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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 >>

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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.

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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 >>

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Highland Forest Fall 2018

Twice a year, for the past 20+ years, teachers have taken students camping to Highland Forest. These two days in the fall and spring are so important to building community. There is something magical that happens to groups of children when you provide them with the opportunity to play outdoors and engage with each other Read More >>

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Al-Amin Muhammad Mystery Guest

  At The New School we are working on a project called Making the World a Better Place.  It is school wide and year long. Making the World a Better Place began with reading books about people or groups who have contributed to the well being of people and/or the environment.  As we do this Read More >>

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Snowflake Bentley

Inspiration for our Valentine Bags this year came from the picture book titled, Snowflake Bentley. The book tells the story of a man called Wilson Bentley who spent his lifetime studying snowflakes. He saw snowflakes as small miracles. Just as each snowflake is unique, so too are the designs created by our children. In the Read More >>

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Johann Sebastian Bach

Johann Sebastian Bach’s Concerto for 2 violins, the Brandenburg Concerto No. 1 in F Major, Suite for Orchestra No. 3 in D Major and the Concerto for 2 pianos and Orchestra in C Minor inspired us in many ways. After listening to his music we enjoyed learning about the composer by reading Tom Leonard’s “Becoming Read More >>

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Calder’s Circus

   Step Right Up! The whole school spent this fall creating circus acts for our very own circus. We were inspired by the work of Alexander Calder and his amazing circus. We first watched a video of Alexander Calder presenting his circus (circa 1950). After generating a list of materials Calder used, and brainstorming possible Read More >>

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Read Alouds

Listening to books read out loud is a favorite part of our day. At the end of each day children free draw in their sketch books as they listen to great stories by great authors. This year the youngest children have listened to: Dan the Pawn, Trumpet of the Swan by E.B. White, Lafcadio by Shel Read More >>