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Lunch Interviews

 Once a year all students at The New School are invited out to lunch by the teacher responsible for his/her individualized curriculum. This year we changed the restaurant from Friendly’s Read More >>

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Family Posters

Jessica Ryan Gostin, NS parent, gave us the idea to create “Family Posters” to display in our entranceway. Families were sent a brief set of questions and asked to supply Read More >>

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Quidditch for Muggles

                      Students at The New School formed two Quidditch teams this year. After spending two afternoons practicing, the two teams came together to play in earnest. Read More >>

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Lexi’s and Pee Wee’s Tale

Three 2ndgraders have been enjoying reading Joanna Horowitz’s books about Lexi, a squirrel and Pee Wee, a guinea pig. We started reading Lexi’s Tale. As we read the book we Read More >>

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Immigration

Our youngest students (Kindergarten through 2nd grade) were part of the whole school discussion focused on immigration stories. Reading picture books helped us compare the experiences of immigrants from different countries, Read More >>

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Digestive System

After spending six weeks studying the skeletal system the youngest students turned their attention to the digestive system. First we listened to the book What Happens to a Hamburger? As Read More >>

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Halloween Skits

On Halloween the whole school gets into the spirit by creating skits based on their costumes. The skits had to include music, props, and be non-violent. In addition they were Read More >>

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Mystery Guest

To support our current study of Aboriginal Art, Jessica Ryan (Maia and Lola’s mother) came in to share an original painting she and Craig bought in Australia. The children were truly inspired to Read More >>

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Block Spot

Gross motor and fine motor play is an important part of a child’s learning.  Building, creating,discovering, problem solving, imagining and more (!) happen when children work together to play with Read More >>

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School Quilt

Every year we have a tradition of creating a paper quilt. Each child is responsible for creating one of the squares in the quilt. This year we designed our 32 Read More >>