NGFS Connections April 1, 2011

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192 Horas en España

by Savannah J. Hillebrand

Kudos

NGFS 11th Grade Student On a bright March morning, there is a flurry of activity and a distinct sense of excitement in the air. There are last-minute luggage checks, frantic searches for passports, and insistent reassurances that everything is in order. Cars roll into the parking lot of the Fort Meyer’s

Airport, and nine Second Cycle NewGate-Field students jump out, suitcases in hand and excited smiles on their faces, ready to embark on an adventure in Madrid, Spain. continued on page 2

NewGate-Field School

Model School of The Montessori Foundation 5237 Ashton Road• Sarasota, FL 34233 www.newgate.edu • 941-922-4949

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Sarasota Film Festival Immersion Programs Poetry Out Loud Internships Lend Us Your Voice 1st Cycle: Washington, DC Earth/Arbor Day Café Six Ashton Beautification Opera Emergency Fund Autism Speaks: Fun Run Summer Fun Calendar

Congratulations to Evan Waid (3rd Place/High School Engineering Category: “Cutting Edge”) and Courtney Astore (3rd Place for Middle School Behavioral and Social Sciences Catergory: “Vehicles at Stop Signs”), winners in the Sarasota Regional Science, Engineering and Technology Fair.

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trip success. In addition to Mr. Jeff, the activities in Spain will be led by two guest visitor guides: Zoe Garcia Gonzalez de Ara, a past foreign exchange student at New Gate, and Hannah Logan, a 2008 graduate of NewGate. Begoña Gonzalez, the mother of this year’s 10th grade Spanish exchange student, Silvia Baeza Gonzalez, assisted in much of the trip planning and is facilitating the activities and accommodations during the additional week that some of the students will spend in Spain after the other five students return home with Mr. Jeff on March 11th.

Spain continued from page 1 The itinerary for this year’s research trip is replete with trips to museums, galleries, palaces, and gardens, including everything from tours at historical sites to Flamenco dancing dinners at the swinging Casa Patas. The annual research trips are designed to highlight the most fun, interesting, and educational aspects of the chosen location, and this year’s sojourn in Madrid is no different.

The trip was designed by Jeff Allen, the Secondary history teacher, in tandem with all the Secondary students. Student input and direction is considered an integral part of research

Junior Jury Takes the Sarasota

The Junior Jury has been working hand in hand with the Sarasota Film Festival for several years. The Sarasota Film Festival is in the Top 10 largest film festivals in the world. The 10th, 11th and 12th grade students from NewGate-Field School make up the Junior Jury, who fulfill a large role at the festival.

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The high school students’ job is to screen the short films submitted to the “Family Short Film” category for the festival and elect the winning film. The students meet once a week with their Film Festival coordinators, from the Learning and Outreach Department, and screen several films at a time.

While watching the films each student has a screening sheet that helps with evaluating each individual film. The sheets make sure that the

Research trips are considered an intrinsic aspect of an adolescent’s education at New Gate School, as they provide the kind of exploratory, hands-on learning opportunities that Maria Montessori so strongly believed in and advocated. Instead of reading about Spanish culture in a textbook – which certainly has its merit – these students will be immersed in the vibrant colors of the capital city of Spain, able to touch and feel and partake in the city’s charm and beauty.

Film Festival Once Again

student looks at Originality & Style; Plot; Action and Dialogue; Character Development; Entertainment Value and Human Interest; and, lastly, Production Value and Editing.

After watching each film and taking a few minutes to reflect and write down notes, the Junior Jury (along with the coordinators) discuss the film concept, editing, audio, and quality, in order to get a sense of what the group thinks about the film and to ensure that the film’s mes-

by Vanessa Alvarez, NGS Graduating Senior

sage was clear enough for everyone to understand.

The Sarasota Film Festival allows for the students to have a full hands-on experience throughout the process of electing the winning film for the “Family Short Film” category.

