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Settled Vs. Nomadic

Throughout September and the beginning of October, our youngest students (kindergarten and 1st grade) have been working on the concept of Settled vs. Nomadic. We began the topic with talking Read More >>

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Field Trip to see Hen, the Mummy!

The kindergarten, first, and second graders took a trip to Cazenovia Library to see Hen, the Mummy. Before we went, we read about mummies–how they are made and why. We Read More >>

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Exploring States of Matter

            Students in grades K-2 explored the states of matter: solids, liquids, and gases, with our student teacher, Taylor. Students began with solids. They worked in Read More >>

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Weight & Volume

            Our student teacher, Taylor, taught students in grades K-1 a math class on weight and volume. Students began with weight. During the first class, Read More >>

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Book Club: Fever, 1793

            Over the last five weeks, our student teacher, Taylor, has been conducting a book club with five students. The students read the novel, Fever, 1793 Read More >>

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Insectapolooza Mystery Gest

Mike Wolfin, a graduate student from Cornell’s Department of Entomology, was a recent “Mystery Guest” at The New School. As a spokesperson for Insectapolooza, he brought with him a stick Read More >>

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Mystery Guest – Hartwood Farmers

“Two mystery guests in one week,” the children shouted with glee! Our second mystery guests of the week were Matt Robinson and Maryellen Sheehan, farmers and owners of Hartwood Farm. Read More >>

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B.F.G Read Aloud

Our youngest children (kindergarten and 1st) loved listening to Johnna, our student teacher,  reading The B.F.G. by  Roald Dahl. This is a fantasy story that explores the B.F.G.’s kidnapping of Read More >>

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Letters Home

 This fall, students in 3rd through 6thgrades were introduced to letter writing by our student teacher, Johnna. Students began by exploring the elements of a friendly letter; including the heading, Read More >>