by newschoolsyr | Oct 12, 2013 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, science
To start the year, the oldest students were challenged to learn as much as they could about bugscopters – a t-shaped, paper, helicopter-like creation of Larry Schafer, formerly professor of Science Teaching at SU. After exploring the characteristics of the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 12, 2013 | 2013-2014, grade 3, language arts, language arts grades K-2, visual arts
This mini unit explored the connections between visual art and language arts, and how both are used to creatively tell stories and express emotions. After listening to the picture book, Go Away Big Green Monster by Ed Emberley children were introduced to adjectives as...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 9, 2013 | 2013-2014, grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
The oldest students listened to a book at read aloud this fall called Motel of the Mysteries by David Macaulay. In this book, it is the year 4022 and all of the ancient country of Usa has been buried under many feet of junk mail from a catastrophe that...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 9, 2013 | 2013-2014, science K-1
In science class, students in Kindergarten and First Grade have been exploring seeds. We started our unit by reading a book called A Fruit is a Suitcase for a Seed by Jean Richards. We then had fun predicting the number of seeds (one, a few or a...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 6, 2013 | 2013-2014, Community events, whole school
Alumnus, Brennan Zimmer is volunteering at The New School on Mondays. He is coordinating our first chess club. Twelve children expressed an interest, so Brennan will alternate working with 6 children each Monday. Brennan is currently a student at OCC and...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 6, 2013 | 2013-2014, affective education, Community events, science, visual arts, whole school
Twice a year the whole school spends two days camping in Highland Forest. This outdoor adventure provides us with a wonderful way to get to know each other better and to share in the delights of nature. Our two days are full of hours playing by the pond, catching and...
