William Floyd High School has named senior David Villegas as its latest “Artist of the Month.” Villegas was selected after a competition among senior artists, and his artwork will appear on the cover of the 2026 William Floyd High School yearbook. He received a certificate from Fine Arts chairperson Theresa Bianco and art teacher Erika LiCausi in recognition of his achievement.
The school continues its tradition of featuring student art and photography in the yearbook, a practice that has been in place for decades.
WFHS yearbook co-advisor and science teacher Dr. Lisa Incantalupo commented on the impact of student-created covers: “It is more engaging visually and makes the yearbook more memorable and meaningful for all the students, even those who don’t actually produce the art.”
Villegas’s cover design was created using colored pencils, acrylic paint, and Copic markers. The artwork shows cars racing on a track with a checkered flag, surrounded by spectators in a stadium, while a flying saucer and blimp are overhead. A green sports car with a graduation cap hood ornament crosses the finish line to symbolize completing K-12 education. Villegas explained that another element—a beach buggy driving off a ramp onto the track—represents taking positive risks to achieve future goals.
Villegas is undecided about which college he will attend next fall but plans to continue studying art at the collegiate level. His time at William Floyd began in ninth grade.