by newschoolsyr | Jan 21, 2020 | 2019 - 2020, affective education, language arts, math, whole school
Why do we play games? What do they accomplish for teaching and learning? We have games for math, language arts, social studies, science and strategy. We have games for inside and outside. We have cooperative and competitive games. We have games we buy and we have...
by newschoolsyr | Aug 5, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, affective education, gross/fine motor, investigations, whole school
A part of every afternoon at The New School is a time called Investigations. During this hour children can choose between several activities: art studio, construction materials, strategy games, or work on individually designed projects. For several years we have...
by newschoolsyr | May 10, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Grades 5 - 8, visual arts, whole school, writing workshop
Kate Woodle conducted a four-week, illustration workshop for the seven oldest students. Kate kicked off her workshop as a Mystery Guest for the whole school, where she described the process of illustrating a children’s picture book. To the smaller class, students had...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 15, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community, whole school
We spent the first half of the year being inspired by people like Ghandi, Wangari, and Malala, and their stories of how they made the world a better place. We listened to their stories. We also invited local activists who saw and responded to a need in our Syracuse...
by newschoolsyr | Nov 25, 2018 | 2018 - 2019, Community, Community events, field trips, mystery guest, Social Studies, whole school
Children need to learn early that individuals can make a difference and shape society with their ideas and actions. All year we have been learning about ways individuals have succeeded in this endeavor. Children have learned that change can be immediate but it can...
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.
