The passion of one man to share the beauty of snow crystals and dew drops with the world has inspired our students to share their own snowflakes through Legacies. After Read More >>
Syracuse Local History
Time Travel at The New School To introduce our Local History unit all the children at The New School were sent home a different historical postcard of a Syracuse scene. Read More >>
Valentine’s Day
Nothing like Valentines to challenge us to transform a shopping bag into a favorite animal.
13 Colonies
After studying the early explorers to the New World we turned our attention to the people who decided to settle in the New World – the early colonists. Read More >>
Joe Murphy, Fine Artist and Illustrator visits
It’s been a while since Joe Murphy graduated from SU, but he got some quick attention passing a sheet of his X-Men trading cards around the circle of students, and Read More >>
Artist Susan Keeter Visits
Illustrator and fine artist Susan Keeter, SU graduate and Syracuse resident, opened her workshop with a reading from the lyrical Honey Baby Sugar Child, by Alice Faye Duncan, while walking Read More >>
Wonderful World
Inspired by the work of Eric Carle and Leo Lionni all the students at The New School first made paper for their collages. Using acrylic and tempera paint on matte Read More >>
Giant Steps by John Coltrane
The children listened to John Coltrane’s Giant Steps and were asked to paint what the music made them think of. We then read Chris Raschka’s book of the same title. Read More >>
Shakespeare Lives
During snack each week we have been listening to the plays of William Shakespeare as retold by Bruce Coville. We started with Romeo and Juliet and then moved on to Read More >>