by newschoolsyr | Dec 14, 2014 | 2014-2015, affective education, mystery guest
Megan Wagner-Flynn visited The New School, not as Evan’s sister, but as a Mystery Guest! The students guessed that she was here to share about her experience as a former student at The New School and they were right. Megan brought 3 of her end of year gifts she...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2014 | Community events, language arts, whole school
Phil Brill, Valor’s Grandpa and author of a children’s book, The Red Bottle, was in town visiting his family. He offered to come to school and share his real life story that inspired him to write The Red Bottle. He shared the lovely story of his...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 28, 2014 | 2014-2015, language arts, language arts grades 4 - 8, writing workshop
A small group of older students have been discussing the important elements of a great story. First we considered setting and the children created a drawing or map of a place or setting that intrigued them. The following week we discussed character and the importance...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 18, 2014 | 2014-2015, grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
The oldest students have all read Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves by Florence B. Freedman. This has been part of their social studies unit on the Civil War. After completing the assigned reading, they met in...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 12, 2014 | 2014-2015, grade 3, science
In Lego class we have been learning about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities.We investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in our deck chair and drawbridge.Applying principles we learned about levers, we made a...
