. We could … [Read more...]

What are your strengths and what areas of yourself would you like to improve? I believe that my strengths are my communication skills, my knowledgeable nature, my maturity, and my ambition for success. However, everyone has their Achilles heel and I believe mine is my lack of organization. This lack of organization has been an issue for me and has caused me to lose track of some important deadlines.    What are you looking forward to in your senior year at WHSAD?This year I am looking forward to spending my final year at WHSAD with my peers and my wonderful teachers. I have a lot of plans for this year and some of those may/may not be around the holidays of this year. I am also looking forward to the senior activities that are planned … [Read more...]

What are your strengths and what areas of yourself would you like to improve? I like reading, drawing and helping others. Many times I've done characters of my own and even characters of different anime. Usually, if my friends are having trouble with something, I try to help them out in the best way I can. Some of the things that I'd like to get better at are doing things that get me out of my comfort zone, such as interacting more with other students and participating more in different ways.  What are you looking forward to in your senior year at WHSAD? I look forward to having a fun year and making the most out of the time I'm in school. One of the main things I'll definitely look forward to is creating memories with my friends … [Read more...]

What are your strengths and what areas of yourself would you like to improve? I think one of my strengths is being able to focus. I know a lot of people who get distracted easily, and it's hard for them to focus and get their work done. As for me, I'm able to focus and get my work done on time, and I'm able to multitask.  Something that I would like to improve is being social. The reason why I would like to improve in being social is because I'm a very quiet person and due to that I might not make connections with other people that can help me later on.  What are you looking forward to in your senior year at WHSAD? What I'm looking forward to in my senior year at WHSAD is being able to get the yearbook, sweater, T-Shirt, … [Read more...]

How has it been adapting to WHSAD? How different was it from last year? It hasn't been so hard and I adapted fairly quickly. But some things I had to adapt to were the semesters and marking periods since it was a little confusing at first. How do you feel about this environment? How has the experience with students and teachers been? My experience so far has been amazing. An example is, my first period class which was with Mr. O. You would think it would be awkward being with people you have never met. But after 5 or 10 minutes almost everyone was becoming comfortable on the first day.  Why did you choose WHSAD? I picked WHSAD because I want learn more about Architecture and my brother is a WHSAD graduate. Do you have … [Read more...]

My aspiration of wanting to be an architect wouldn’t have become what it is without attending WHSAD. From the countless projects throughout all four years of high school, it has prepared me for whatever I have in store for the future. From learning about two point perspectives to house plans in AutoCAD, I am certain that this is what I want to pursue in college. However, I do have other interests with environmental sustainability and computer science.  I’ve had the opportunity to meet with architects at firms like Perkins Eastman, DHD Architecture and COOKFOX NYC. COOKFOX NYC hosted us at one of their greenhouses in Central Park where I was intrigued by the combination of art, design and environmental sustainability. Using … [Read more...]

My interest in carpentry started when I was kid. When I was younger, my dad would take me to do some jobs on the weekends. The jobs usually varied from installing toilets, tiling floors, putting up sheetrock, and, easily, the biggest job we’ve done has been making an entire basement an apartment. Due to the fact that I worked with my dad for so long I picked up an interest for the trade.   At the start of my junior year, my guidance counselor, Ms.Terraferma, spoke to us about Co-op Tech. I was immediately interested, and my interest only grew as I found out more of the possible benefits. So when Ms.Terraferma said that it could lead to future job opportunities then I knew I wanted to do it. After looking at some of the trades, … [Read more...]

When choosing my senior year schedule I opted to go to Co-op Tech for half the day to get a feel for one of my potential college majors, nursing. So far in the CNA (certified nursing assistant) program I’ve learned alot about this field and about myself. With this kind of occupation you deal with people who are in a vulnerable state and who could be going through a lot of feelings, both physically and mentally. Nurses and Nursing Assistants have to possess a lot of qualities such as patience, empathy, compassion, etc.  This course specifically is geared towards teaching you to care for those in a nursing home, but you also learn about care in other types of facilities. At the end of this class, I will be able to take the CNA state exam … [Read more...]