News & Announcements

School Announcements

Annual Poetry Slam 2025

The H.S. of American Studies Poetry Club & Jazz Ensemble in collaboration with GSA are hosting a Poetry Coffee House on Friday April 4th. The rooms 104-6-8 are the location of the event. There is a suggested donation of $2 and an $1 will get you a personalized...

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HSAS Celebrates Black History Month

The members of the HSAS Black Student Union once again hosted a teach-in to celebrate Black History Month. Students attended a variety of presentations on topics such as "James Baldwin," "Black People in STEM," and "Motown," among others. Congratulations to all of the...

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Nominate an Educator for Big Apple Award

Teachers are recognized every year across the city with the Big Apple Teacher Award. t’s a multi-step process that takes many months—and it all starts with you! Students, families, administrators, and community members can all nominate any public school teacher. We...

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Winter Dance 2025 Warms Students

The cold deterred almost no one on Friday January 10th, 2025 as the Student Government at the HS of American Studies hosted the Annual Winter Dance. With over half of the entire school in attendance, the student body blew off some steam before their week of final...

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Three Kings Day Toy Drive a Success!

The Three Kings Toy Drive, an annual event, was a great success this year. Generous donations from members of the Spanish Honor Society were collected and delivered to Ms. Melisa’s 3rd-grade class at PS 315 The Lab School. The students were thrilled to receive the...

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Athletics & Clubs

Boys Tennis Remains Undefeated

The Boys tennis team remained undefeated with a hard fought 4-1 victory of Divisional Rival Environmental Studies. Seniors Isaac Lipman and Santiago Efron secured singles victories both wining close matches by a score of 10-7. In doubles Ezra Dipietra teamed up with...

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Softball Gets the Win over Inwood Campus

The Senators captured a hard-fought victory defeating Inwood Campus on April 21 by a score of 10-4. Isabella Diaz continued her constant improvement on the mound pitching a complete game, giving up only one hit, and striking out 6. Ashley Seo and Ruby Greenberg had...

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Annual Poetry Slam 2025

The H.S. of American Studies Poetry Club & Jazz Ensemble in collaboration with GSA are hosting a Poetry Coffee House on Friday April 4th. The rooms 104-6-8 are the location of the event. There is a suggested donation of $2 and an $1 will get you a personalized...

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Boys Tennis Gets off to a Solid Start

The Boy’s Tennis team started off their 2025 campaign with 2 victories. Their season began with a dominating 5-0 win over neighbor DeWitt Clinton and followed it up with another 5-0 win, this time against Christopher Columbus High School. Seniors Aidan Hammer, Isaac...

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Mid Summer Night’s Dream This Week

The HS of American Studies Drama Club will be performing a Mid Summer Night's Dream Friday 3/28/25 at 3:00 PM & at 6:30 PM at the Black Box theater on the Lehman College Campus There will be an additional performance on Saturday March 29th at noon as well. The...

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