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...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2024 | Uncategorized
In November a small group of our older students expressed an interest in visiting the Gateway Center at SUNY ESF to view some of the finest specimens of birds, mammals, freshwater and marine fishes, reptiles and amphibians in their Roosevelt WildLife Collection. For...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
This fall and spring our K-2s have been learning about Earthworms. We began by digging for real worms outside. We found some. We observed their behavior and drew them. We learned about what worms need to survive, their external features,their internal body parts, and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
Towards the end of the year we started a unit to learn about Syracuse’s past. We started with learning about how the development of the Erie Canal in the 1800’s impacted our city, bringing economic prosperity and immigrants to our region. In class discussions and...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 10, 2024 | Uncategorized
At the end of the year the students started learning about electricity. They were challenged to figure out how to light a lightbulb when given only a lightbulb, battery and one wire. In the process they learned about complete circuits, and the important parts of a...
