Last month New School-West, along with Palisades Preschool, First Pres. Nursery School, Evergreen and the Pedagogical Institute, hosted the “Children as Producers of Culture” conference. Harold Göthson, the inspirational speaker at the teachers’ Study Tour in Sweden, flew here to offer the first day keynote speech. Literally busloads of educators toured all three schools,
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KOREAN TEACHER VISIT, 1/29/15 (PART 2)
The lunch was hosted at Sarah Reimer’s house. There were 20 visitors from Korea, and from NSW there was Roleen, Kris, Amy, Cindy and Adriana. Parents who attended were Tamy Cohen, Sarah Reimers, Jill Bryman, and Karen Koh (Sean Maher helped set-up but had to leave before guests arrived). The kids at NSW had questions…
KOREAN TEACHER VISIT & DAY-IN-THE-LIFE, 1/29/15 (PART 1)
Last month New School West hosted 19 early childhood educators from South Korea. It was big day, with so much to share. Starting at 8:30, the group gathered in the Atelier where they were presented with individual notebooks, hand-delivered by diligent student messengers. Then, after a welcome and orientation from Roleen and Kris, they respectfully…
“New School West Comedy Night. It ain’t the Super Bowl, but it’s close.”
Past, present, and future New School West parents (and other esteemed guests) showed up en masse at the Morgan-Wixson Theater on October 5th for some serious laughs. One cameraman “laughed so hard he dropped his lens,” one mom said “I didn’t realize you were allowed to say that kind of thing about Roleen”, and Roleen…
“So Many Nice People, Really Great”
Folks came out Saturday night for the West Wing Mixer at the Bodega Wine Bar in Santa Monica and engaged in actual adult conversations with one another. We found we like each other, and we’re eager for our families to do some more mixing in the near future! It turns out all these groovy kids…
2014 All-School Picnic at Alla Park, 8-23-2014
A new year has begun! New families, returning families, and teachers gathered around the sun, shade, slides, and swings of Alla Park last Saturday and got to know each other a bit better. Many of us can now put a few more names to a few more faces, faces we will be getting to know…
A Day In The Life of NSW (8-22-2014)
And…we’re off! The Documentation Team proudly presents the first of many “Day In The Life” galleries of the school year! Enjoy, share with your kids and have a great weekend! [Show slideshow] 1 2 … 4 ►
Notes from our Swedish Presentation to parents 5/7/14
Sweden Presentation to the NSW parents 5/7/14 in attendance: Lenny and Elaine Naftalin Laura Hubber Paige Greenspan Barabara Polland and Tamy Cohen Andy Powell Amanda O’Keefe Corey Lewin Karen Koh and her sister Kristin Nicole Rotondo Sean Maher Doug Shemer Steph Altman Maya Tauber Ted Skillman Cindy Nelsen, Roleen Heimann, Kristin Sherman presenting…
Art for Peach Fest – Photo Set – 6/11/10
IMG_0388 Originally uploaded by NSW photostream A reminder to everyone that Peach Fest is happening this weekend on Sunday, June 13 from 11am-6pm. Go to check out (and buy!) art from children in the community, including NSW’s very own (see photo above), and beautiful pottery from Peach Tree’s students. In addition to the show/sale, there…