by newschoolsyr | Oct 21, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, field trips, mystery guest, visual arts
Nine of our oldest students visited Art Rage Gallery on Thursday October 18, 2018 to see the exhibit INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley. “San Diego based artist Neil Shigley’s work explores the subject of homelessness by giving...
by newschoolsyr | Sep 22, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, science, visual arts
It has become a tradition for The New School to take part in the Westcott Street Cultural Fair’s parade. This year all the children made hats and will be marching as animals from one of the seven continents! Children randomly selected a continent, and animal and...
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 | Feb 3, 2018 | 2017 - 2018, Community events, field trips, grades 6-8, investigations, Uncategorized, visual arts
Six of the oldest students just completed an exciting sewing project! First the children had to get certified by the Fayetteville Free Library’s staff. An hour long course taught them the parts of the sewing machine and how to thread it, fill a bobbin and more!...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 22, 2017 | 2016-2017, Community events, field trips, whole school
Is music important you? It’s important to us too. Because we are a small school, we can’t offer some of the extracurricular activities that large school districts are able to. That means we have to be creative to include music in our curriculum. Our students enjoy...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 2, 2016 | Community events, field trips, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The five oldest students volunteered to help the League of Women Voters in a voter registration drive at the downtown Centro bus hub. After a brief orientation, the children clutching clip boards, registration forms, buttons, and voter registration...
