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Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images. They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days. Some of...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 21, 2013 | 2012-2013, Social Studies, whole school
Last year at The New School, as part of our social studies unit on Immigration, each student interviewed one of their ancestors who had immigrated to America. The students took on that role and were interviewed telling their story. Click on the link below to watch the...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 27, 2013 | 2012-2013, affective education, whole school
Our last day of school is magical. No other way to describe it. Each child is read a letter which celebrates an accomplishment of the year. The whole school listens. Then each child is presented with a gift – a box which illustrates the letter. No two children...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 27, 2013 | 2012-2013, Community events, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The older students collaboratively drafted a letter to President Obama voicing their concerns after the garment factory tragedy in Bangladesh. We are waiting for a response… June 1, 2013Dear President Obama,We are sending you this letter to express our upset and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 2, 2013 | 2012-2013, Community events, visual arts, whole school
Paul Otteson, Alaira’s father, came to the New School to share a strangely beautiful student architectural model in balsawood to introduce the underlying structure of a building. The students were fascinated to learn about joists and studs and to think about...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 2, 2013 | 2012-2013, Community events, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
Ruth Heller gave us so much information about her healthcare workers’ union, 1199SEIU, which we could relate to our study of the industrial revolution. We had great questions and comments as we thought about workers’ rights past and present and other human rights the...
