Meet WHSAD's Students

What activities are you involved in? Why did you join these activities? What are the benefits of participating in these activities? How have you grown from participating in these activities? What skills do you still want to develop and how could participating in extracurricular activities help you with this development? What is one memorable experience that you have had from participating in these activities? How do you balance your extracurriculars with your classwork? Aside from school, what do you enjoy doing?  … [Read more...]

In this series, our graduating seniors provide some insights as to where they have been and where they are going. What are your post-WHSAD plans and why do you want to take such a path? My post-WHSAD plan is to start off by going to college. I plan to go to SCAD-Savannah College of Art & Design, which is located in Savannah, Georgia. I plan to major in Interior Design as I find interior design to be fascinating and interesting. However, I am excited to see the entirety of the campus and am up for any possible change over time as I am not fully sure about what my dream career is. I do, however, know that I want to follow the career path of either art or design in some way as I love the freedom it gives me. I love to be able to … [Read more...]

In this series, our graduating seniors provide some insights as to where they have been and where they are going. My post-WHSAD plans are to attend college to pursue my dreams of becoming an architect. I believe attending college would help me better my knowledge in the field of architecture by being able to take advantage of all the resources the college has to offer. Through this it would further help me grow as a person by receiving opportunities in the real world such as job positions after college. I’ve been so blessed to have received the UFT Albert Shanker Scholarship Fund Award. My hard work and dedication were recognized through my academic excellence by the UFT Selection Committee and as a result, I’ve earned this award. … [Read more...]

The process of making my mask was kind of complicated and fun because it was my first time doing something like it. The target of doing this is to understand the ways of building that are used in Architecture. The teachers taught the class about masks and different processes of building a mask. After this the class was tasked to design and build a mask. The teachers gave the class some tools to learn more about masks and some websites about the history of making masks and their meanings. This really helped me.  Then the class had to make their own research about masks that we were interested in. I researched Mexican masks, how the masks were built, the materials that they were made of and the purpose and meaning. The masks from Mexico … [Read more...]

Zaire Rosa, if you’re a WHSAD student, you might’ve heard of him. He is the super athletic Junior who qualified for the state finals for long-jump and came in 2nd in all of New York City. Through this achievement, he was able to make history for the Van Arsdale track team. Therefore, we decided it would only be right to interview Zaire and see what his physical and mental processes were to accomplish these feats.  The track team coach, Mr. Giambrone, describes Zaire as “focused, dedicated, and disciplined”. These qualities are essential for us all who want to succeed, and for Zaire, these attributes will continue helping him on the track and in life.  Zaire mentioned that he doesn’t “like losing,” stating further that he … [Read more...]

Hi, my name is Kayara Lodge. I would rate WHSAD as a good school for students who are interested in architecture or designing, etc. In WHSAD they have fun club programs after school activities for kids. They have sewing club, gaming club, anime club, chess club, dance club, etc. For me I like to go to the sewing club with Ms. Moos after school every Wednesday and Thursday. In the sewing club, Ms. Moos teaches techniques like learning how to sew with a needle or a machine, crocheting, painting, and other things that lead to doing sewing. She always makes sure you're doing the right thing and makes you feel comfortable making clothing.  Another activity that I'm involved in is the student senate. The reason why I'm in the student senate is … [Read more...]

How would you rate your experience at WHSAD? I’d say that my experience at the school has been the best experience I’ve had in my school life. I absolutely love the opportunities I've been given to achieve my dream of becoming a graphic designer. What could you tell other WHSAD students about the programs with which you may be involved? I am an active member of the graphic design club. From the experience I have had with it, I can say that if visual design is an interest of yours, then it is certainly worth joining. I love that I am given the creative freedom to design posters and other decorations in any way I … [Read more...]

My name is K-shima Noble, and I am currently a senior at WHSAD. First, I would like to start off by acknowledging the many opportunities present in WHSAD. Not only are these opportunities still present, it is important as students that we take advantage of these opportunities so that we can gain valuable insight that is important in the work force. One of these opportunities for example was my working experience for Silman. Silman is a structural engineering firm that has worked on many projects. These projects range from using sustainable techniques like adaptive re-use to renovate, refurbish, and/or create entire new buildings. Some of their most notable projects include performing an existing conditions assessment of the dome in the … [Read more...]