by newschoolsyr | Apr 10, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, Social Studies, whole school
Each child at The New School was given a replica of an old postcard of a Syracuse scene. Postcards showed parks, downtown scenes, and places of interest such as Oakwood Cemetery. Using VTS (Visual Thinking Strategies) children were asked to look at the picture...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 31, 2012 | 2011-2012, language arts, whole school
Students at The New School have been exploring Shakespeare, reading Bruce Coville’s adaptations of Romeo and Juliet, and of Hamlet, two of seven plays he has reworked for young readers. The Syracuse author of a variety of enticing books for children brought his...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 27, 2012 | 2011-2012, visual arts, whole school
Students get a chance to flex their creative sculpture muscles as they create with clay. Each student gets a chunk of clay to mold as they see fit while using their hands and various clay tools. Since we won’t be keeping each masterpiece, we take a...
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 | Mar 7, 2012 | 2011-2012, whole school
The passion of one man to share the beauty of snow crystals and dew drops with the world has inspired our students to share their own snowflakes through Legacies. After reading Snowflake Bentley by Jaqueline Briggs Martin and looking at the marvelous...
by newschoolsyr | Feb 17, 2012 | 2011-2012, Community events, Social Studies, whole school
Time Travel at The New SchoolTo introduce our Local History unit all the children at The New School were sent home a different historical postcard of a Syracuse scene. The postcards were dated from the 1920’s to 1930’s. Using Visual Thinking Strategies...
