Category: Students
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Meet Basel
In 2016, our founders were moved by faith to start a school where every student could receive an excellent education, regardless of their family’s income. Opening our doors with just preschool, we now have 47 students, kindergarten through third grade. Basel has been one of our students since we opened our doors in September of…
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Let’s Bring Eden J Back to School
Eden J has been struggling with learning at home. It’s been difficult to share her mom’s cyber schooling help with her three other siblings, and her motivation is waning. Her mom is committed to providing a rich education for her, but working two jobs and arriving home late each evening to help with schooling is…
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Meet Eden G
When you walk into Mrs. Kauffman’s first grade class, you will be greeted by Eden G, even if she is not this week’s official classroom greeter. She loves that role. Her quiet voice and reserved demeanor as the greeter bely the Eden whom we all know–she is outgoing and friendly, and her big personality stands…
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Play Is Serious Work
Visit New City School on any given day and you may discover the room peppered with small groups of children. One group of four-year-olds is hovering around the “sensory table,” playing in the dirt and what was last week’s pinto beans, which have sprouted into plants. Another group is at the playdough table making caterpillars;…
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Meet Jamari
Jamari is an energetic four-year-old who loves books, is creative, and prefers DC superheroes to Marvel. His remarkable memory for the stories he’s learning at school is demonstrated in his ability to rightly relay the parts of Hansel and Gretel or the Three Little Pigs. While lovable and engaging, he’s learning—along with his classmates—to take…
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“I like going to school; my teachers love me.”
Preschoolers are full of quotable, interesting, and sometimes humorous comments. At three or four years old, their filters are not what they will be. For instance, one student told our Mayor, “Papenfuse is a funny name.” Their comments reveal just what they are thinking and feeling, which is why Clay’s remark last week, as he…