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ONLINE MATERIALS
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The New School Learning Garden slide show
- June 2008
June 2008 Newsletter - PDF Format
December 2007 Newsletter - PDF Format
June 2007 Newsletter - PDF Format
April 2007 Newsletter
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Fall 2006 Newsletter - PDF Format
Spring 2006 Newsletter - PDF Format
Correction: On page 2, the cost given for construction of a new building for The New School at South Shore, is incorrect. Forty million dollars was a preliminary figure being discussed prior to completion of the design of the project. The figure alloted in the BEX III bond package for construction of a new building at Rainier and Henderson designed to contain a PK-8 school is $64 million.
Winter 2005 Newsletter - PDF format
2004 Annual Report - PDF format
Winter 2003 Newsletter - PDF format
The Capital Improvement Project at T.T. Minor Elementary School
An illustrated timeline - PDF Format
IN THE NEWS
Seattle Public Schools Receives $1.3 million grant for the New School at South Shore
Press release, May 2007
Setting the stage for musical success The Seattle Times, 4/18/2007
Members of the Young Eight string octet mentor students and invite budding musicians to play alongside them in concert.
Columbia Building interim site for New School
Press release, February 2007
Yes, money can buy you a good school The Seattle Times, 11/15/2006
The New School at South Shore demonstrates that adequate public funding can buy an extraordinary public education.
KUOW's "Class of 2006, Part One: The Helper" June 2006
Phyllis Fletcher interviews Moriah Williams, a graduating 5th grader at T.T. Minor
Building a 21st Century Economy: The Case for Investing in Early Education Reform New America Foundation, Issue Brief #1, December 2005
Every School a T.T. Minor The Seattle Times, November 2, 2005
Editorial
Inside T.T. Minor The Seattle Times, October 9, 2005
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Setting a Good Example at The New School The Seattle Times, July 6,2005.
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Bridging the PreK - Elementary Divide
Harvard Education Letter
, July/August 2005
Blossoming school facing closure The Seattle Times, April 22, 2005
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Quartet inspires young to take up instruments The Seattle Times,
Oct. 23, 2004 Be sure to click on the Hear the Kids Play and Photo Gallery links!
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WASL, SAT: All news we should use The Seattle Times, September 8, 2004
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Results from two key academic tests do their job as diagnostic tools, pointing out areas of concern and allowing schools to turn toward solutions.
Seattle schools trail state on WASL Seattle PI, September 3, 2004
Seattle fared worse than the state as a whole on this year's WASL. But administrators say that while there's still a great deal of work to be done in raising academic achievement, results such as T.T. Minor's show encouraging gains.
Rainer Scholars, NPR - The Learning Curve, June 21, 2004
The majority of students enrolled in college are white, even though many public high schools are quite diverse. In the latest edition of The Learning Curve, we look at an organization in Seattle called “Rainier Scholars.”
Full story - The Learning Curve: Rainier Scholars
Seattle's innovative school programs produce results King 5 TV
May 25, 2004
SEATTLE - When 11-year-old Anthony Herst started school he had a lot more to worry about than grades. But now, the 5th grade former foster child is among the best and brightest in his school, recognized as a "Rainier Scholar."
New K-8 school planned The Seattle Times , October 4, 2001
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The foundation started by Stuart Sloan, the Seattle businessman who adopted T.T. Minor Elementary three years ago, may get involved with a second Seattle school.
Pupils sign off on civics lesson The Seattle Times
, July 11, 2000
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He thought he was visiting T.T. Minor Elementary School yesterday to recognize 40 first-graders who had successfully lobbied the city to install traffic-safety signs near their school.
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