Jason Daley is co-teaching a film studies class as part of his senior project. In his own words: For my senior project I am studying film. Film has been a passion of mine since I was young, which has made this project very enjoyable. Some of my favorite films are Blade Runner, 2001 a [...]
In Devon's Words: For my senior project I have created an illustrated educational book about arthropods of the American Northeast. It’s a fact about me that’s usually received poorly by people, I’m fascinated and enamored by armored invertebrates. Beetles, moths, centipedes, millipedes, isopods, crabs, and spiders. I feel that much of the stigma levied [...]
Each student who graduates from The New School completes a senior project. Claire has been organizing an outing club, following an inspirational Outdoor Leadership class in which she participated last year. In her own words: My name is Claire and my senior project is starting an outing club. I was inspired to do this [...]
On Friday, September 20 Ally and Brad skipped school with Samantha, Dorcus, Emma, Zabrina, Dawn, Avery, and Henry to attend the Global Climate Strike in Portland. The Portland Press Herald estimates there were over 2000 youth and their supporters present at the event. This strike was an outgrowth of Fridays for Future, a global [...]
Early in the 2018-19 school year, students expressed interest in a journey to the Azores, an isolated Portuguese island group in the middle of the Atlantic Ocean. Students and teachers spent much of the first semester planning the trip and learning about the Azores. During the early part of the second semester, the group [...]
For our regional intensive this year, students collaborated with the teachers to design an in-depth study of Indigenous People in New England. Our study focused primarily on the 5 Wabanaki tribes in Maine and the Wampanoag of Massachusetts. We visited the Penobscot and Wampanoag nations to spend time with the tribes to understand their [...]
Structured Academic Controversy: Teaching Strategies in Action, by Brad Lopes Was Abraham Lincoln a racist? Was the bombing of Hiroshima and Nagasaki a war crime? Did the 14th Amendment really abolish slavery? These are the kind of questions that have troubled historians and teachers alike for many years. It is human [...]
The New School has a solid commitment to climate justice. Students gathered during the summer break to work with Social Studies teacher, Brad Lopes, in conjunction with the Energy Efficiency Advisory Committee of Kennebunk. They attended the Select Board Meeting in Kennebunk on August 14 to urge the town to join the Global Covenant [...]
The students and teachers at The New School started a four-part dinner series as a fundraiser for their intensive programming. The dinners planned by each advisory and include a five course meal, beverages, and unique themes for entertainment. The first dinner was a season-specific Harvest Dinner, consisting of locally grown produce and fish. Jason Romagnoli, [...]
LEAP stands for Learning, Exhibitions And Performance. The excitement and anticipation is palpable during the prep time for LEAP Night. The students spend the days leading up to the evening preparing their portfolios, putting finishing touches on displays and carefully crafting a table that speaks to each student's uniqueness. This individuality is one of the [...]
