Navigating in-between summer/fall temps, our middle schoolers took their annual away-from-home group trip this month. And this year it was to the Blue Ridge mountains to a place called Earthshine Lodge. The website reads: “Your Basecamp for Adventure!” And, boy, howdy, was it ever! […]
Volunteer Day Join us for our Campus Improvement Volunteer Day on Saturday, October 14th! Whether it's sanding tables, mulching gardens, or helping clear trails, your help is very much needed and appreciated! If our October date does not work for you, e will also soon share a list of activities and volunteer opportunities that [...]
Our enhancement classes, activities, and field trips have fully resumed! Each year we focus on providing our students with educational experiences that open doors to pursue a wide variety of interests. This year we are pleased to announce the return of our sign language program for pre-elementary ages. We are also happy to [...]
Children from our Early Years and Children's House program enjoyed an exciting afternoon at a special dance event designed just for them! The dance was organized by our Student Council Committee (SCC) who went all out to make sure that the event was equipped with glow sticks, spectacular lighting, jazzy hula hoops, and energizing music. They [...]
This year's International Day celebration was a big hit! Our goal for this event is to spread awareness of other traditions, food, celebrations and more. Our activities and research on each country also promotes acceptance and tolerance for different cultures. From France to Djibouti, halls and rooms were filled with colorful arts and crafts, tempting [...]
The new school year launched on Monday, August 22, 2022, and it was a great first week! From the littlest ones in our infant room to the oldest students in our MAP program, new friends were quickly made and old ones reacquainted with! But as seen in this picture, learning here at The New School [...]
For Week #5 of Summer Camp, our Children's House kids created colorful, yummy recipes for "Cooking Week!" On "picnic day," homemade lemonade, fruit kabobs, and tortilla wraps with their choice of nutritious components were on the menu. Another day they learned how to roll and toss pizza dough, while others were chock full of "dirt [...]
We kicked off summer @ TNS with camp weeks themed from art and games to instruments, wildlife, summer, and science! This week we're celebrating July 4th in Children' House with flag-making, independence art, and freedom stories along with water play! And chess lessons with our multi-award-winning international chess champion for our elementary campers is always a [...]
Last Friday, June 3rd, was The New School's final day of the '21-22 school year. From an authentic British tea party for the Queen's Jubilee to sprinklers, bubbles, shaving cream and STEM projects, it was a full day of memory-making moments and tearful goodbyes between new friends and old... Graduation ceremonies were rotated through on [...]
What a fabulous Field Day yesterday!!! Starting with the Children's House, then staff challenges midway, and wrapping with high energy activities with the upper grades, it was one for the books! Mr. James, our music director, deejayed the whole event and kept up the mood with motivating music tracks. Different stations the teams rotated to [...]
