by newschoolsyr | Nov 6, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, field trips, Grades 5 - 8, language arts, middle school, Social Studies
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness.” In class we discussed the meaning of these words from...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 6, 2015 | 2015-2016, Community events, field trips, grade 1, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, science grades K-2, visual arts
The eleven youngest students started the year learning about the Rain Forest. New concepts and vocabulary were introduced as they listened to and discussed the content of many books on the subject. If I Ran the Rain Forest by Bonnie Worth and Rain, Rain, Rain Forest...
by newschoolsyr | Aug 13, 2015 | 2014-2015, field trips, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The older children have been learning about the three branches of government. At the end of the year we went on three field trips to observe the legislative, judicial and executive branches in action. The City of Syracuse was amazingly hospitable and willing to enrich...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 25, 2015 | 2014-2015, field trips, Grades 5 - 8, science
This year, Neona and Nora’s science class was learning about plant and animal cells. To get a better understanding of plant cells we visited E.S.F. (Environmental Science and Forestry.) We went there for two and a half hours and in that time we visited two different...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 29, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, grades 4 - 8, visual arts, whole school
On Thursday, October 16, 2014, nineteen of our oldest students visited Syracuse University’s campus to view Margaret Bourke White’s exhibit of 180 vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and 40s. Prior to...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 17, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, Social Studies
The oldest group of students are taking part in a social studies unit looking at the causes and events leading up to the Civil War. This is a continuation of the Westward Expansion unit they completed last year. They have had remarkable...
