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Interdisciplinary Learning: Ancient Egypt
Hood River New School winter curriculum challenges middle school students to use executive functioning skills to complete a series of challenging academic assignments related to Ancient Egypt.
Dragon’s Den Engineering
Hood River New School students learn what it takes to design and engineer a new product from a local pro.
Come Visit Us!
Is New School the right fit for your middle school student? Come find out at our Open House and Shadow Days.
Boat Races!
Middle School students cheering each other on is the sweetest sound! Watch online as New School students compete to design, build and race in cardboard boats!
Projects from GorgeMaker Space
Hood River New School partnership with Gorge MakerSpace produced some fascinating student projects.
Exploring Literature and Writing
What does middle school literacy and writing look like at Hood River New School? Click through to learn more.
Using a multi-disciplinary approach to understand energy and climate change
First semester wraps up with an interdisciplinary project, click through to see New School students final reports.
STEM & Sailing
Hands on learning for the win! Learn more about how New School students practice science and math through sailing.
Interdisciplinary: our approach
At HRNS, our teachers use an interdisciplinary approach to planning and delivering units of study.
Core Class
At HRNS students attend core classes, incorporating multiple “subjects” at one time such as reading, writing, social studies, science, health, and more….
Project-Based Learning
How and why HRNS chooses to incorporate project-based learning into the curriculum.
The Looping Model
Why loop? At HRNS, we see looping as the most effective method for guiding and supporting children through their middle years.