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Systemic Racism

Our children, our students, live in a world that has developed all kinds of media and ways to transmit information, disinformation, ideas, and images.  They hear the media, adults, other Read More >>

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Roger De Muth Studio

  Have Van Will Travel: A small group of the older students took a field trip to Cazenovia to visit the studio of illustrator, designer, Syracuse University professor, Roger De Read More >>

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Water Cycle Class

We began our study of the water cycle by identifying where we can find water throughout the earth. An ocean evaporation demonstration helped us understand how the polar caps and Read More >>

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Inventions

Students in grades 4th-8th participated in a science class this winter that explored and created inventions. We started this unit by reading a book called What Can You Do With Read More >>

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Ancient India

Ancient India The oldest group of students have been participating in a social studies unit on Ancient India. They began by studying the geography and location of Ancient India and Read More >>

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Stone Fox Book Clubs

Two groups of students participated in a book club to read Stone Fox, by John Reynolds Gardiner. The book tells the story of a ten-year-old boy whose grandfather falls ill, Read More >>

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Poetry with Kenneth Koch

“Poetry is when an emotion has found its thought and the thought has found words.” Robert Frost. Kenneth Koch published his Rose, Where Did you Get That Red? in 1973 Read More >>

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Temple Grandin

    This year, the older children are examining groups of people who have had to fight for their rights. One such group is individuals with disabilities. We’ve read articles, Read More >>

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Paco Valle is Mystery Guest

Another mystery guest came to The New School’s government class last week. This time, we invited Paco Valle, a manager from the Syracuse VA Medical Center. Two students had previously Read More >>