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Tuesday night’s special Board of Education meeting, where New Lebanon School was added to the agenda, resulted in an interesting 7-1 vote to accept the recommendation of the New Lebanon Building Committee to avoid modulars. Continue Reading →
New Lebanon kicked off their Field Day at Byram Shore Park. Grades K-5 all participated in fun activities in a competition between teams purple and gold. Continue Reading →
At New Lebanon School, the Creative Club allows students to express their love for art by drawing, coloring, painting, etc. Continue Reading →
On Friday May 20, International Night was brought back to celebrate the wide range of diversity at New Lebanon School. Continue Reading →
The international night celebrated the many diverse cultures of New Lebanon students and their families. Continue Reading →
At Thursday’s Board of Selectmen meeting, Drew Marzullo urged Mr. Toner and Mr. Tesei to ask the Board of Education to begin testing Western Middle School fields immediately. He made a motion toward that end, but neither of the Republican selectmen seconded the motion, and so it was not carried forward. Continue Reading →
New Lebanon 1st graders thoroughly enjoyed their field trip to Interstate and Lakeland Lumber in Byram. Students had a hands on experience learning about, “Consumers and Producers.” Continue Reading →
On Friday a group of about 20 members of the BET, RTM Board of Education, the Schools Superintendent, neighborhood residents, media, candidates for the building committee and all three selectmen walked the perimeter of the proposed New Lebanon School, the longest portion of which parallels the edge of the ball field and forms a horseshoe that opens onto wetland and woodland. The bravest of the group, including Mr. Tesei, walked into the ravine where poison ivy was abundant. Continue Reading →
On any given school day, the Byram Archibald Neighborhood Center (BANC), is a hive of activity. The New Lebanon School kindergarten classes are currently housed there. Then, after school Christina Nappi runs a program for about 65 New Leb children in K-3 until 5:30pm. On Thursday, members of the Old Greenwich and Greenwich Lions Clubs gave free vision screenings to the children. More than a simple acuity test, the Lions Clubs sophisticated camera tested for eye disorders including far and near sightedness, astigmatism, anisometropia, strabismus and anisocoria. Continue Reading →
Greenwich Schools celebrated a Diversity month, but on Friday New Lebanon School celebrated student diversity in a clever exercise where 5th graders mingled with younger students in the cafeteria, using conversational skills they’d practiced with school psychologist Jessica Mcevily. The students used an acronym SOLER to remember how to master the art of conversation. SOLDER stands for Square (sit up straight with square shoulders), Open, Lean, Eye contact and Relax. Continue Reading →