by newschoolsyr | Dec 1, 2024 | Uncategorized
This fall our kindergarten and first grade students have been learning about habitats. Students have compared woodland forest habitats and rain forest habitats by reading “Once There Was a Bear” by Natalia Romanova and Gennady Spirin, “At Home in the Rain Forest” by...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 9, 2024 | Uncategorized
2nd and 3rd graders are using Legos to learn about simple and powered machines, using hands-on activities. First they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in building deck chairs and drawbridges. Applying principles they...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
One of our objectives for this unit is for children to learn that each Native American tribe is a different culture, affected by the geography of the land where they live. Students collaboratively worked on a puzzle and map showing the many different tribes and where...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Ten of our oldest students visited James Pass Arboretum to observe and draw one of its majestic specimens. Tim Regin, longtime advocate for the arboretum, met with us sharing the history of the arboretum and its trees. Each student was assigned a different tree. In...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
Many thanks to Shalinee Kumari for visiting the New School! Shalini is a Mithila-artist from India who was visiting SU for a residency. She came to The New School to share her amazing art form. Then she returned to help students create their own works based on the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
In early November, Karen Kerney, celebrated artist from Syracuse Cultural Workers, visited our school. Well known for her charming fold out depiction of the Haudenosaunee Thanksgiving Address, we invited her to our school to share her stencil art process. Then...
