Student Life Archives - The New School

Creativity One Ten 100 at TNS

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 [...]

Build a Robot!

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 [...]

Raising Salmon

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!

Model United Nations Conference 2023

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. [...]

AZORES INTENSIVE 2019

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 [...]