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Math Centers for Kindergarteners

Over the last few months the Kindergarten students explored counting, coins (pennies, nickels and dimes), measurement using standard units, and adding and subtracting using games and their workbooks. Students compared Read More >>

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Read-Aloud at Reading Time

Once a week our youngest students gather together for their own read-aloud during the school-wide reading time. Some of them are just beginning to learn to read. Others have developed Read More >>

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Cooking Class

Cooking is a favorite Investigations activity. Students work together to make a food that they share with the whole school. In the process, they see practical applications for math and Read More >>

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The Water Cycle

We began our study of the water cycle by identifying where we can find water throughout the earth. Did you know that about 97% of the earth’s water is salt Read More >>

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Cycles of Change

  This winter, students in Kindergarten through Second Grade participated in a class on growing cycles.  We started this class out by talking about our cycles in our own lives. Read More >>

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Native American Tribes

In our westward expansion class, we moved from learning about Americans traveling west to find a new life and settle in uncharted (to them) territory, to who was already living Read More >>

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MacKennan Graziano

“Attending the New School helped foster a love of learning that has stuck with me throughout my academic and professional career. It was a truly unique learning experience that encouraged Read More >>

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Animal Habitat 2

To finish up our Animal Habitat unit each child created a collage of an animal in its habitat. First they had to decide where the horizon line was going to Read More >>

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Story Soup

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 Read More >>

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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 Read More >>