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10th Grade Global History: Office Hours and Syllabus

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[gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Syllabus-Fall-2013.doc"] Welcome Back Students! Attached you will find the Course Syllabus explaining rules, procedures and content that we will be covering this year in class. I am looking forward to meeting each student and getting started on study of the history of the world. Office Hours: Monday-Thursday 8th period. Or by Appointment. If you have any questions please email me at lesinski@whsad.org … [Read more...]

Week of 9/5: Notes and Missing Work

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[gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/SeniorEnglish-FirstAssignment.docx"] Hello, Seniors. Attached to this you will find your first assignment. It is two parts. The first is the worksheet which goes along with the poem, which is the second. Please hand this in on Monday if you have not already done so. Also, in case you were not here today (Friday), here are the notes which should be in your notebook. These will be the ideas that we will be working with for the entirety of the semester. Dystopia: A society that is frightening in its implications “Dys” meaning “bad” “Topia” meaning “place” Characteristics of a Dystopian Society -Society is typically the antagonist -Society works against … [Read more...]

Journal #1

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Journal #1 What might be the advantages and disadvantages of living in a state of nature? What might happen to people's rights? What might life be like for everyone? … [Read more...]

9/5/14 Aim, Do Now, Assignment, and Homework#1

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Aim: How do you describe yourself? Do Now: How would you introduce yourself in Spanish if you were the following people? 1. Jennifer Lopéz 2. Jay-Z 3. Christina Aguilera 4. How do you ask someone their name in Spanish? 5. What does Yo soy de mean? We discussed yeasterday the 3 ways you can introduce yourself in Spanish: - Me llamo... - Yo soy... - Mi nombre es... Class Activity: Mi Camisa (My Shirt) See Worksheet Below. Homework#1: Finish designing and coloring your shirts.  Cut them out and write your name and period on the back.  Don't forget to please bring a tissue box :)[gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Shirt-Design.docx"] … [Read more...]

A Summer of Murals

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This summer several WHSAD students participated as interns at Groundswell working on a mural about the water supply in NY. Here is a report from Tanay Warerkar of the Greenpoint Gazette. "North Brooklyn youth are doing their part to ensure that Greenpoint’s environmental future is not quite bleak as its past, while honoring the community’s history of activism, or in this case, “art-ivism.” On Tuesday, the efforts of students and artists working as part of Groundswell’s Summer Leadership Institute were unveiled at John Ericsson Middle School 126. The mural – 30 feet by 60 feet in size, sits on one of the exterior walls of the Magnet School for Environmental Engineering and depicts the neighborhood’s rich history of environmental … [Read more...]

Bienvenidos/Welcome

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Welcome back to Spanish class! Below you can find some important information for my Spanish 2 class! If you have any questions come see me during office hours, room 223 or email me soto@whsad.org.   Ms. Soto’s Schedule Period (Time) Course 1 (8:20 – 9:06) Prep period 2 (9:08 – 9:54) Prep period 3 (9:56 – 10:42) Spanish 2 4 (10:44 – 11:30) Spanish 2 5 (11:32 – 12:18) Spanish 2 6 (12:20 – 1:06) Lunch/Meetings 7 (1:08 – 1:53) Spanish 2 8 (1:55 – 2:40) Spanish 2 9 (2:42 – 3:27) Office Hour (by appointment: Wednesdays, Thursdays & Fridays)             Spanish 3/4 (Level 2) course syllabus: [gview … [Read more...]

Welcome to Government!

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Welcome to Back! I hope you are all excited to begin your Senior year. Here is some information you need to know: Office Hours: Monday & Tuesday: Pd 8 Thursday & Friday: Pd 4 *Other times by appointment only. *All office hours take place in room 203 unless otherwise noted. Supplies You will need to following items in class daily: Notebook Pens/Pencils Folder Loose Leaf Contract [gview file="https://www.whsad.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/09/Expectiations-Fall-2014-Government.doc"] … [Read more...]

Mr. Rodriguez’s Junior English Syllabus and Contract

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WILLIAMSBURG HIGH SCHOOL FOR ARCHITECTURE AND DESIGN     Syllabus for Junior English (ELA Regents):                  Fall 2014 Term: September 4th, 2014 – January 23rd, 2015                                  Teacher: Mr. Rodriguez                                  Email: rodriguez@whsad.org                                  Room: 229                                  Office Hours: Period 7 (1:08PM-1:53PM) Course Description: The Junior English course is designed to help students become skilled readers of prose written in a variety of periods, disciplines, and rhetorical contexts and to become skilled writers who can compose for a variety of purposes. By their writing and reading in this course, students should become … [Read more...]