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Caring for our Mental Health
Join us for an important virtual event on Thursday, January 12, from 6 to 8 pm.
Athletics & Clubs
Boys Basketball has an Exciting Two Weeks!
Boys Basketball Drops Two Games On Wednesday night, December 20th the American Studies Senators played the School for Law, Government and Justice. It was a tough loss as the Senators fought throughout the entire game and stayed disciplined and focused. When the...
Lady Hoopers Open Season with a Road Victory/Boys Basketball Comeback Falls Short
The Girls Basketball opened their 2023-24 season with a 60-27 victory over local rival Marie Curie HS. Leading the way for the Senators was Junior Magdalena Martini who posted a game high 25 points and pulled down 13 rebounds. Senior Nathalia Dominguez also had a big...
Boy’s Basketball Splits Two, Girl’s Scrimmage Well
On Wednesday night, the American Studies Senators opened their season with a 42-30 victory over ALT. Bouba Diallo ('25) had an incredible game, scoring 11 points and helping to push the tempo. Spiros Kapsokavadis ('25) asserted himself to be a dominant point guard and...
New Opportunities Newsletter
Click here to see the latest Opportunities Newsletter and visit the Guidance & Counseling Page for more!
American Studies Athletes Represent at State Championships!
Bowdoin Park in Wappinger Falls, New York, was the location for a beautiful day of cross-country running with the top athletes in the state in attendance. The PSAL’s contingent consisted of 8 teams and 24 individual student-athletes traveling upstate to compete in...
Debate Team Shines at Competition
The American Studies Debaters collected accolades and awards at last week's debate. Eliza Pollock and Ariel Cruz came in 2nd in Novice National Stella Kross and Anabelle O’Reilly won 1st in JV Nationals Clara Bonfili & Gavin Metzner came in 2nd in Varsity...
Homecoming Dance A Huge Success!
Student Government opened this year's Student Life experience with one of our school's most successful evening events ever. With nearly 150 of our students attending, all dressed to the nines in the Hollywood theme and out singing most of the tracks played by the...
HSAS Cross Country Athletes Shine at City Championships
On a beautiful fall Saturday, the boys and girls Cross Country teams led by Coach Morgan Elinson & Coach Dave Iurato took to the back hills of Van Cortlandt Park for the PSAL City Championships. It was a successful day for our teams as they both finished their...
The Opportunities Newsletter is Back!
Our school's Opportunity Newsletter is back. The links will continue to appear on our Guidance & Counseling page. Here is the link to the latest edition: Click Here
Bronx Individual Bowling Championship Tournament
Congratulations to Oliver Jeffreys, Brianna Wu, Erenei Ligh, Jordyn Sickle and Nathalia Dominguez for being selected to compete in the Bronx Individual Bowling Championship Tournament on Monday, October 30th at Gun Post Lanes. Brianna Wu won second place in the Bronx...
One of Our Own is Published
Congratulations to HSAS junior, Samantha Katz, whose short story "Shema" was recently published in a book entitled, Jewish Futures: Science Fiction from the World's Oldest Diaspora. A copy will be available in the student library in our lobby. Samantha has previously...
National Honor Society 1st Meeting
Our 1st Mandatory meeting for NHS is on Thursday 10/5 in room 128 afterschool. Reach out to Mr. Elinson with any and all questions.