The Column

Congratulations to all of the students that made the honor roll for the first marking period! Keep up the good work! [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/03/Honor-Roll-2014-2015-Term-2-MP1.pdf"] … [Read more...]

  Williamsburg is at the center of an amazing revolution! Old buildings that are relics of the manufacturing/industrial age are being transformed into state of the arts spaces. Today Ms. Moos and Mr. Felix took a select group of students on a tour of a project in which a century-old sawdust factory is being transformed into an acoustically sound concert hall, recording studio, nightclub and center for composers.   This $16 million space on North 6th Street, dubbed the Original Music Workshop (OMW), would eventually be a hub for the community, musicians and top celebrities. We had the opportunity to see the work in progress. The fact that the site is in a dual manufacturing and residential zone has its advantages and … [Read more...]

  Our SkillsUSA WHSAD chapter participated in five competitions at the 4th annual NYC SkillsUSA regional conference. In all, we won 12 medals. Our students took home the gold in the following five competitions: Architectural Drafting- Luis Barrera 1st place    &    George Mocete 2nd place Prepared Speech Competition- Autumn Gonzalez  1st place Job Interview Competition-  Wilson Caceres 1st place Action Skills (Job Demonstration)- Nicholas Cruz 1st place Opening and Closing Ceremonies; a team of 7 (Presentation of our SkillsUSA Emblem)-  Steven Maradiaga, Dara Hutchinson, Ashly Cabrera, Joselin Flores, Xavier Flowers, Selena Davis, and Oumardat Basdewa      1st place       … [Read more...]

Girls Who Code is a club which started at WHSAD in the Spring, 2014 semester and will be meeting every Friday afternoon. Taught by programmers from Tumblr, it provides an introduction to computer programming. As part of this program, we will be learning to create to create apps and games. Most of us are currently working with a program called Scratch, which was developed by MIT. It is a basic program which introduces the logic and building blocks of more complicated programming languages. Check back, as wee will soon share some media with you.   … [Read more...]

Electrical Installation class is in full swing. We are currently working on traditional house wiring circuits, using different cables and raceways such as non-metallic sheath cable, armored cable and electrical metallic tubing.In the coming weeks we will be working on bell circuits, electrical mathematical formulas and conduit bending. … [Read more...]