Megan Wagner-Flynn visited The New School, not as Evan’s sister, but as a Mystery Guest! The students guessed that she was here to share about her experience as a former Read More >>
Writing Workshop – The Elements of a Good Story
A small group of older students have been discussing the important elements of a great story. First we considered setting and the children created a drawing or map of a Read More >>
Book Club: Two Tickets to Freedom
The oldest students have all read Two Tickets to Freedom: The True Story of Ellen and William Craft, Fugitive Slaves by Florence B. Freedman. This has been part of their social Read More >>
Lego Class
In Lego class we have been learning about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. We investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in our deck chair Read More >>
Vanessa Johnson, Mystery Guest
Our storytelling unit has begun! The gifted Vanessa Johnson kicked it off as our fifth mystery guest. She started her presentation with a clever interaction between herself and three future Read More >>
Sam Van Aken and his Tree of Life
On Thursday, October 30, Sam Van Aken was our third mystery guest of the year. Sam created, using grafting, a tree that can bear 40 different kinds of stone fruits. Read More >>
Margaret Bourke-White Field Trip
On Thursday, October 16, 2014, nineteen of our oldest students visited Syracuse University’s campus to view Margaret Bourke White’s exhibit of 180 vintage photographs taken in the Soviet Union, Czechoslovakia, Read More >>
Geometry
Our 5th graders have been working on all facets of geometry lately. They started with reviewing polygons during class and individual time on their contracts. They played games such as: Read More >>
Place Value Fun
Seven 3rd and 4th graders have been working hard in a place value class that has also integrated multiplication. We started with talking about skip counting on the 100s chart Read More >>
Xerox – Learning to Read
To assist children learning how to read, we offer small group instruction that focuses on the six syllable types. Using Road to Reading, and Wilson Language,each week children receive instruction Read More >>