by newschoolsyr | Dec 17, 2020 | 2011-2012, 2012-2013, 2013-2014, 2014-2015, 2015-2016, 2016-2017, 2017 - 2018, 2018 - 2019, 2019 - 2020, 2020-2021, affective education, After School, alumni, Community, Community events, field trips, Fundraising Opportunities, grade 1, grade 2, grade 3, grade 4, grade 5, grade 7, Grades 3 - 5, grades 3 - 6, grades 4 - 6, grades 4 - 8, Grades 5 - 8, grades 6-8, grades 7-8, gross/fine motor, Individualized Curriculum, investigations, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, l, language arts, language arts grade 2, language arts grades 4 - 8, language arts grades K-2, language arts phonemic awareness, Lemoyne Student teacher, math, middle school, mystery guest, Outdoor Play, Physical Education, Press Clippings, School Events, science, science grade 2, science grades K-2, science K-1, Social Studies, Social Studies 3rd grade students, Social Studies grades K-2, Uncategorized, Unique paragraphs, visual arts, whole school, whole school music, writing workshop, youngest students
Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images. They hear the media, adults, other peers talking about events and opinions as they move through their days. Some of...
by newschoolsyr | Jun 24, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Community events, field trips, Kindergarten, Kindergarten and 1st grade, language arts, science, Uncategorized, youngest students
Our younger students joined other children on a Wildflower Romp at DeWitt Library in early June. They explored the meadow behind the library that is full of many kinds of wildflowers and were encouraged to pick all the flowers they wanted. With an assortment of...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 6, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, Kindergarten, language arts, youngest students
This winter, our Kindergarten students explored the fun of Bernard Waber’s lovable crocodile, Lyle. Each Thursday we read a Lyle book and then drew and wrote about one part of the book. Students enjoy predicting what will happen in the story from the pictures,...
by newschoolsyr | Apr 1, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, language arts grades K-2, youngest students
Once a week our youngest students gather together for their own read-aloud during the school-wide reading time. Some of them are just beginning to learn to read. Others have developed some reading skills and are just beginning to read independently. They all enjoy...
by newschoolsyr | Mar 15, 2019 | 2018 - 2019, grade 2, Kindergarten, science, science grades K-2, Uncategorized, youngest students
This winter, students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class on growing cycles. We started this class out by talking about our cycles in our own lives. We discussed the months of the year and did an activity where we did all the cycles in...
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...