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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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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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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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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 >>

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Snowflake Bentley

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 >>

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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 >>

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Valentine’s Day

Nothing like Valentines to challenge us to transform a shopping bag into a favorite animal.