by Miranda Hine | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
In October 2026, we took a small group of our students to Artrage Gallery to see an inspiring show: Katie Mulligan – No Man’s Land: Reimagining the Myth of Cicero Swamp. The gallery invited Kate Mulligan to join us, and we sat for close to an hour talking about her...
by Miranda Hine | Nov 3, 2026 | Uncategorized
Immigration was the focus for the whole school at the stary of the year. Our goals were for children to understand that the United States is a nation of immigrants and people came to the US for lots of different reasons, at different times and from different...
by Alex Melnick | May 22, 2026 | 2025-2026, Social Studies, Social Studies grades K-2, Uncategorized, youngest students
Our K-2 group has moved from studying explorers to studying maps and mapping. We read several books about maps. We thought about what maps are for and why they are important. We looked at maps that showed many different types of information. We studied the...
by Alex Melnick | May 22, 2026 | 2025-2026, science grades K-2, Uncategorized
This spring the K-2 group studied fossils. We looked at the layers of the earth and learned about the Law of Superposition that states that, unless disturbed, oldest rocks,and fossils are further down in the layers. We learned about the main types of fossils including...
by Miranda Hine | May 9, 2026 | Uncategorized
While we were preparing for a mock trial on the 1969 Tinkercase, the oldest students explored music and poetry that changed the world! As we listened and read songs by John Lennon, Bob Dylan, Marvin Gaye and Sam Cooke we asked ourselves ‘What is a lyric?” “How are...
by Alex Melnick | Mar 6, 2026 | Uncategorized
Starting in late January, the first and second graders at The New School began a new Subject Study reading books focusing on friendship. Throughout the course of the study, we are reading stories with underlying themes that demonstrate appropriate social interactions,...
