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On Thursday, November 10th 45 WHSAD students visited SUNY Binghamton & SUNY Oneonta as part of our ongoing college preparation program.  Students took part in an information session and campus tour.  Juniors will have the opportunity to visit more college campuses during the WHSAD Spring 2017 Overnight College Campus Tour (Dates TBD). … [Read more...]

On October 18th, a group of students from WHSAD attended the Teen Design Fair, which is part of National Design Week in New York City. As they entered the large makeshift tent set up of the grounds of the Cooper Hewitt Smithsonian Design Museum, they observed various round tables that were hosted by design professionals. Our students went around to the tables and spoke with designers from the fields of architecture, interior design, product design, fashion design, landscape design and many more. Students got real world advice on career paths, challenges which designers face, and how to go about breaking into the specific areas of design which were represented. … [Read more...]

Proof that France’s generosity to the U.S. didn’t end with independence or the Statue of Liberty was found in Brooklyn’s historic Green-Wood Cemetery this past Wednesday when volunteers from the renowned preservationist organization Union REMPART braved a mid-summer sun to clean and treat the “Angel of Music,” a striking bronze sculpture that marks the tomb of Louis Moreau Gottschalk, the U.S.’s first internationally famous composer and one of Green-Wood’s most venerable interments. While the preservationists took a short break, Arturo Juarez and Alexis Rojo, students from Williamsburg High School of Architecture — partnered with Preservation Volunteers — passed high-pressure sprayers all over the Angel. To read the full story, click here … [Read more...]

As part of the New York Cares – Youth Service program, a group of students volunteered to spend an evening assisting children with disabilities who take horseback riding lessons at Gallop NYC, located in Prospect Park. The program serves as therapeutic activity to help empower children and adults with special needs. … [Read more...]

WHSAD students engage in a 2-day preservation project at the Wyckoff House Museum in East/Flatbush, Brooklyn, in conjunction with the World Monuments Fund and the Historic House Trust of NYC.  The project provided the students with hands-on learning experience, such as, cleaning shutters, windows and exterior wall shingles with environmentally friendly cleaning products and rebuild the garden beds in the back yard. … [Read more...]

On Wednesday, May 18 seniors Xavier Flowers, Anah Lewi, Nathifa Debellotte, Donavon Bembridge, Ronny Tineo, and Oumardat Basdewa presented their final Y-PLAN project results at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Over the course of the school year these students, along with their 7th period economics class, worked with Councilman Levin’s office and the Participatory Budgeting (PB) Committee. One of the five projects that the class worked on was voted by the community as a winning project. The project to make Msgr. McGolrick Park Safer will receive approximately $500,000 to fix the sidewalks and fences surrounding the park. Y-PLAN and PB allowed our students to help make the community a safe place. … [Read more...]

On Wednesday, May 18 seniors Xavier Flowers, Anah Lewi, Nathifa Debellotte, Donavon Bembridge, Ronny Tineo, and Oumardat Basdewa presented their final Y-PLAN project results at Brooklyn Borough Hall. Over the course of the school year these students, along with their 7th period economics class, worked with Councilman Levin’s office and the Participatory Budgeting (PB) Committee to improve the community. One of the five projects that the class worked on was voted by the community as a winning project. The project to make Msgr. McGolrick Park Safer will receive approximately $500,000 to fix the sidewalks and fences surrounding the park. Y-PLAN and PB allowed our students to help make the community a safe … [Read more...]

Adaptive reuse has been a way preservationists have been able to maintain historic sites throughout New York City while giving them an exciting new purpose. One case study WHSAD students have looked at over the course of the last few weeks is the TWA Flight Center at John F. Kennedy International Airport.   Designed by world-famous architect Eero Saarinen, The TWA Flight Center opened in 1962 as the original terminal for Trans World Airlines at Idlewild Airport (now JFK). It is a prime example of the forward-thinking modern architecture that was in vogue in the 1960s.     Both the interior and the exterior of the Flight Center were declared a New York City Landmark in 1994. In 2005, the terminal was listed on the National … [Read more...]

As the onsite Woodworking class at Makeville studio (located in the Gowanus section of Brooklyn) comes to an end, WHSAD students who participated celebrate their hard work with their family and friends. This class was designed for beginners with little to no woodworking experience. This eight-session class included classes and workshops on wood physics, shop safety and etiquette, an introduction to joinery concepts, and hands-on experience with both hand tools and machinery. The final project for this class was a small side table with tapered legs. This course gave each student the confidence and knowledge to work safely in the shop on their own projects. Each student received a certification of completion to the intro of woodworking … [Read more...]

Congratulations to all of the students that made the honor roll for the first 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/2016/04/2015_TERM2_MP2_HONOR_ROLL.pptx"] … [Read more...]