We offer a number of after-school yoga clubs for New School students of all ages. How fun that these students decided to practice their yoga poses during recess. We love our students! Comment on video from alumni student Elice van Woensel (’09): “My time at TNSM taught me so much, including a love for yoga. I am so glad to see other TNSM students learning and appreciating yoga.”
Adult Community Parties
Community Parties at The New School Montessori are a longstanding tradition. It’s a fun way to fundraise and to get to know one another better. The process begins in late fall when parents and alumni families donate community parties as an auction gift. These parties are revealed on auction night where auction attendees have the first opportunity to sign up and donate their admission fee (for the party) to the school. Throughout the year, families can continue to sign up for parties that have openings. Listed below are parties from the 2015 auction with openings. To sign up for a party: …
Check out auction photos from Auction & Gala 2016
We had a great time at the Contemporary Arts Center this year. We enjoyed the new spaces in our venue, The Contemporary Arts Center. We listened to live music during the silent auction played by Midwestern Swing. The Sleepy Bee prepared our appetizers and dinner. Chase Public Short Order Poetry interviewed interested partygoers and wrote a unique poem for them while they waited. Alumni parent Casey Coston served as DJ for after-auction dancing. Look at the slide show below to see photos from the evening.
Want knowledge, want wisdom, this year…
Your TNSM staff has been meeting regularly to practice singing this song to introduce the Raise the Paddle theme for this year’s auction. It has subtitles so you can more easily hear the words. If you’d like to contribute to this fund, click here You can designate your dollars by selecting the checkbox next to Staff Professional Development Fund.
Raise the Paddle funds dedicated to staff professional development
Auction attendees raised money for a new fund called the Staff Professional Development Fund. TNSM parent volunteers, Farrah (auction co-chair) and Keith Jackson, created this inspiring slide show that was shown at the auction in celebration of our 45th anniversary. On it, you’ll hear TNSM alumni speak of their love for the New School. If you’d like to contribute to this fund, click here You can designate your dollars by selecting the checkbox next to Staff Professional Development Fund.
Service Week was amazing!
For five days, students in first through sixth grade volunteered at humanitarian organizations around the city, made blankets for the Linus Project, listened to speakers from the Greater Cincinnati Homeless Coalition, made sandwiches for a local food pantry and participated in beautification efforts on our own campus. Some of the younger students grew tired but wanted to keep working because they knew their work was important. When summarizing the experience during one of their reflection exercises, a student chose “sadness and hope” as words that encapsulated her feelings. She was sad about the huge need in our community and the …
Peace unto All the World’s Families
Enjoy this lovely performance with a message of peace unto you, me and all the world’s families. Many thanks to our music teacher, Andrea Rosenthal Warnken, for her work with the students. Andrea’s response to the children’s work was, “I love this song and how the children clearly understood the meaning and import of the text. Bravo to them on a beautiful performance!”
Welcome to the Jungle
Our 1st-3rd graders would like to welcome you to the jungle in several musical excerpts from their play. Also, please enjoy the wonderful photographs that TNSM parent Tracy Casagrande Clancy has shared.
Two more TNSM teachers receive their Orton-Gillingham training
Professional development opportunities like this are integral to the growth and development of our teachers and are the reason we need a robust professional development fund. Congratulation to (6-9) teachers Kristen Rammel and Catherine Pray Bollmann for completing their Orton-Gillingham training in March. Our school has embraced this phonics-based method of teaching pre-reading and reading skills for many years. Teacher Kira Hinkle is also trained in Orton-Gillingham and both classrooms use the techniques daily, which play a valuable part in the (6-9) language curriculum. The Orton-Gillingham Approach has been in use since the 1930s and was originally created for children who were experiencing …
Kindergartners tasted dim sum today
The kindergartners tasted Cantonese cuisine today during their lesson on dim sum. TNSM parent Andrew Lin shared some of the history of dim sum and brought in both vegetable and pork dumplings for students to try. Dim sum is normally eaten during the lunch meal and among among groups of people, sharing family style. Because of the small portions, people can taste a more broad variety of food.