Student Life

Introducing our Head of School, Will Tuttle

The New School in Kennebunk Announces Appointment of Will Tuttle as Head of School The New School is proud to announce the appointment of Will Tuttle as its next Head of School, effective July 1, 2025. A seasoned educator and leader in progressive education, Tuttle brings nearly two decades of experience in independent schools, where he has been widely recognized for his commitment to student-centered learning, ethical leadership, and innovative academic programming. Tuttle joins The New School at a time of momentum and renewed vision. With his leadership, the school will continue to deepen its mission of fostering intellectual [...]

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May 9th and 30th: Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

Get ready to Smash! At 5pm on Friday, May 9th, and Friday, May 30th, The New School is holding Super Smash Bros. Ultimate tournaments, open to the public! Your $5 Venmo entry fee to @thenewschoolme gets you in the bracket and makes you eligible for our prize pool: a $50 GameSpot gift card for first place, $25 card for second, and $10 for third. Doors will open at 4pm with the tournament starting at 5pm, ending when we have a winner! (Probably 8 o’clock.) Note: This is an event for middle and high school-aged students. Ready to Smash? Register for [...]

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Now Hiring: Faculty

 The New School in Kennebunk, Maine, is seeking a part-time Math Teacher (8-10 hours a week) for the 2025–2026 school year to teach one section of Personal Finance. This is a unique opportunity to join a small, dynamic, and deeply student-centered school that values innovation, creativity, and a commitment to supporting diverse learners, including neurodivergent students.Job positions are available on our employment page.

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Food and Culture Intensive

Between semesters, The New School takes three weeks to do a focused session on one topic. Last year at this time we broke the school up into three groups: a local study intensive about wildlife, a regional travel intensive to the Adirondacks, and a travel intensive down the eastern seaboard to explore the American space program. This year, our students were involved in senior projects, independent studies, and a local intensive about food and culture. For our first week, the Food and Culture Intensive cooked up a storm in the kitchen from potatoes to perogies to pizza. Students and [...]

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Super Smash Bros. Ultimate Tournament

The New School’s eSports team is hosting a Smash Ultimate tournament the afternoon of February 19th, the Wednesday of our February break, right here at The New School. “This will be a free double elimination tournament where I will be providing refreshments,” said Coach Raizel. If you would like to join us for the afternoon, please join our discord at https://discord.gg/7EU2pVm2Yk and sign up in the #tournament channel. This after school program is free to join for high school aged teenagers from The New School and the local community! No costs are associated with the team — all materials needed to play are [...]

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Creativity One Ten 100 at TNS

Fritz Grobe recently conducted a workshop for students and teachers here at The New School. The event, designed to inspire creativity and highlight the importance of perseverance, was a resounding success, engaging our learners in improvisation exercises and a unique activity involving creative uses for tissues. Fritz, a co-founder of EepyBird, is renowned for his viral online videos featuring the explosive combination of Coke and Mentos that have been seen by over 150 million people, won four Webby Awards, and been nominated for two Emmys. They're one of the staff's favorite moments from the David Letterman show! He [...]

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Build a Robot!

We're looking for students to join our FIRST Robotics Competition team. If you are in grades 9-12 (and/or homeschooling) and are in the ages of 14-18, you are invited to join us! In the sport, teams of students build and program industrial-sized robots to play a difficult field game against other teams. It's as close to real-world engineering as a student can get! We'll be building a robot in January and February, getting it ready for our competitions in March. There is no fee for participants. Practices will be at the Maine Mall on [...]

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Raising Salmon

Students in the Watershed and Ecology class ventured north to release their Atlantic salmon fry.  Out of 200 eggs, 193 hated and developed into fry.  That's an amazing success rate!  Students involved in raising the Atlantic salmon named all of the eggs when they arrived at the school.  They read all 200 names of the fish before releasing them.  As part of their senior project,  Alex Morin created a companion website to educate people about Atlantic Salmon. Click here to learn more about their great work!

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Model United Nations Conference 2023

Juniors Reny Morin and Olie Saywell participated in the Maine Model United Nations at the University of Southern Maine in Gorham this week.  Reny and Olie represented Ukraine at the conference.  Reny served as a delegate on the NATO committee and Olie was in the General Assembly.  NATO debated energy security and the potential expansion of NATO, and the General Assembly tackled issues related to rural education and discussed strategies to increase the role of women in politics. Both participants were singled out for awards this year.  Reny was an Honorable Mention Delegate and Olie was a Distinguished Delegate.  [...]

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AZORES INTENSIVE 2019

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 worked on finalizing the trip plans. They decided to spend the entire trip on the largest island, inter-island travel was too costly for such a large group. The students also had a many topics of interest, so a trip with a variety of experiences was [...]

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