by newschoolsyr | Aug 28, 2018 | Community, Community events
As schooling became more the norm, a child’s inclusion and exposure to the wide world was more limited and controlled. However, as Neil Postman in The Disappearance of Childhood says, [ngg_images source=”galleries” container_ids=”4″...
by newschoolsyr | Aug 15, 2018 | Unique paragraphs
Your child is like no other. At The New School we build our relationship with your child based on the understanding that each child processes their thinking and actions based on prior experiences, unique ways of accessing information and expressing their...
by newschoolsyr | Aug 1, 2018 | Unique paragraphs
From birth all of us are social learners (Lev Vygotsky’s Social Learning Theory). It is how we learned to walk and talk. We learned from those who are older by watching, and copying. The older child learns the importance of nurturing and appreciating the younger...
by newschoolsyr | Jul 15, 2018 | Unique paragraphs
Affective education, intellectual education and academic education support need each other. At The New School we make time for all of them. What is affective education? Areas of affective growth which we are actively working to support are: Positive self-image...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 3, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Grades 5 - 8, middle school, science
Students in grades 5-8 participated in a simple machines unit. Our class started this unit by defining terms that had to do with simple machines and looking at cartoons drawn by Rube Goldberg to finding simple machines in his silly and complex drawings. During...
