West Hempstead Secondary School

Young authors in Ms. Stamatiades’s class analyzing character transitions through visuals and film. Students will be comparing clips from the movie to the novel To Kill a Mockingbird!

AP art students striving for accuracy as they prepare their portfolios. Ms. Ross leading the way and guiding her students to continually Raise the Bar. Does West Hempstead have a young Picasso in class?

Students in Ms. Calabro’s World of Technology class creating their own songs utilizing Python language. This language allows the students to be creative with the lyrics and the music. Maybe we have a West Hempstead pop star in our future?

Students in Ms. Casto’s and Ms Ragucci’s class making presentations on Famous Women in history. Students are providing feedback, Grows and Glows as well as asking questions. The students are also working on improving their presentation

Congratulations to Michael Sheehan on receiving a scholarship from the Long Island Mathematics Conference Board. He nominated Ms. Rowland for providing the inspiration to perform well in mathematics. This is Ms. Rowland’s third year in a row! RamPride

The results of Mr. Okpych's AP Biology bacterial transformation lab are in. Success! Students worked virtually with the Dolan DNA Learning Center in Cold Spring Harbor to genetically modify harmless bacteria with Jelly fish DNA to create a strain that glows under blacklight.

Congratulations to the coaches and players on the JV soccer team. They defeated Malverne/East Rockaway with a convincing win. Keep Raising the Bar!

Congratulations to our Student of the Month winners for the month of February. Both students were selected for demonstrating the following Habits of Mind: Persisting, Striving for Accuracy and for Remaining Open to Continuous Learning.

Congratulations to the boys Varsity Soccer team for persisting in their 2-1 victory over the Seafood Vikings. It was a tight contest, but hard work and desire was the difference! RamPride!

Mr. Loizides and his students in geometry class today critically thinking about how congruent angles can help determine all angles of a triangle. Do you remember your geometry theorems?

Students and staff celebrating Women’s History Month. Join me in thanking and honoring women’s contributions in American history!

Art students working with Ms. using old materials to build set for a collaborative photo shoot. Creative artists at work! We anticipate seeing the finished product.

Date Change - Budget Vote and Trustee Election is now May 11, 2021. #RamResolve

Students in Mr. Loizides Game Theory class enjoying problem solving probability activities. Who will solve the virtual puzzle brain teaser problem first?

Ms. Hutt and her students playing badminton in their Physical Education classes today. The students are sharpening their skills for upcoming tournament! Best of luck to all of the competitors

Students in Mr. Okpych’s AP Bio class studying genetic fluency changes via a virtual fishbowl simulation and collecting comparing data. The students will be calculating frequency to determine the offspring and genotype.

The sun is shining and the learning is warming up. Mental sweat oozing out of our pores @CornwellAveES #RamResolve

A big #WestHempsteadWednesday shout out to students in Ms. Perlow's class at George Washington using KidOyO to teach and support their classmate’s learning! #RamFam #RamPride