by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, mystery guest
Clifford Ryan, who spearheads OG’s Against Gun Violence, was our most recent Mystery Guest for Making the World a Better Place. His mission is “to take back our community to stop the bloodshed and tears of losing our children to violence & prison.”...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
The New School fostered in me a love for learning and an appreciation for people from all walks of life. I explored science, math, reading, and humanities alongside kids of all ages and with the guidance of teachers who truly understood the importance of their...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, field trips, grades 4 - 8, middle school, Social Studies
Through our Making the World a Better Place unit, students in grades 4 – 8 got to participate in a morning of service for the organization: We Rise Above the Streets. At the organization’s office, students helped pack bags of personal hygiene items that...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, field trips, grades 4 - 8, middle school, Social Studies
This fall students in grades 4-8 got a chance to participate in a WCNY program called Enterprise America. Students got to run a simulated city for a day. Each student was assigned a job and given tasks on how to complete that job. Students also had to manage their...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grades 6-8, middle school, science
This fall, students in grades 6-8 participated in a unit on bubbles. We started this unit by creating a small and large frame that could help us explore soap solution. Students were then asked what they would like to know about soap bubbles and what surfaces they...
