by newschoolsyr | Sep 8, 2012 | 2012-2013, affective education, Community events, whole school
At the end of the first three days of school new and returning families traditionally gather for an informal potluck at Ryder Park, Dewitt. While the children climbed, slid and swung on the playground, parents and teachers had a chance to get reacquainted. Towards the...
by newschoolsyr | Jul 17, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, field trips, Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
The whole school visited The Salt Museum which is located in Onondaga Lake Park. This is without doubt one of the best local field trips for elementary school children. Ghost Maggie brought the history of the Salt Industry in Syracuse to life with her humor and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 24, 2012 | 2011-2012, affective education, Community events, field trips, whole school
A big tradition for The New School each year is an end of the year picnic at Shove Park. This year the weather was spectacular and children spent the day building dams in the creek, reading, playing, and taking the creek walk down to the waterfall. Alumni are...
by newschoolsyr | May 6, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, Social Studies, whole school
What on earth?! Alan (Ben and Greer’s dad) taught us how to use the ipads he brought in, to make our mark in mapmaking. Now we know how to find the school, and our own house, spreading the image to even ‘drive’ the route home. We went outside to take...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, science grades K-2
Each year all students present a science experiment or research study at our Science Celebration. While the older children do most of their work at home, the youngest students work on their projects at school. This year children shared what they had learned from a...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, Social Studies, whole school
Each child at The New School was given a replica of an old postcard of a Syracuse scene. Postcards showed parks, downtown scenes, and places of interest such as Oakwood Cemetery. Using VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) children were asked to look at the picture...