After screening all films, the Junior Jury creates four categories and places each film into the categories. After doing so, the Junior Jury meets one last time to discuss and elect the winning

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Immersion Programs and Experiential Learning at the Secondary Level

by Amy Kremer, NGFS Secondary Teacher The Film Festival Immersion for the Second Cycle students, described in detail below, is an excellent example of the experiential, real world learning that our students participate in as members of the Secondary Program. It combines challenging academic discussion and writing projects about films with a truly memorable week-long immersion experience at our local film festival with all of its industry experts. This is just one of many ways our students apply their learning and take on valuable roles in the Sarasota community.

The students’ educational experience begins in February and runs through festival week of April 4-7 with weekly two-hour workshops hosted by the Education staff of the Film Festival in collaboration with Amy Kremer and Jeff Cornwell to train our students as the Junior Jury of the Sarasota Film Festival leading up to the festival week.

Pre-Festival: The first phase of workshops involves students in the decision making/viewing process for selecting films submitted from all over the world that

will be used in the Youth Program of the Sarasota Film Festival. The second phase of workshops involves students in the art of film analysis, while reviewing for contest merit the chosen films in the Youth/Family Fest Program.

During Festival: The third phase of workshops involves students for each school day of the festival in the behindthe-scenes experience of various aspects of the film festival operation, including leading the implementation of Kids Trip for schools from around the county, introducing film screenings, participating in formal discussions with directors and producers, and watching films from around the world with follow-up review writing and discussion on a blog associated with SFF. Our students

also have VIP status at the Hollywood Nights Youth Celebration as the Junior Jury and are in charge of the announcement of the festival Youth/Family Fest Program Movie winner.

Post Festival: Our students participate in continuing dialogues with directors they met during the festival experience, most especially the director and team associated with the film chosen as the winner during the festival.

They also complete a debrief and reflection on the entire experience with their team of teachers. At the end of this experience, we hope our students look at film and all visual media more actively than they ever have in the past.

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film for the “Family Short Film” category. The decision goes by majority rule. Once the winning film has been decided upon, then it is the Junior Jury’s responsibility to inform the winning director of the decision.

The award is then presented at the opening night of the Film Festival at the Hollywood Nights event, where it is previewed as well. This event is open to the public if tickets are purchased in advance.

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The Junior Jury continues to participate throughout the week of the festival, assisting with the Kids VIP Trip, escorting them in and out of the theaters and keeping all under control.

The Junior Jury also has the opportunity to meet and speak with directors and actors who roam the festival.

In the afternoons, the Junior Jury attends film screenings that open their eyes to many parts of the world and all sorts of topics. Film genres

include short film packages, documentaries, and feature films.

After such a long process of screening and reviewing each individual film, the Junior Jury (along with the Film Festival coordinators) hope to see you at the Sarasota Film Festival April 7th through April 17th.

We have another event coming up soon that will help us enroll new families and children so that we fill our school to the brim for 20112012!

Ecofest is a downtown event that happens on Saturday, April 9 – 9am-4pm. There are usually lots of people at this event. So it is a great way to get our name out into the larger community.

If you can help for a few hours either day, please contact Lorna (lornamcgrath@ montessori.org).

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Poetry Out Loud Savannah Hillebrand’s Eloquence Captures Second Place in the State Finals of Poetry Out Loud On March 12, 2011 Savannah Hillebrand, a junior at New Gate-Field School in Sarasota, competed in three rounds of poetry recitations with 55 high school students from around the state in the Florida State Finals of the Poetry Out Loud recitation contest in Tallahassee, Florida.

