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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Making the World a Better Place
Children need to learn early that individuals can make a difference and shape society with their ideas and actions. All year we have been learning about ways individuals have succeeded in this endeavor. Children have learned that change can be immediate but it can also take a long time. Each week we read books or Read More >>
Rodin: The Human Experience
Six students expressed an interested in going to view SU’s Rodin: The Human Experience show. The objective of this field trip was to draw the sculptures on display.
Adam Sudmann, Mystery Guest
Adam Sudan visited The New School on Tuesday, November 20 to share with our students how he is making the world a better place. First Adam shared with our students bowls of unique spices and smells, and he told the stories behind spices and flavorings such as saffron, star anise, cardamom pods, hibiscus petals, rosewater and Read More >>
Quin Delia
Years at The New School 2006-2010 How did attending The New School help you in your life? The New School helped me grow as my curiosity grew for learning. I had a solid foundation to continue on and go to high school, graduating with a regents diploma. I enjoyed attending The New School. Thank Read More >>