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Power, Privilege, Persecution, Persistence and Poverty

As the oldest students started to create a annotated time showing the century from 1850 – 1950, they revisited and reviewed last year’s study of the Industrial revolution. Here we learned how inventions fueled a transformation of the US economy. The booming economy brought with it huge social problems in regards to how workers and Read More >>

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Bloom’s Taxonomy

The oldest students were part of a short unit where we explored Bloom’s Taxonomy. What better way to learn about higher and lower level questions than to write your own after studying and discussing each level of Bloom’s framework. Just as responding to higher level questions is more challenging for a reader, they were also Read More >>

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Civil War

This year we are doing a small group class on the Civil War with a small group of middle school students. As a part of this class our goals are: To understand that by the end of the American Revolution, slavery had already become an issue in the new and growing country. Beginning with the Northwest Read More >>

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Daniel Chang

“The New School was an incredible experience for me during my formative years as a child. The amazing opportunities I had to explore the world around me with my peers developed in me a genuine love for learning and a passion to grow – traits I have held onto ever since.”  Daniel was at The New Read More >>

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Lego Class

In Lego class 2nd and 3rd graders have been learning about simple and powered machines using hands-on activities. First, they investigated structures and forces, incorporating both rigid and flexible shapes in building deck chairs and drawbridges. Applying principles they learned about levers, they made drumming machines. Attaching a motor provided more opportunities to explore. For Read More >>

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Community Library of Dewitt

Our kindergarten students join the library’s story time every week. Attending are about ten children ranging in age from 2 to 5 year olds. The librarian reads a couple of stories interspersed with songs, and/or actions. After the story time the librarian brings out various toys for the children to play with. For example magnet Read More >>

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Westward Expansion

Students in the middle grades this year are exploring how the United States went from mainly states on the east coast to spreading across the continent.  We started off this unit with a look at maps. We discussed the 13 Colonies victory against England and what that meant for the young nation. We then started Read More >>

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Little House Read Aloud

The younger and middle group of students have listened to the book Little House in the Big Woods by Laura Ingalls Wilder.  While listening to the book, we made a chart of interesting words and the main characters that we heard about.  We also got a chance to make butter, visit the pioneer museum at Read More >>

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Ten Black Dots

The Kindergartners listened to the book Ten Black Dots by Donald Crews. After reading, counting dots and discussing each page, students have been working on making their own Ten Blue Dots Book.  During each class, students get to work on a page or two by drawing their picture with the dots, copying some words off Read More >>

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1 + 6 = 7 Centers

Every day the Kindergarten students play games to practice their math skills. These games are played with a teacher or an older student. Children have been working on a number of skills including addition to ten. To practice these skills they have played games like Make 5 Bingo, Ten’s Go Fish, Six of a Kind Read More >>