Years at The New School : 2 High School : FM High School College attended: OCC (Music Major) The New School was an awesome place to be able to explore my different creative interests, learn new things, and meet great people. Their approach to learning is very inclusive and varied, on any given day we would be writing creatively, Read More >>
Archives for December 2018
Open Hand Theater’s The Loneliest Snowflake
Our younger students attended a performance on December 4, of The Loneliest Snowflake at Open Hand Theater. The play was co-written by one of our own students, Amelia. The children loved getting a back stage view of the theater and the craft activity that followed the performance.
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 stop the bloodshed and tears of losing our children to violence & prison.” This amazing man met with our older students to share how he Read More >>
Ruth Lindemann
The New School fostered in me a love for learning and an appreciation for people from all walks of life. I explored science, math, reading, and humanities alongside kids of all ages and with the guidance of teachers who truly understood the importance of their mentorship. What’s more, I was surrounded by an entire community Read More >>
We Rise Above the Streets Field Trip
Through our Making the World a Better Place unit, students in grades 4 – 8 got to participate in a morning of service for the organization: We Rise Above the Streets. At the organization’s office, students helped pack bags of personal hygiene items that would be handed out to homeless and food insecure individuals Read More >>
Enterprise America Field Trip
This fall students in grades 4-8 got a chance to participate in a WCNY program called Enterprise America. Students got to run a simulated city for a day. Each student was assigned a job and given tasks on how to complete that job. Students also had to manage their paychecks, pay health insurance and figure Read More >>
Bubble Science
This fall, students in grades 6-8 participated in a unit on bubbles. We started this unit by creating a small and large frame that could help us explore soap solution. Students were then asked what they would like to know about soap bubbles and what surfaces they would like to test to see if they Read More >>