At the end of a long and inspiring day of recitations, second place was awarded to Savannah Hillebrand. Savannah will receive a $100 cash prize, and New Gate-Field School will receive $200 for their media center’s poetry collection. Savannah also serves as the state’s alternate for the national finals to take place in April in Washington D.C. Savannah’s recitations included a wide range of poetry styles. In the first round she recited the 16th century poem On Monsieur’s Departure, written by Queen Elizabeth I. In the second round, she recited Allen Ginsberg’s A Supermarket in California, and in the third round, she recited Altruism by Molly Peacock. This was Savannah’s second year participating in the national contest as a part

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of the Secondary English curriculum at NewGate-Field School. Savannah, along with all the other 9th-12th grade students, prepared throughout the month of February for the school-based contests by memorizing poems of their choice through specific techniques, writing analysis on their chosen poems and then practicing for peer reviews of their recitations.

She won her school level contest last year, as well, but this was her best placement at the state level contest.

Judges from the theater, English, and communications departments at Florida State University and from the Division of Cultural Affairs in the Florida Department of State evaluated student performances on criteria, including physical presence, articulation, evidence of understanding, level of difficulty, and accuracy.

Students performed poems from the Poetry Out Loud print and online anthologies (www.poetryoutloud.org).

The event was the culmination of classroom and then school-wide competitions in high schools across the state that began last September.

This year, there were more than 21,000 high school students in Florida who participated in this popular national language arts program.

Poetry Out Loud, founded by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, seeks to foster the next generation of literary readers by building on the resurgence of poetry as an oral art form, as seen in the slam poetry movement

and the popularity of rap music among youth. Through Poetry Out Loud, students can master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage. Now in its fifth year of national competition, Poetry Out Loud has inspired thousands of high school students to discover classic and contemporary poetry. To find out how to get involved in the Poetry Out Loud National Recitation Contest, visit www.poetryoutloud.org.

— by Amy Kremer NGFS Upper School Teacher

Poetry Out Loud: NGFS Students Vie for a Chance to Compete at the State Level Five students nervously wait in chairs, compared to last week’s nineteen. The rest are blabbering away, glad to watch the five recite their two poems. Four judges all sit grinning at their desks, chit-chatting with each other.

Parents are business-like, but happily stand by to watch their children. Last week’s competition included all students from grades nine through twelve, but now five finalists remain: Tori Miller, Savannah Hillebrand, Katya Young, Beth OsborneSchwartz, and Noah Buchman.

The temporary competitors, usually known as friends, recite their first poems that were used in last week’s com-

petition. Improvement can be noted: evidence of further study and deep thought on the poems themselves. A short break ensues, but the tension remains because the second poem will make or break the students’ chances.

This second poem recitation shows the contestants’ versatility, their ability to master and recite with meaning two different poems. All of the students have chosen poems quite different from their first on the Poetry Out Loud website: http://poetryoutloud. org/.

“Ultimately, the intent of the NPOLRC (National Poetry Out Loud Recitation Competition) is to foster a passion of poetry. Through this process students learn to dissect their pieces of poetry and not only come to deeper levels of understanding, but also to learn how to best embody their poems,” says Savannah Hillebrand, one of the contestants.

They all step up one by one to recite; they show remarkable calm and complete engagement during the poem.

When the recitation is over, the judges scribble down scores, hand the scoring sheets in, and the next poem begins.

When the recitations are finished, everyone steps outside into the fresh air; one can hear “congratulations” and “I'm so proud of you,” but the prominent discussion is of who is going on to the state competition in Tallahassee. No one can seem to agree; luckily, the judges have made a decision and everyone re-enters the room and

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sits down, as a hush falls over the crowd. Ms Amy, the English teacher in charge of the project, steps up in front everyone and announces the runner-up to be Katya Young; clapping erupts. Everyone waits anxiously to find out who is going to represent the school at the state finals: “Savannah Hillebrand is our school winner,” Ms Amy announces. Now, Savannah has returned from Tallahassee after learning a third poem to add to her repertoire, and she brought home the most wonderful gift: second place out of 55 students from all around the state! Beating out thousands of students who competed, Savannah got the great privilege of doing something extraordinary and making the entire school proud. She earned $100 for her efforts and the school will get a $200 gift certificate for poetry resources.

