Fundraising Frenzy!

New Design High School is in serious need of donor support! In an effort to raise awareness about our amazing school, NDHS employed TheNewPop.com (Photos by Tone) to create media material to bring attention to our cool rooftop space and fundraising efforts. Check out some of the cool pictures here on our blog or at www.photobytone.com or www.thenewpop.com! Big thanks to Tone and TreVz for their creative eye and desire to help out New Design! For information on making a donation please email Info@newdesignhigh.com or call Sarah at 212.475-4148 x429.

New Design North Campus: Catskills Adventures

New Design super-teacher Marisa Brown has created an amazing North Campus experience in the Catskill mountains. Female students participated in a 3 day intersession class that focused on maintaining a farm and a stable of horses! While our young men escaped away for multiple ski weekends, the glory of snow boarding and snow tubing and intricacies of Yahtzee! Kudos to our students that challenged themselves to get out of the city and try new things! Stay turned for more adventures with Marisa Brown and the NDHS North Campus!

Health & Wellness: Stretching Class

New Design High School endorses a philosophy that the key to health is the quality of one's lifestyle, which has physical, mental, emotional, and social aspects. Therefore, the aim of the health and physical education program is to promote health and wellness through the acquisition of skills and knowledge that can be integrated into a holistic lifestyle.

Stretching & Breathing by Kate from SANCTUARY IN SCHOOLS
Stretching and breathing uses various postures to strengthen and maintain the health of the spine and back muscles. Special attention is provided to increase flexibility in tight and restricted muscles and joints that inhibit the use of the spine and back. Students will learn appropriate alignment for basic seated and standing poses, including inversions. Classes are structured cumulatively to learn to something new as the class progresses.

Breathing techniques will be taught to students during their stretching practices to help them relieve stress, anxiety and or muscular tension.

Stay tuned for information regarding SANCTUARY IN SCHOOLS and NEW DESIGN'S WELLNESS FUNDRAISER coming soon this SPRING.

To make donations to our health and wellness programs, please email sbaltazar@schools.nyc.gov

Sojourn to the Past: Our students journey through Civil Rights

For 10 days, seven New Design students and two teachers toured the South on an interactive Civil Rights Movement filed trip, with an organization called Sojourn to the Past. We visited landmarks, museums and memorials to the movement while engaging in detailed lessons on the places and people we would encounter along our journey. We followed in the footsteps of Civil Rights activists and marched over the Edmund Pettus Bridge in Selma, Alabama, which was the scene of violent reaction to peaceful voting rights protests in 1965. Elizabeth Eckford and Minnijean Brown, from The Little Rock Nine, both spoke to us about their brave struggle to integrate Central High School in 1957. Rev. Billy Kyles, who was with Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. for the last hour of his life, spent an afternoon with us and inspired us all with his vision of hope and his belief in the power of dreams. As a result of our intensive expedition, our students have started an action committee to address and endeavor to end racist and derogatory language here at New Design High School. We hope to continue to take students on this amazing trip each year.

For more information or to make a donation to the 2008-2009 Sojourn to the Past trip, please email info@newdesignhigh.com.

NDHS APPAREL DESIGN

The year two design students created stenciled t-shirts and matching shoes for their apparel unit.
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Apple-SoHo Internship

As many of you know, during our mid-winter recess we kicked off our 12- week internship program at Apple SoHo. Our 6 fantastic Junior internswere greeted with Apple's signature warm welcome at the morning huddle and soon thereafter, they began their first day of core training. I look forward to reporting back on their progress very soon!

Mtume Gant and the Turntable Technicians perform with the Music Production Afterschool Club to rock the house at the Labor of Love MIX

Mtume has done it again with production crew. The grand finale rocked the house at the MIX show for Labor of Love.

QUEEN GODDESS performs at Labor of Love

Spoken Word Artist, Queen Goddess, performed as a special guest at the Labor of Love MIX!

FAUXBIA at MIX Labor of Love Show!

Ali and Dawn performed with their group FAUXBIA at the Labor of Love Show!

Ginga Mundo Capoeira: New Design Labor of Love

Labor of Love opened with our amazing Capoeira Arts program! Professor Lampreia and students of Ginga Mundo helped support and raise awareness about the art and history of Capoeira. Students from New Design High School, Essex Street Academy and Bronx International High School celebrated their love of the Brazilian martial art by performing at the event. Big thanks go out to Professor Lampreia, Kamikazee, Cabelo de Fogo, Estilo, Erin-Neginha, Graduada Formiguinha and Graduado Bronx for making time to support out youth in Capoeira. You can check out Capoeira Arts in our Physical Education classes and after-school on Mondays and Thursdays! Video is coming soon to the NDHS Blog! www.lampreiacapoeira.org

LABOR OF LOVE MARKETPLACE

Students did a great job selling their products at the Labor of Love Marketplace!

LABOR of LOVE in FULL FORCE

Students are busy making their products, advertising, and point of purchase displays for the show on the 14th. Come with your design dollars ready to spend!

NEW MUSEUM

Students toured the show UNMONUMENTAL at the New Museum of Contemporary Art as part of our INTERSESSION classes.

ART IN GENERAL and NDHS COLLAB

Art in General and NDHS will be working together to produce a school store. Based on the work of Fawn Krieger, the school store will be mobile and sell products designed by students.

INTERSESSION

In January we had 3 days of faculty designed classes that focused on interdisciplinary instruction. We offered classes such as Bike Krafting, T-Shirt Re- Construction, and Cheffery.

G-Class at New Museum

A group of our seniors will be having design class once a week at the New Museum of Contemporary Art. The class will examine the topic of neighborhood through the lense of art and design.

TENEMENT MUSEUM OPENING!

Ben and Alice show off their students' creation....SEAMS OF THE LOWER EAST SIDE. Done in conjunction with the Tenement Museum, the mural is for their new space!