by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, grades 6-8, language arts, Social Studies
Over the past six weeks the students in sixth and seventh grade have been reading the book Things Too Huge to Fix by Saying Sorry by Susan Vaught. This book is about a girl named Dani who sets out to solve the mystery behind why her dying grandmother, who used to be a...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2017 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The older students are part of a Reconstruction unit. First students considered What is history? Who cares? Why study it?” This led us to the Declaration of Independence and a discussion of why and when it was written. What is “Freedom.” What can and should a person...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 21, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, mystery guest, Social Studies
The older students welcomed Lisa Sacco, Democratic delegate and Chief of Staff for Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter to The New School. She came to answer tough questions from our students about the Democratic platform. We discovered that Lisa is a Mohawk and was a...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 21, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
The older students welcomed Tom Dadey, Chairman of the local Republican party to The New School. He came to answer tough questions from the children about immigration, family values, and military spending after they had read sections of the Republican platform.
by newschoolsyr | Nov 4, 2016 | 2016-2017, Grades 3 - 5, Social Studies
As we delve into our social studies unit this year, students in grades 3 – 5 are taking a close look at where the 13 Colonies were established on the North American continent and who was already here when people started claiming the land. Currently we’re using...
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...
