Our youngest students continue their study of biomes. In December we moved our focus from the rain forest to grasslands. We listened to books and learned how grasslands are very different to rain forest. There are very few trees in the grassland and there are two seasons – a wet season and a dry season. We watched videos Read More >>
Archives for December 2015
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 students, discussing and sharing information about the plight of individuals with disabilities and their struggle for equal rights. From Willowbrook to the passage of the Read More >>
Freida Jacques – Mystery Guest
In December, Freida Jacques, an Onondaga Clan mother who lives on the Onondaga Nation visited The New School. Freida Jacques answered the many questions of our students and then shared their Thanksgiving address. After she left, our students reminisced about some of the information they gathered about the Haudenosaunee from her. Moebius: If you are Read More >>
Take Apart
A small group of the oldest students have been participating in Take Apart, a science class connected to the Electromagnetism and Invention classes. Before the “taking apart” happened, the students drew predictions of what parts would be on the inside of their objects, discussed what these parts could be used for and how they worked. Read More >>