The night was warm and welcoming and invited parents to get a deeper look into how the classroom community is exploring and experiencing connections and friend-ships. “The NSW teachers and staff have the most developed understanding of community and how to foster it . . . It’s inspiring to learn from this school about how…
Journals
Contributions this week
Snack was generously provided in the last two weeks by – Kou, Kirby, Lily, Arnon, Eve, Levi, Keaton, Everly, Diego, Luscia, Will, Poppy G., Christoph, Dillon, and Mia. Flowers were brought to brighten our spaces by Lucy, Kou, Tallulah, Bodhi, Christoph, Everly, Arnon and Hendricks. And some of the contributions you don’t see are that…
Let’s do that! – Dylan
In the front yard, both the East Wing and the West Wing have the opportunity to connect for the first time through shared materials. In the clay exploration, Moss and Dylan bridge a relationship after first playing side by side on separate ideas. Dylan (WW): (Seeing Moss working on a log, grabs another one and…
Contributions Last Week
We had beautiful flowers from Christoph, Everly, Arnon and Hendriks Snack was prepared by Jack, Phedon, Emilio, Santiago, Sawyer, Tallulah, Naomi, and Presley We took a trip to the Farmer’s Market to bring back natural dye sources like discarded carrot tops, onion skins, and herbs – watch for experiments in the front yard with Teachers…
WW Parent Mixer
West Wing parents enjoyed aperitifs and Italian cocktails with a view followed by al fresco dining over candlelight. A few brave parents ended their evening on a row boat tour of the Venice Canals.
East Wing Interests
The East Wing is bustling with new ideas and projects. You may have noticed some familiar spaces and activities, but this year the teachers will be working with the children to explore their interests more fully. Here is an overview of what’s familiar and what’s developing in the East Wing: Friendship and connection: This year,…
West Wing interests…
As we prepared for the new school year, the teachers observed the children during their play dates to discover their interests. We learned of their deep connection with food! We also noticed this group of children already coming into the classroom with an awareness of communication through technology like cellphones and computers. Considering that we…
“Can I have an appointment with Uma?” – Santiago
On Thursday, we welcomed a new family into our community in the West Wing: Uma Ahmed and her parents, Farooq and Priya, as well as her sister Layla. Part of our NSW culture is to make sure that everyone in our community feels welcome. A few of the strategies we use are to call the…
NSW History & Reggio Approach
It was an intimate evening where we cozied up around a lovely table filled with yummy food and wine while Roleen talked about the Reggio history and evolution of New School West. “It’s really cool that in Italian, ‘complex’ and ‘whole’ are the same word, and I only thought about that in thinking about the…
Celebrating Our Family Cultures April Lee (Mehana, EW) easily shares her family celebrations with NSW and thoughtfully explains our social responsibility team’s point of view: “I love the idea of thoughtfully honoring the cultural traditions of our community through personally meaningful celebrations, big and small, and seeing how they unfold with the children’s input and…