On Monday, the children learned that next Tuesday would be Keaton’s last day at New School West. During morning meeting, he shared his upcoming travel plans: I’m going to visit great grandma and grandpa in Maine. There’s a broken down hotel there, and I’m going to see if there are diamonds in it. I’m also…
It was such a monumental moment seeing all of our families come into the school and share the heart that beats inside the walls of The New School-West. After having a year without having parents on site, we were overjoyed to welcome you all back and honor you as the amazing parents that you are.…
BIRTHDAYS!!! At New School-West, we have established a Birthday Book Tradition where children and their families bring a favorite book to read to the group. The Birthday Books are donated and kept in the classroom to revisit. They become a permanent part of our whole school library with a special bookplate inside the cover celebrating…
Poppy and her family will be traveling to New York for the rest of the summer and they will be missing our group graduation so we celebrated her last day with us on Thursday. The children spent Poppy’s last week making cards, posters, having special appointments with Poppy and celebrating their relationship together. Below are some…
On Monday, the children learned that Friday would be Mira’s last day at NSW. Mira shared her upcoming travel plans to visit her family in Ithaca, New York, and also communicated how she was feeling – “I’m feeling excited because I get to play with my cousins. I’m also feeling sad because I’m going to…
In the month of May, we celebrated Colin’s and Chloe’s birthday!!! Rufus, Mars, Santiago, Colin, Chloe, Poppy, Uma, Dylan, Mia, and Jack brought us flowers, thank you so much!! We also welcomed Ezra Fogg Liebross on May 26th!!! Congratulations to Adam, August, Meredith, and Penny!
Minty (our persona doll) helps with a lot of emotional processing. Minty explained that he couldn’t remember yesterday’s news about The Aloe Veras. Elliot: I didn’t forget. They are going to a new class. Minty: Why?! Elliot: Because they are growing bigger. Minty: Like me, I’m growing bigger too! Elliot: Yeah!Minty sometimes feels sad and nervous about going to school.…
Cilantro Parent’s Day, Friday afternoon, June 11th! We are so excited to invite you to our annual Parent’s Days! We will have the same spirit as in years past, celebrating your children’s work and your beautiful connections to your children and the NSW community. We will welcome parents, four families at a time, to visit…
We see how walking to the mailbox to drop off mail for the Mint children at the Venice Post Office is giving the children an opportunity to connect in a tangible way to our Mint friends. We thought navigating the traffic lights, sidewalks, street crossings that they encounter on this busy pathway would result in…
We welcomed Marley on ground this week in the Cilantro group! In our morning meeting the children, went around and introduced themselves to Marley. As teacher Silvana spelled out Marley’s name, a few children connected that they too have the same letters in their name. The teachers shared with the group that Marley showed interest…