Congratulations to everyone who participated in this year’s program. We look forward to more poetry in the month of April which is National Poetry Month.

— by Noah Buchman NGFS 10th Grade Student

INTERNSHIPS Buy a Yacht from a 13-Year-Old A check up at the doctor’s office. Eating at a restaurant.

Taking your sick puppy to the vet. Buying a yacht. What do these activities have in common? At each location, during the week of April 11-15, you might see a 13 year old intern. A 13 year old intern? Do they even exist? And if so, why?

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Asolo Theatre Project

Lend this Article Your Ears “I regard the theatre as the greatest of all art forms, the most immediate way in which a human being can share with another the sense of what it is to be a human being”, said Oscar Wilde. Asolo Theatre is a repertory theatre located right in Sarasota, Florida.

The theatre has a documentary theatre program called Lend Us Your Voice in which high-school students from a selected group of high schools in Manatee and Sarasota County can create their own pieces of documentary theatre on a topic or issue relating to their community (examples: drugs, alcohol, peer pressure, etc). Each student goes out into the community and interviews someone relating to the selected topic.

The students record the interviews and transcribe them on paper; the interviews are eventually compiled into a script for a documentary play.

This year the Second Cycle students of the New Gate-Field School are participating in the program, and they have decided to make a piece of theatre about stress. They meet with Kelli BragEach year, New Gate Field School provides their students in grades 7-12 with the opportunity to intern at a business of their choice for one week. No, students are not in it for the money. They are not paid for their time because the experience is priceless.

Preparing for the internship gives the students experience exploring career interests, calling various businesses, gathering together a resume, and eventually, gaining experience in a specific field. This year students are interning at

don, the Education Associate of the Asolo Repertory Theatre, once a week to develop their piece.

At the beginning of the program, students were taught the basics of documentary theatre, and they did some skits on portraying some issues in Sarasota, the United States and in families. The students also spent a lot of time debating on which topic to choose for their theatre production, eventually settling on stress.

At the start of each individual class, students get to play a fun and quick game to help them get their brains working. The students also spent some classes deciding what types of questions they should ask the interviewees.

As of now, the students are working on the interviewing stage; some people who are being interviewed thus far include students, doctors and police officers. Once the students are finished interviewing and transcribing the interviews, they will all be used as source material for a script. This could take a couple of weeks. After the students finish the scripts, they will be rehearsing at the Asolo Repertory Theatre on Tuesday, May 17th from 9-12 pm and on Thursday, May 19th from 1-4:30 pm.

The play will be preformed in front of an audience on Friday, May 17th at 8pm and on Sunday, May 22 at 2pm. The performance will be great and the students hope that you can come!

— by Kayla Garlick NGFS 11th Grade Student

a wide array of businesses including newspaper companies, veterinarians, restaurants, travel agencies, law firms, and even yacht dealerships.

As 9th grader Grant Wachtel says, “These internships give experience in possible fields that we might like to go into when we are in our professional careers.” Grant, who has been at New Gate Field School for ten years, is still undecided about where he wants to go. He has previously interned at XL Technology and Investment

Company, and he is now exploring other areas such as the restaurant business and various doctors’ offices.

The internship is unique to New Gate Field School students. It will not only add to their already impressive resumes but will guide them toward future careers and direct them towards what they truly love.

by Tori Miller NGFS Graduating Senior 5

Hi All,

News from the First Cycle’s Washington, DC Trip

Just a quick note to let you know that we're here and we're having a great time learning about our nation's capital. Yesterday we arrived a bit late due to a plane delay, but we still managed to check in to the hotel, eat dinner at the Old Post Office Building, and take a stroll around the National Mall where we had a nighttime viewing of the lighted monuments and visited the WWII Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial. The weather was a bit chilly but the view was spectacular!

