The Column

Congratulations to all of the students that made the honor roll for the third and final 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/2017/01/2016_1_3_HONOR_ROLL.pdf"] … [Read more...]

  On Wednesday, 01/11/17, Mr. Cornell, Mr. D'Amato, Ms. Weinstein and Mr. Bruno accompanied a group of WHSAD juniors to the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum at Pier 86 in Manhattan.  The Intrepid is an American military and maritime history museum with a collection of ships, aircraft and related artifacts.  To learn more about the Intrepid Sea, Air, and Space Museum, please click here.   While at the museum, students were treated to tours and performances educating the students about the ships and aircraft and the various action these vehicles have seen throughout United States history.  The performances that were put on for the students were actual recreations of Blueprint Specials, which were the same … [Read more...]

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...]

Ladders for Leaders is a nationally recognized program that offers high school and college students the opportunity to participate in paid professional summer internships with leading corporations, non-profit organizations and government agencies in New York City.  Eligibility: Youth between 16-22 who are enrolled in high school or college A minimum GPA of 3.00 Resident of one of the five boroughs of NYC Anyone with prior work experience, paid or volunteer Legally allowed to work in NYC click here for online application [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/12/2017-Ladders-for-Leaders.pdf"] … [Read more...]

(Note - the following post was written by WHSAD student Patryk Pozarlik) My name is Patryk Pozarlik and I am a junior at WHSAD. I was afforded the opportunity to attend the ground breaking ceremony of the 25 Kent Street construction site.  Along with site developer Toby Moskovitz, many of those involved gave speeches about the future benefits the new building will bring to Brooklyn. Everyone took photos as the VIP’s took the first scoop of the soil with a shovel, a tradition when an important groundbreaking event is undertaken. After the ceremony, my fellow students and I were invited to the new Williamsburg hotel for lunch and networking with some important people from the construction and architecture fields. Each of us were given … [Read more...]