In the Front Yard, our Garden Team of parents have been working on designing a vertical garden. Paki (Olive, EW) and Kelly (Eliotte, EW) working on the pavers and vertical garden. The children were part of this process and teacher Katherine has been meeting with the children and parents to continue developing the idea. After…
Kris
“When someone has feelings, you support them to feel better. That’s a community.” -Jake
Reflecting together with the children in their everyday experiences is part of our daily routine. In the Front Yard, we began to talk about the meaning of the word “community”. The children immediately became excited to share their ideas of what a community means to them and how they practice their ideas. Palmer: A community is…
Pragmatics Night 2018
On February 1st we celebrated ways to return from misinterpretations, hurt feelings and the fear of hurting feelings at Pragmatics Night. Facilitated by Melinda (Theo P.’s mom, EW) and Rasheda (Josephine’s mom, EW) and NSW teachers, Adriana, Amy, Cindy, Susan, Silvana, Flora and Roleen and Kris. We dug deep and shared our worst moments – those…
“Leave them in the wild.” -Isla
Our neighborhood walks are filled with moments of discovery and learning. The streets may be the same, however, the experience is never the same for each group of children. This time, believe it or not, rain in LA had given us a break. Having being indoors the previous day, the children were eager to step…
A Day In The Life At NSW
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“A garden for snakes.” – Lola
For young children, clay holds no preconceived ideas about what it is or how it is supposed to be used. Knowing this, the teachers offer an open-ended, whole body exploration using multiple blocks of clay varying in texture and color. In the beginning of the school year, the West Wing children spent weeks exploring clay.…
East Wing Winter Sing – Entire Performance on Video
For those of you unable to attend- here is the performance in its entirety! What a show!
West Wing Winter Sing- Entire Performance on Video!
For those of you unable to attend- here is the performance in its entirety! What a show!
East Wing Winter Sing
Another great day at New School West! The children had such a wonderful time sharing their songs and hard work with friends and family. What a special community! [Show slideshow] 1 2 3 ►
West Wing Winter Sing
What a special day! The kids loved sharing their beautiful songs with family and special friends. Per usual, the teachers and staff completely ‘rocked it!’ [Show slideshow] 1 2 ►