by newschoolsyr | Aug 13, 2015 | 2014-2015, affective education, investigations, visual arts, whole school
We end the school year with many lovely traditions. Tradition #1. Children draw names out of a hat and secretly make a gift for a fellow student. Then using materials at school, the children spend many hours creating just the right gift after thinking about what makes...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 12, 2015 | 2014-2015, After School, Physical Education, visual arts
On an early November day, we stay outdoors later than usual to soak up the gorgeous weather, and enjoy using soccer balls. A few days later, rain and a cold wind keep us indoors for the first time this school year and one child pulls out his guitar while...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 20, 2015 | 2014-2015, Community events, grades 4 - 8, science, visual arts
Over the summer of 2014, teachers at The New School decided that the older students would take part in a year-long study of trees, where they would learn about tree identification, and how the study of a tree’s habit, its leaves, bark and fruit provide identification...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 11, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, language arts, visual arts, whole school music
Our storytelling unit has begun! The gifted Vanessa Johnson kicked it off as our fifth mystery guest. She started her presentation with a clever interaction between herself and three future generations, played by our own Glady, Frannie and Lola! Artfully she...
by newschoolsyr | Oct 29, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, grades 4 - 8, visual arts, whole school
On Thursday, October 16, 2014, nineteen of our oldest students visited Syracuse University’s campus to view Margaret Bourke White’s exhibit of 180 vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Germany, England and Italy in the 1930s and 40s. Prior to...
by newschoolsyr | Sep 25, 2014 | 2014-2015, Community events, field trips, language arts, science grade 2, visual arts
The Westcott Cultural Fair is always a festive way to begin our school year. This year, during Investigations, the children, expressing their love for books, created signs to carry . The titles of books they chose was wonderfully varied: Kensuke’s Kingdom,...
