Come by Wednesday or Thursday in the morning between 8:30 and 9:15 to have your child greeted and walked into school! Doorside service will offer you the sign in sheet and an escort. Pull to the side of the alley, stay in your car and zip off to your morning destination with the knowledge that…
What a delightful first week! Teacher Jenn in the West Wing offered a play by play of the first days to share with everyone: After saying goodbye, we had a morning meeting where we said hello to each other, sang songs, and then headed out for small group work. In the West Wing (house area,…
Hi families, I wanted to introduce Pascale Bergara. She is attending SMC and completing her ECE certification through an internship with Teacher Flora at New School-West. Pascale has taken the Reggio course from Roleen and comes highly recommended as an addition to our school. While she is interning, Pascale is under supervision at all times.…
Dear NSW families, We hope you’ve all had a wonderful summer break. We’re excited to see returning families in the East Wing and are looking forward to meeting new West Wing families. Those of you who know Liv know that she had an amazing experience at NSW last year. For those of you who don’t…
Click on over and see what the last weeks of the school year look like. It’s a grand tour! — Documentation Committee [click for slideshow, wait a moment for it to load, then click to go faster] 1 2 … 5 ►
I want to share some news that makes me happy and sad. This week will be my last week at New School West. I will be going to the Little Dippers program at Overland Elementary. I’m excited because I will be at the same school as my sister, Zahara! To my friends, I will miss…
After the children wake up from nap and take care of their materials, it’s become part of their routine to spend time with the turtles. Today, as a small group of children were observing the turtles, they noticed Morla was acting unusually – she was trying to swim to the surface of the water and…
Today Max’s dad, Teddy, came to make chocolate chips muffins. Otis: We used chocolate chips, milk, yogurt, eggs, vanilla, and flour. Max: And then we put it in the oven. I like it when we make chocolate chip muffins together.
Liz: I’ve cooked with the children a couple times. She thought that the morning offered more time to investigate the process – test the flavors, smell the ingredients and in this case, discover the difference between frozen and fresh blueberries when making muffins (frozen ones turn the batter blue!). On that morning, she stayed through…
“This is hard. It keeps on moving. How can we make it not move?” – Navin The children have been rotating in to help with creating sets and props for their movie. The castle needs to open up to view the exterior and interior so we challenged the children to use cardboard in a different…