The school yearbooks have arrived and are ready for pickup. Please stop by the office in June between 8AM and noon where you can pick up your book and cross off your name. If you know of people who’d like to buy another, they can bring $35 to the office to purchase one of the extras we ordered – just in case. The books look fabulous; it’s fun to see what a wonderful year we all had together and to read the ads from families and the 6th graders’ memories. We are so grateful to Megan Park for her work in preparing the yearbook for …
Bring-a-Friend-to-Brunch-Potluck
We are still enrolling for the 14/15 school year, so let’s spread the good news! On Saturday, July 19 The New School Montessori is hosting a “bring-a-friend-to-brunch-potluck” from 11:00 to 2:00. I know it’s a long name but it’s fun to say! Bring one or more families you know who are interested in the type of education that honors each child’s unique journey towards independence and fulfillment. Oh, and if you need a hook, My Nose Turns Red Circus will be performing at the end of the brunch with two of our alumni! What to bring: Something “brunchy.” Your family. A new family to …
Camp Ernst Photos
TNSM 6-9 teachers Mary Ohlinger-Pray and Kristen Rammel shared some of their photos from The New School’s elementary camping experience. Each year students practice the independence and confidence they’ve built throughout the year in a new setting with new challenges at Camp Ernst. Students receive encouragement and cheers of support from teachers, classmates and parent chaperones as they wobble across rope bridges, glide through treetops on zip lines and rope swings, ring bells on climbing walls, paddle kayaks, and more. It’s a wonderful time to get to know one another better on this 2-day and 1-night adventure while watching students’ confidence soar as …
Graduation Photos
The New School community celebrated as kindergartners and third graders graduated to their next levels and as 6th graders graduated to junior high. Many thanks to Tracy Clancy for sharing some memorable moments in her photographs.
Debbie and Chef Combo Make Orange Juice Snow Cones
Preprimary teacher Debbie Weinstein and her favorite sidekick puppet – Chef Combo – like to demonstrate various food preparations to the children. They begin by singing songs, washing hands and then getting down to the business of preparing healthy snacks. This week Debbie and Chef Combo ground ice cubes to make orange-juice snow cones. For snacks that require a sweetener, our chefs use natural sweeteners like fruit juice, honey or maple syrup. An ice cream recipe Debbie learned about 35 years ago from one of TNSM’s founding parents, Carol French-Corbett, includes half and half cream, maple syrup and vanilla rolled from one student to …
The Preprimary Woods Is Awash with Activity!
Keaton filled and refilled her wheelbarrow with mulch. Ava and Diele made powder from dirt and leaves on their potting table. Jemea, Diele, Sam and Thanh-Nha rode the teeter totter in a blurried frenzy. Simon scattered leaves and mulch through the woods. Eleanor found a Mika kitty to pet and called her Rainbow Sparkle Glow.
Spanish teacher Ximena Flores shares her artwork at the YWCA Women’s Art Gallery this summer.
TNSM’s Spanish teacher Ximena Flores is also a talented artist. Ximena paints beautiful works for Rookwood Pottery and also has a studio of her own where she creates sculpture, mosaics, and paintings. If you’d like to see more samples of Ximena’s art, click here to link to her website. Ximena and other artists’ works will be shown in the YWCA Women’s Art Gallery’s POWER OF PLACE: Celebrating International Women Artists. The opening reception is Friday, June 20 from 6-8PM where you can meet and greet the artists. The show will remain on display throughout the summer from 8AM -8PM Monday – Friday. The …
Students Explore Nature with Colleen
TNSM teacher Colleen Blumer has been sharing important information about invertebrates and vertebrates with first and second graders. Students took their field journals with them to record what they saw crawling, flying and wiggling about in the peaceful gardens of the preprimary play yard. Colleen also taught a segment on fruits, vegetable, seeds, and how plants reproduce. First graders had a “seeds feast” with 14 different kind of seeds including corn, coconut, beans, nuts, fruits with pits, cores and fruits that came in clusters. Second graders conducted research online and worked through a presentation on the University of Illinois Extension’s website. They counted the kernels an an ear of corn and learned …
Robin Hartmann Shows her Artwork around Town.
Robin Hartmann, art teacher at The New School Montessori, is showing her work at several places this summer. Kennedy Heights Art Center’s SPLASH: SUMMER JURIED SHOW (May 31 to July 12) with the opening reception on Saturday, May 31 from 6-9PM. Robin’s quilt expresses her feelings of jumping off the cliffs of cancer into the soothing waters of healing and health. Queen City Mods and Rockers Rally. (June 6-8) This annual event brings riders of motorcycles, scooters, mopeds and Segways together for a weekend of fun, while raising money for organ donation network and support group, Life Center and Change of Heart.
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Geometry with an Artist’s Flair
6-9 Teacher Kristen Rammel introduced her first graders to the beauty of geometry through the art of Kandinsky and Mondrian. Each student created works of art inspired by the great masters.