As we were crossing a street on the Mall, a police officer asked us to wait and a couple minutes later the motorcycles, limos, and SUVs of the Presidential Motorcade went whizzing by us, returning the President to the White House. Some of us got a glimpse of him in the second limo. It was an exciting coincidence and a great way to start our DC experience.

Today we spent the morning at the National Archives where we not only saw the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and the Bill of Rights, but we also viewed a special exhibit on the Civil War. After the Archives came a guided tour of the US Capitol Building and the US Supreme Court, where we got to sit in the courtroom. There were lots of TV news crews lined up outside to report on the big Walmart case. Afterwards we walked to the Spy Museum, which was a big hit! The interactive exhibits are great and I enjoyed seeing all the Cold War-era gadgetry, not to mention James Bond's Aston Martin.

Tomorrow we're headed to the Museum of Natural History, the American History Museum, and Georgetown another busy day! Lots and lots of walking; cold but no snow. We hope the shoe leather holds out!

Earth Day/Arbor Day Celebration Saturday, April 30th We’re cooking up a cool family event at the end of April. We want to create a combined Earth Day and Arbor Day Celebration!

If you are interested in helping to plan and organize this event please contact Mikayla Saepoff (Adam’s mom) at mikayla830@gmail.com.

Park your car, get some “joe” and enjoy some conversation with NewGate-Field parents on the benches in the front area of the campus. The weather is quite pleasant at drop-off time. Join us and our Upper El entrepreneurs.

Many thanks to the folks at B2Bsigns for their help with the new signage at the Ashton Road Campus

Best to all!

Jeff Allen and Scott Osborne 6

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A Night at the Opera NGFS Elementary Students Perform Persephone

For the eleventh year the NewGate-Field School worked in partnership with Sanford and Judy Jones of Youth Opera USA to provide

students with the opportunity to sing, act and dance.

This year, they presented a Greek myth, Persephone at the Glenridge Performing Arts Center on Friday, March 18.

Mr. and Mrs. Jones were with us from March 14 - March 18.

During that time, they choreographed, coached, and pre-

Ashton Beautification Day

by Lorin Blecker The Montessori Foundation

On March 12, we held our first Beautification Day in many years at the Ashton Road Campus. Under the leadership of Chris Hice and Laura Morton, fifty volunteers banded together to clean up the campus, pull out dead shrubs, and landscape the front of the school and gardens adjoining the Cassatt Room and the McAuliffe Room.

It was a fun experience for all concerned. We got dirty and sweaty together, and the end result was a good beginning to the facelift going on at the Ashton Road Campus.

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pared the students to perform. Mr. Jones has composed this opera and Mrs. Jones choreographed it.

The opera program has been a big success at our school.

Some of the students who have performed in the opera have gone on to successful acting careers. At the NewGate-Field School all children are given the opportunity to perform. Every Elementary child is included in the opera!

This year, the opera sold more than $1,600 in tickets.

Many thanks to the teachers, students, audience and the following angel benefactors who made this annual event such a huge success: Kim and James Cornetet; Jim and Susan Cavanaugh; Lori and Andy Cutler; and Brad and Lori Abrams.

If you could not attend (or would like to see the production again), CDs are available for $25 each. They can be ordered at the main office.

Note: Our camera ran out of battery power early in the peformance. If you have additional opera photos to share, please send them to joycestgiemaine@ montessori.org

Ms. Debbie and Mr. Robin now inhabit the Cassatt Room. Ms. Rebecca and Ms. Kasey are in the McAuliffe Room. Ms. Cheryl and Ms. Ally are in the Picasso Room.

A special thanks goes out to the many volunteers who have contributed of their time, resources and bodies to making the Beautification Day and the various moves go without crisis.

