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Child of the Silent Night

      This winter, children in Grades 2nd – 5th read about Laura Bridgeman in the book titled Child of the Silent Night by Edith Fisher Hunter.  In this book Read More >>

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India

Students in Kindergarten and First Grade have been learning about the culture of India through the use of the book Count Your Way Through India by Jim Haskins.  We started Read More >>

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Cursive Again!

The second graders are THRILLED to be learning cursive this year. They started off with the clock climbers group – a, c, d, g, and q and have now moved Read More >>

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Measurement Class

This December and January, students in a second grade measurement class learned all about standard and non-standard measurements. We started with length and comparing the lengths of links, cubes and Read More >>

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Grasslands

Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain Read More >>

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Daniel Van Sant – Mystery Guest

Daniel Van Sant, is a graduate student at Syracuse University, studying disability law. He came to The New School as our Mystery Guest. For an hour he engaged the older Read More >>

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Freida Jacques – Mystery Guest

In December, Freida Jacques, an Onondaga Clan mother who lives on the Onondaga Nation visited The New School. Freida Jacques answered the many questions of our students and then shared Read More >>

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Take Apart

A small group of the oldest students have been participating in Take Apart, a science class connected to the Electromagnetism and Invention classes. Before the “taking apart” happened, the students Read More >>

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Pixie

The 3rd, 4th and 5th graders are taking part in Pixie class. Pixie is a philosophical reading program. We read the story of a girl named Pixie, very s-l-o-w-l-y. We Read More >>

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Author’s Study: Cynthia Rylant

The younger students, K-4, are doing an author study of Cynthia Rylant. We have read picture books in which she gives humorous and touching insights into her early years, The Read More >>