by newschoolsyr | Feb 13, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, science, Social Studies, visual arts
To finish up our Animal Habitat unit each child created a collage of an animal in its habitat. First they had to decide where the horizon line was going to be. Then what time of day they wanted to depict. Some picked night, some sunset, or mid-day. After finishing the...
by newschoolsyr | Dec 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, grade 2, Kindergarten and 1st grade, visual arts, youngest students
Our younger students attended a performance on December 4, of The Loneliest Snowflake at Open Hand Theater. The play was co-written by one of our own students, Amelia. The children loved getting a back stage view of the theater and the craft activity that followed the...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, field trips, visual arts, whole school
Six students expressed an interested in going to view SU’s Rodin: The Human Experience show. The objective of this field trip was to draw the sculptures on display.
by newschoolsyr | Nov 8, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, Kindergarten, science, Social Studies, visual arts
Our world is a magical place. Students in Kindergarten through 3rd grade have been exploring the unique qualities of each of the seven continents. First we looked at maps of the world, showing the seven continents, and then we made our own map. After each child was...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 21, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, field trips, mystery guest, visual arts
Nine of our oldest students visited Art Rage Gallery on Thursday October 18, 2018 to see the exhibit INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley. “San Diego based artist Neil Shigley’s work explores the subject of homelessness by giving...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 2, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, affective education, Community, gross/fine motor, Uncategorized, visual arts, whole school
Twice a year, for the past 20+ years, teachers have taken students camping to Highland Forest. These two days in the fall and spring are so important to building community. There is something magical that happens to groups of children when you provide them with the...
