by newschoolsyr | Mar 21, 2012 | 2011-2012, affective education, Community events, visual arts, whole school
Our leprechaun trap tradition was started many years ago by Dottie Mueller. Ever since the children spend two weeks creating inventive traps (the leprechauns say ingenious!) in the hope that those pesky leprechauns will come visit our school. So far we...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 13, 2012 | 2011-2012, visual arts, whole school
Nothing like Valentines to challenge us to transform a shopping bag into a favorite animal.
by newschoolsyr | Jan 15, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, visual arts, whole school
It’s been a while since Joe Murphy graduated from SU, but he got some quick attention passing a sheet of his X-Men trading cards around the circle of students, and a drop-jaw reaction to his own fanciful painting of a dog in a wizard’s hat. As a kid, Joe...
by newschoolsyr | Jan 12, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, visual arts, whole school
Illustrator and fine artist Susan Keeter, SU graduate and Syracuse resident, opened her workshop with a reading from the lyrical Honey Baby Sugar Child, by Alice Faye Duncan, while walking her illustrated pages around the circle of children.Susan then enlightened our...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 29, 2011 | 2011-2012, visual arts, whole school
Inspired by the work of Eric Carle and Leo Lionni all the students at The New School first made paper for their collages. Using acrylic and tempera paint on matte and glossy papers, textures and designs were created with various objects. Then students were asked to...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 28, 2011 | 2011-2012, visual arts, whole school music
The children listened to John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and were asked to paint what the music made them think of. We then read Chris Raschka’s book of the same title. As they painted children shared their visions: Giant Steps made me think of:Marina: the ocean and how...
