by newschoolsyr | Jan 23, 2020 | Uncategorized
Our oldest students, grades 5-8, were treated to a field trip extraordinaire last week. A year ago this outing was recommended by a grandparent of one of our students, but wasn’t a “fit” for our curriculum. This year as we began to plan for a Sound Unit, we knew this...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 31, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, Uncategorized
School is a part of life. Knowledge is constructed through play, direct experience, use of resources, and social interaction. Learners are active participants, problem solvers, contributors, and social beings. Social-emotional learning at school...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 2, 2019 | Uncategorized
This year we were very fortunate to get a donation of a program called ZOO TO YOU which brings zoo animals and personnel to our school every other month for the year. As a team we began to think about how to make the most of these experiences. We decided to build off...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 24, 2019 | 2019 - 2020, grades 3 - 6, language arts, science, Uncategorized, visual arts
Last year our Student Teacher began a study of bees with some of our students. They used a multi-disciplinary approach using some reading, making a 3D model of the external parts of the bee, and writing a Haiku about bees. This year we did a short unit to...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 24, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community events, field trips, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, Uncategorized, youngest students
Our younger students joined other children on a Wildflower Romp at DeWitt Library in early June. They explored the meadow behind the library that is full of many kinds of wildflowers and were encouraged to pick all the flowers they wanted. With an assortment of...
by newschoolsyr | May 21, 2019 | Uncategorized
This spring, the students in grades 3-4 participated in a book club for Children of the Longhouse, by Joseph Bruchac. The focus of this book club was for students to practice making three different kinds of textual connections: text-to-self, text-to-text and...
