by newschoolsyr | Jun 21, 2011 | Social Studies, visual arts, whole school
The New School’s Native American ExhibitPueblo – Andy Zamora and Nick RussellNavaho – Zerbie Hynson and Emmy NewmanTlinglit – Sam Pullman and Quin DeliaSeminole – Evelyn Caldwell and Martin Welych-FlanaganSioux – Bobby Simmons and Savannah KrabacherIroquois –...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 5, 2011 | Grades 5 - 8, Social Studies
In February nine of the oldest students started a Reconstruction unit. First we went back to the Declaration of Independence and the students were asked to rewrite one section in their own words:We hold these Truthsto be self-evident,that all Men are created...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 17, 2011 | grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
During Read Aloud, the 5th – 8th graders listened to “Where the Mountain Meets the Moon” by Grace Lin. In this story Min-Li, a young Chinese girl, becomes a hero as she travels to find her family’s fortune by talking to the Man in the Moon....
by newschoolsyr | Mar 7, 2011 | grades 4 - 8, language arts, Social Studies
Inspired by Kenneth Koch’s Rose, where did you get that red? book the older students spent a month studying the poems of Wallace Stevens: Thirteen Ways to Look at a Blackbird, John Ashbery: Into the Dusk-Charged Air, and Arthur Rimbaud: Voyelles....
by newschoolsyr | Dec 22, 2010 | affective education, language arts, Social Studies, youngest students
In early December the youngest children performed a play based on the Ancient Chinese story of how the rooster lost his horns. Ladies and Gentleman. We are glad you are here to watch our play. The play was a collaborative effort, with each child adding details until...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 30, 2010 | Community events, Social Studies, visual arts
On Thursday, October 28, 2010 we were hosts to our first Mystery Guest of the year. Our thirty students had three minutes to find out why Emily was at our school. In those three minutes they could only ask Emily yes or no questions. Our students quickly guessed Emily...
