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...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2, Uncategorized, youngest students
This winter, students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class on growing cycles. We started this class out by talking about our cycles in our own lives. We discussed the months of the year and did an activity where we did all the cycles in...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 12, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, alumni, Uncategorized
The education style and encouraging atmosphere of the New School is unique and helps reveal everyone’s potential. Instead of putting people in classes based on arbitrary age denominations, classes were based on our abilities in that specific subject. For example, I...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 6, 2018 | Uncategorized
The New School fostered in me a love for learning and an appreciation for people from all walks of life. I explored science, math, reading, and humanities alongside kids of all ages and with the guidance of teachers who truly understood the importance of their...
