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…
Images from a Day-A-While-Back-In-The-Life, 6/23/16
These pictures were taken a few weeks ago, and are appearing now due to a mild short-circuit in your committee blog-post guy. Have a look and enjoy! — Documentation Committee [click for slideshow, wait a moment for it to load, then click to go faster]
Images from a Day-In-The-Life, 7/15/16
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 ►
A message from Jelani
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…
“She was trying to swim out and then went on her back.” — Luke
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…
Cooking With Teddy, 7/5/16
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.
“Everyone should do this. It’s so fun!” – Liz (Olivia’s mom, WW)
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…
“How can we make it not move?” – Navin
“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…
Attention Fathers, Something for You….
Please pick up a succulent in celebration of “Fathers Day” on Sunday, June 19th. And take the time to reflect on all the goodness you bring the children as a father. Think about your father, your father’s father, and all the fathers that supported you in your life. . . all the guidance and nurturing…
“How much is this?”-Asher
I had observed a group of children working in the paper house one afternoon. They were writing number after number and asking me to tell them what the number was or how much “money” their “bill” was. James: What is this number? Otis: (Looks at the number and counts with his fingers) It’s 15! That’s…