A New Middle School Science Fair

From Vaden Spurlock: Middle School Science Teacher

This year marks the first stride in creating a new era in the way The New School approaches the traditional science fair. Gone are the days of subjecting middle school students and parents to the painful annual ritual of the last minute science project. The late night trip to the store to buy supplies for the board are no more. Clambering together an experiment at the last minute and working feverishly to collect the results is a thing of the past. This time around, students chose to compete as members of the newly formed Science Club! Even more amazingly, these students chose to stay afterschool to engage science! This dynamic shift has led to the submission of some well-rounded science and engineering experiments.

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Expanding Our Toddler Program!

Beginning this Fall, The New School toddler program is expanding to enroll children as young as 18 months old. We’re excited to now offer our quality care to a wider range of NWA children and we need your help spreading the word! Admissions time is coming soon, so if you know a family who might want to join our family, tell them to give us a call and schedule a tour.

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Stages of Children's Writing

From the Head of Preschool, Karen Beaton:

Our children have been very busy at the writing centers around the preschool by drawing, scribbling, and writing in preparation for Valentine’s Day.  The pre-kindergarten classes have used “Post Office” as a theme to promote writing and literacy. The children enjoy their work at the writing center, whether is it drawing, scribbling, copying words, or writing names.

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Middle School MathCounts Competition Results

On January 31st, Middle School math teacher Willard Keirn hosted The New School's annual MathCounts School Competition, and the kids had a blast. Not only did our students get to work on math problems all day, but they also got to dress up for the occasion as "math aficionado's". The top eight students will have the opportunity to participate in the chapter competition on February 18th. The last two places are alternates in case any of our top eight students are unable to attend the chapter and/or state competitions.

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The Fall Review

We've just released our Fall Review and many of you can be expecting it in the mail this week. This newsletter gives us a chance to look back on the Fall 2011 semester and highlight some of the great things that happened at The New School. The Fall Review is full of great photos and short features of New School classes. Enjoy!

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