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 >>
Clarence Randall, World War II veteran
History is about real people and the places they lived. It is about their stories. Too often in the study of history, our education misses this facet. Last week our Read More >>
Clifford Ryan, OG’s Against Gun Violence
Clifford Ryan, who spearheads OG’s Against Gun Violence, was our most recent Mystery Guest for Making the World a Better Place. His mission is “to take back our community to Read More >>
Making the World a Better Place
Children need to learn early that individuals can make a difference and shape society with their ideas and actions. All year we have been learning about ways individuals have succeeded Read More >>
Adam Sudmann, Mystery Guest
Adam Sudan visited The New School on Tuesday, November 20 to share with our students how he is making the world a better place. First Adam shared with our students bowls Read More >>
Invisible People Field Trip
Nine of our oldest students visited Art Rage Gallery on Thursday October 18, 2018 to see the exhibit INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley. “San Diego based Read More >>
Dick Ford Mystery Guest
On Wednesday, October 17, Dick Ford became our third mystery guest for our Making the World a Better Place unit. Over 18 years ago Dick founded Signature Syracuse, a not-for-profit Read More >>
American History – The Declaration of Independence and the US Constitution.
Each year our social studies curriculum builds on what we have studied in the past. In September the oldest children revisited the Declaration of Independence this time focusing on Read More >>
Democratic Party Platform
The older students welcomed Lisa Sacco, Democratic delegate and Chief of Staff for Assemblywoman Pamela Hunter to The New School. She came to answer tough questions from our students about Read More >>
Daniel Van Sant – Mystery Guest
Daniel Van Sant, is a graduate student at Syracuse University, studying disability law. He came to The New School as our Mystery Guest. For an hour he engaged the older Read More >>