Casey Coston is involved in real estate development in and around Over-the-Rhine and Pendleton. Did you know that this year’s Gala and Auction will feature a DJ to close out the whole event… who just happens to be a former TNSM parent???? Well that’s the truth! The New School Montessori really DOES rock! I asked Casey Coston a few questions, and here is what he had to say about them. KK: We are so excited to have you round out our evening at The New School Montessori’s Annual Auction and Gala: This Is The Place! I think it’s so cool …
Did you know…This year’s auction will be held at the Contemporary Arts Center
The New School Montessori Annual Gala and Auction: This IS the Place! When you enter The Contemporary Arts Center in Cincinnati you are: walking in the footsteps of the three visionary Cincinnati women who founded the institution over 75 years ago… you are within the walls of an institution that, in 1966, was the first major museum to present a relative newcomer, Andy Warhol… you are in the building that electrified the city in 2010, bringing Shepard Fairey to town and installing his larger-than-life murals throughout the area… you are standing in the first US building designed by the controversial architect, …
Have you called a sitter yet for the auction?
The kids want you to call a sitter, so you can enjoy a night out with your friends. Last year, some New School families pooled their babysitting resources and had their kids to stay together at one house, sharing one babysitter. Either way, you won’t want to miss the fun! Buy your tickets today! (Click here to buy them online) (The auction committee needs to know how many are coming so they can order food, tables and chairs).
Did you know we’ll have “The Midwestern Swing” performing at this year’s auction?
The Midwestern Swing is a Cincinnati-based band inspired by the great Western swing bands of the 40s, 50s & 60s coupled with a reverence for the Queen City’s historic contribution to country music. Steeped in country, jazz and a love for song, their music is equal parts tradition and modernity. Click below to see a sampling of some of their music.
Pre-geometry work using the constructive triangle
Ali and Caleb were very proud of their work using the constructive triangle. Getting familiar with these shapes prepares them for pre-geometry.
(3-6) students studied Degas and da Vinci
Preprimary students used magazine photos of dancers as their “muse” and mimicked the dancers’ movements in their own drawings. Jennifer Frank, (3-6) teacher, shared with students a little about each artist’s life, showed famous works and demonstrated the styles each artist employed.
Non nappers study animals that live in the soil
Non-nappers have been studying worms, slugs, pill bugs and other animals that live in the soil and in rotting logs. TNSM teacher Colleen Blumer introduced the children to these animals through various books, Under the Ground, Under One Rock, and Log Hotel. They then took their study to the preprimary woods where they cracked open a soggy log and found many of the creatures they’d just read about. Students crawled through a cloth tunnel, pretending they were worms. They learned about worm anatomy, touched real ones and then used cut strips of brown felt to make their own. Who knew logs …
Rainy-day play!
One of my favorite things about TNSM is that a rainy day doesn’t mean preprimary children don’t get to play outside. They are dressed for the weather and can absorb all that there is to learn about water and puddles!
Rookwood Pottery Artist Teaches Clay Club at TNSM
TNSM offers a wide variety of after-school clubs. Ximena Flores is not only TNSM’s Spanish teacher but she’s also an artist and expert potter at Cincinnati’s Rookwood Pottery. We are so grateful that she is offering Clay Club again this semester to TNSM students.
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More experiments with light
(9-12) teacher Nancy Buchman reported that in her students’ work with light, 4-6th graders learned that when a mirror reflects an image, it will appear backwards. Arielle took this one step further and discovered that when she wrote her name backwards and held it up to a mirror, backwards became frontwards. On one of our sunny days, Parker focused the sun’s natural light through her prism. She was thrilled to see a rainbow of colors (aka ROY G BIV) appear in her shadow.