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WHSAD Students Help to Restore Historic Oil Tanker

October 8, 2015 By Ms. Wilson

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During the summer of 2015, three WHSAD students, Carlos Cuadrado ’16, Alyson Montesdeoca ’17, and Ashby Rivera ’16, spent six weeks interning with PortSideNY, a not-for-profit organization restoring the Mary A. Whalen oil tanker. The students worked along side professionals to restore features of the historic ship, while also learning about the maritime history of the ship and of Brooklyn.

WHSAD students first volunteered on the Mary A. Whalen in April 2015 for a tw0-day Field School; following that experience, PortSideNY interviewed a dozen students, from whom they selected their three interns.

See WHSAD students at work in these news segments from NY1 and NY1 Noticias:

“Oil Tanker Keeps Maritime History Afloat in Red Hook”
http://www.ny1.com/nyc/all-boroughs/news/2015/08/13/oil-tanker-keeps-maritime-history-afloat-in-red-hook.html

En Espanol:
http://www.ny1noticias.com/nyc/twc-ny1-noticias/noticias/2015/08/13/barco-antiguo-ancla-su-historia-en-las-aguas-neoyorquinas-.html

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About Ms. Wilson

Ms. Wilson teaches Statistics & Probability, and is the WBL & Internship Coordinator at WHSAD. She can be reached at Wilson@whsad.org, or 718.388.1260 x1390. She loves penguins, the Philadelphia Phillies, and Reese's Pieces.

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