Many a white page has been known to cause “writer’s block.” At The New School we recently tried something new. During Read Aloud we are reading “Sweep: The story of a girl and her monster” to the older children. Early in the book Nan, the main character. reminisces about happy days. Her Sweep collects lost Read More >>
Archives for January 2019
Leah Patriarco
I believe I am the oldest alum of the New School. I attended the New School its very first year and was the oldest of the inaugural class. Just a couple weeks ago, when visiting my family in Syracuse, I passed the original building and my sister (also an alum) and I started recounting stories. Read More >>
Martin Welych-Flanagan
The education style and encouraging atmosphere of the New School is unique and helps reveal everyone’s potential. Instead of putting people in classes based on arbitrary age denominations, classes were based on our abilities in that specific subject. For example, I was in a simpler English class, but I was in more advanced math and Read More >>