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Map-it on Ipads

What on earth?!  Alan (Ben and Greer’s dad) taught us how to use the ipads he brought in, to make our mark in mapmaking.  Now we know how to find Read More >>

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Electricity!

The second graders have started to explore electricity this spring in their science class.  As a start to this unit, we have been exploring static electricity using plastic wrap and Read More >>

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Read Aloud

At the end of every day, we schedule time for Read Aloud. During this time a teacher reads to a small group of students.  Students often choose to draw in Read More >>

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Science Celebration 2012

Each year all students present a science experiment or research study at our Science Celebration. While the older children do most of their work at home, the youngest students work Read More >>

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Local History

Each  child at The New School was given a replica of an old postcard of a Syracuse scene. Postcards showed parks, downtown scenes, and places of interest such as Oakwood Read More >>

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Clay

Students get a chance to flex their creative sculpture muscles as they create with clay.  Each student gets a chunk of clay to mold as they see fit while using Read More >>

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Measurement

Inch by inch we built our own measuring tapes and used them to measure our thumbs, ears, wrists, and waists.  We were excited to find how much easier it is Read More >>

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New and Good

New and Good is a tradition at The New School.  It was started in the 1970’s by Bob Newman, when he was the director of the Syracuse Institute for Enabling Read More >>

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St. Patrick’s Day Fun

Our leprechaun trap tradition was started many years ago by Dottie Mueller. Ever since the children spend two weeks creating inventive traps (the leprechauns say ingenious!) in the hope that Read More >>