Monday, April 2nd – Friday, April 6th SPRING BREAK – SCHOOL CLOSED!! Tuesday, April 10th Kindergarten Night Time: 6:45 – 9:00 Pm What: Discussing your next steps beyond NSW – hear from past parents about this transition. Location: At NSW. See blog for more info. Childcare will be offered for $10 per child. Sign up…
Announcements
West Wing Open House 4/13
West Wing parents, mark your calendars for 4/13 Friday from 3:30-5:00 Come enjoy the West Wing classroom with presentations by your West Wing teachers regarding current work. We’ll have the classroom open without children present for you to visit areas and read documentation. There is no childcare available so if you don’t come on Fridays…
March Calendar Events
MARCH EVENTS Monday, March 12th East Wing Open Discussion: Theories on death 3:30 pm – 5:00 pm Location: East Wing See sign up on the door. Sunday, March 18th Light and Transparency – a workshop on children’s learning 9:00 am – 3:00 pm Location: At NSW. See blog for more info. Presented by Patricia Hunter…
GROUP PHOTO on Thursday 3/8 @ 9:30am – all kids
Group Photo for East and West Wings 9:30am (Daisies let Kris know if you can come for the photo!) Anyone not normally in attendance on that day is welcome to come to the photo. Also, please let Kris know if you will be out of town so we can take the photo soon and photoshop…
East Wing parent/teacher conferences
EAST WINGERS! Sign up near the sign in sheet for your mid-year parent/teacher conference in the East Wing. The dates begin on Monday March 5th and go through March 20th. If there are no times or dates that work in your schedule, please connect with your teacher to set an appointment. West Wing is next,…
Tuesday: The Love Post Office 2/7
Join us on Tuesday, February 7th, for the Love Post Office store from 8:00-9:00 am and again from 2:00-3:00 at NSW. This New School-West Post Office store tradition will be open again next week just in time for Valentine’s Day! Everyone’s invited to shop this Tuesday!! The children will be selling real US postage stamps and handmade stationary. We will also…
a sweet goodbye
Rachel and David snuggled together in the West Wing house area to read a little goodbye book. Isaiah joined them, then Aurora curled around behind them. Mateo sidled up to the edge and eventually, wedged himself into the couch. When the Collis sisters arrived, Bryce observed from the edges and Caroline snuggled onto the armrest.…
A retreat in Mesopotamia
No, we’re not going to Iraq. In ancient Greece, Mesopotamia meant literally: between the Tigris and Euphrates rivers. (from the Ancient Greek: Μεσοποταμία: “[land] between rivers”; Hebrew: ארם נהריים (aram naharayim)Metaphorically speaking, we travelled to Mesopotamia last weekend for our retreat to ‘meet in the middle’. The focus of our retreat was twofold: to…
Speaker Series at Westside Neighborhood School
Westside Neighborhood School & Happyland Preschool would like to invite you to a special evening of thought, discussion and reflection around the idea of Make-Believe & Imaginative Play … topics so central to human growth and development, yet sometimes over-looked. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Aly 310-839-3739 or Lisa 310-574-8650×135. We…
Silvana’s off to Chile!
Dear Parents, I wanted to let everyone know that I’ll be out from January 25th through February 10th. I am very fortunate for this opportunity to attend my cousin’s wedding in Chile and grateful to Roleen and all my co-workers for supporting me in taking this time off. While I’m out Jessica will be the touch…