We spent the first half of the year being inspired by people like Ghandi, Wangari, and Malala, and their stories of how they made the world a better place. We listened to their stories. We also invited local activists who saw and responded to a need in our Syracuse Community. We met with inspirational people 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 >>
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 >>
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 >>
Invisible People Field Trip
Nine of our oldest students visited Art Rage Gallery on Thursday October 18, 2018 to see the exhibit INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Portraits of the Homeless by Neil Shigley. “San Diego based artist Neil Shigley’s work explores the subject of homelessness by giving visibility to homeless individuals through large-scale portraits. “I have focused my art on capturing Read More >>