by newschoolsyr | Nov 9, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, field trips
Our kindergarten students join the library’s story time every week. Attending are about ten children ranging in age from 2 to 5 year olds. The librarian reads a couple of stories interspersed with songs, and/or actions. After the story time the librarian brings...
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 | Oct 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, affective education, Community, gross/fine motor, Uncategorized, visual arts, whole school
Twice a year, for the past 20+ years, teachers have taken students camping to Highland Forest. These two days in the fall and spring are so important to building community. There is something magical that happens to groups of children when you provide them with the...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Social Studies, Uncategorized, whole school
At The New School we are working on a project called Making the World a Better Place. It is school wide and year long. Making the World a Better Place began with reading books about people or groups who have contributed to the well being of people and/or the...
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″...
