New School Montessori elementary students walked around our campus for an hour during our walk-a-thon to raise funds for the school. At the end, our preschoolers took one lap around the campus with a throng of supporters cheering them on.
What a perfect day for our walk-a-thon!
The children had a wonderful time circling our campus while parents, teachers and other students cheered them on. We are so grateful to our generous sponsors for supporting our students’ efforts and to DJ Geoffrey Gulley for rocking some tunes while we walked.
What does friendship look like?
New School Montessori students in 1st – 3rd grade integrated peace education and grammar by using adjectives to describe what being – and having a good friend looks like. They described friends as being honest, helpful, funny, kind, creative, generous, responsible, playful, caring and more.
Students make elephant toothpaste from hydrogen peroxide, dish soap and yeast
New School Montessori students in (9-12) have been studying molecular compounds. They created their own version of what they call elephant toothpaste – a foamy concoction made from hydrogen peroxide, dish soap, and yeast. The yeast acts as a catalyst and breaks the hydrogen peroxide H2O2 into H2O (water) and oxygen. The oxygen gas mixed with the soap and produced a bubbly gas that overflowed the flask. This is an easy and fun demonstration to do at home with adult supervision.
Studying neighborhood chickens
Chickens up close! New School Montessori non-nappers took a brief field trip through the preprimary fence to our neighbor’s backyard chicken coop. TNSM 4th grader, Henry, and his mom Melissa gave a very informative presentation.
Creative drawings of molecules
Students’ study of atoms led them into the study of molecules. As part of an assignment, they created a drawing of either water (H20) or carbon dioxide (CO2). It’s fun to see them add their own sense of humor and artistic talent to their drawings.
Who Am I?
Each Halloween, New School Montessori elementary students dress as famous characters from history or literature, and we identify them through spoken clues about their lives. Also, the 6th graders share their love of anatomy in a “D’em Bones” song that lists bones from (head) parietal bone… to (toe) the distal phalange. You may recognize Mary Poppins, Cleopatra, Stan Lee, Rosa Parks, Sally Ride, Dorothy, Susan B. Anthony, Fly Guy and more.
Healthy, Halloween Treats
Many thanks to New School Montessori parents Jenny Miller, Alison Deardon, Missy Schade and Kristen Kreft for their clever, healthy Halloween snacks and to our staff for creating fun stations with activities and crafts.
TNSM Orchestra created a perfect Halloween soundtrack to spooky tale
New School Montessori Director Jeff Groh narrated a Halloween tale while the orchestra and beginning strings provide the soundtrack of raindrops, whistling wind, squeaking doors and pounding hearts. Our Mitchell Mansion – with its gargoyles and turret looked the part – as did the students who dressed their instruments and themselves in spooky outfits. We had our own little “Hogwarts” as the backdrop for several songs played from the Harry Potter movie. TNSM is pleased to have 28 elementary students in its strings program. Strings teacher, Melissa Robinson (former NKU Director of Strings) does a wonderful job with the children. …
Chef Combo is back!
TNSM teacher Debbie Weinstein will soon begin her afternoon lessons with non-nappers and kindergartners 3 days a week. Mondays – Debbie and Lydia will be working with kindergartners on geography. Their first country to explore will be Australia. Wednesdays – Debbie and Emily will present Chef Combo to non-nappers. Chef Combo is a puppet who cooks, sings and will be teaching his first recipe using celery, peanut butter and raisins to create the culinary favorite – ants on a log. Fridays – Debbie and Margaret will study physical science with kindergartners. Their first lessons will cover acids and bases, magnets, and the …