A busy and productive 2nd day of new teacher orientation. Our instructors were engaged in technology focus training sessions on BenQ interactive display techniques, Microsoft tools, district learning management systems and student information system data. #WPProud
Congrats to our very own Highlands teachers Mr. King and Mr. Vela who presented at ISTE25 on AI integration in the classroom. Mr. Vela is the 2025 NY State Schoolai Educator the Year and was invited today to present at the Schoolai booth. @rvaruolo#WPProud@HighlandsMS_WP
Computer Science Education Week is fast approaching (Dec 9 to Dec 15). To celebrate we begin our honor roll of pioneers in Computer Science and Computer Engineering. Today we honor Admiral Grace Hopper who developed the Cobol computer language and compiler in 1959.
Our WP high school library ambassador students developed a monthly book titles carousel on the library’s large display using Canva. Nicely done! #WPProud@LibraryWphs
Congratulations to our 23-24 cohort of Amazon Future Engineer Computer Science Teachers on completion of training and final projects. This is our third year at WPCSD implementing professional development and the Bootup CS Curriculum in our K-5 classrooms. @BootUpPD#WPProud
A big thank you to the @TechnoChix18 for their team mentoring and support!!!A great FTC team and the epitome of gracious professionalism!!! @robotigers21378@Jaime_WPGS
Congratulations to the Robotigers for receiving the Judges Choice Award at today’s John Jay Senior HS FTC 2nd qualifier. The award recognizes a team for outstanding effort, growth and performance. Awesome achievement for the team’s first FTC tournament. @DrJosephRicca#WPProud
Please join us in cheering our Highlands Robotics Team Saturday, January 21, 2023 in the First Lego League Challenge at Mildred E. Strang Middle School in Yorktown Heights. Opening ceremony begins at 9:25 am. Matches will begin at 9:45 am. Hope to see you there! @DrJosephRicca
In honor of Black History Month, Ms. Levant’s 5th grade class @MAS_WP applied their coding skills to create a Rosa Parks museum. The lesson introduced the students to computational thinking and decomposition to break down a problem into smaller parts.@DrJosephRicca@MsLevant
Wonderful presentation! Kudos to our WHS Library Media Specialists and English Department collaborating in offering these great author visits to the school community.#WPlibrariesrock
Computer Science Week!! We are spending the week learning how to code to continue using this skill and learn about the impact computer science has on our world!💻#hourofcodeandbeyond@CSSWPPTA