To date, new roofs were put on Founders Hall and the Picasso Room, bathrooms upgraded around the campus, and internet connections installed throughout the campus. The McAuliffe Room and the Picasso Room have been renovated. Work is in process in the Angelou, Cousteau and Montessori Rooms. Potter is next in line. A 12 x 20 shed will soon be delivered to house Mr. Butch’s equipment. Coach Dave’s storage cabinet is soon to be moved. By the time we leave for spring break, all classrooms will have been consolidated on the Ashton Road Campus.

While it is always sad to see old familiar surroundings fall by the wayside, we are most excited about the Ashton Road campus and its rejuvenation. Future Beautification Days will be announced.

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TO EVERYONE WHO CAME OUT TO HELP WITH ASHTON BEAUTIFICATION DAY!!!

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NGFS Emergency Fund Many thanks to the people listed below who have donated and pledged to the school’s Emergency Fund.

With your help, our school is growing stronger every day. If you have not made a donation, please help in whatever way you can. If you have an outstanding pledge, please remember to send in your payment. At the moment, we still have approximately $30,000 in outstanding pledges!

Allen, Cheryl & Jeff Anderson, Almu & Philip Angeleri, Rosemary Barksdale, Marjory Bauer/Allen, Michel Berna, Howard & Catherine Bevier, Laurie & Chip Bogard, Kenneth & Eva Bond Family Bravo, Kitty Brooks, Rob & Rita Buchman, Bill & Mette Campbell, Yael & Matt Casillas, Livian Clark, Matthew Clark, Kimberly & David Coe, Alex Colkitt, Doug & Joanne Cornwell, Jeff Crews, Julie Cutler, Andrew & Lori The Davies Dougherty, Barbara & Doc Drinkell, Hillary Eaton, Pamela

Edelsbacher, Guenther & Elke Fuller, Nancy Garfield-Anderson, Margot Garlick, Adele & David Gomez, Leonardo & Livian Grantham, Brian & Summer Groskopf, Kathleen Henderson, Tracy & John Hice, Christopher Hillebrand, Andrea & Steve Howe, Robin Hradek, Debby & Dalibor Kishoiyan, Thetu M. Koelsch, Carly Knopik, Steven & Beth Ladue, Fred & Lisa Leitch, M. Kathleen Lindberg, Stephen & Kim McDonnell, Andrew & Catherine McGrath, Lorna & Larry Moore, David & Suzanne Mroczkowski, Tina & Mark O’Quinn, Veronica & Patrick Pearson, Brad & Michelle Perry, Carolyn & Thomas As you may be aware autism has become an epidemic affecting 1 in 90 children in the United States. Autism is a “Spectrum Disorder” with symptoms ranging from mild to severe.

Dear NGF Families: April is Autism Awareness month! And The Center for Autism Resources & Education (C.A.R.E) is pleased to announce the third annual Autism Awareness 5K Run and 1 Mile Fun Walk on Saturday April 16TH, 2011 in beautiful Lakewood Ranch on Main St.

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Although it has no known cause or cure, many characteristics associated with autism can be treated with proven interventions. Autism is not evident at birth, nor is it detected by medical tests.

Therefore, it often comes completely unexpected.

The mission of C.A.R.E is to provide support, education, and resources to families and professionals in our community who are facing Autism. In

Probus, Kim Roberts, Trevor & Nicky Rouwhurst, Susan Roy, Michelle Savage, Zita Schwartz, Jeff & Scott Osborne Shmalo, Raymond and Rosalie Seldin, Tim & Joyce St. Giermaine Strauser, Georgianna Stutzman, Tanya Subbarao, Tara & Erik Sutton, William/Stewart, Stephanie Svirsky, Michael & Marsha Treibly, Amy & Scott Vale, Debbie & Bill Allen West, Dana & Patricia Whaley, Jeff & Jeane Xinos, Suzanne Young, Caryn Young, Ginger & Donna

Your help and support makes all the difference. Please remember to give!

order to achieve this goal, C.A.R.E is sponsoring “Autism CARE Be Aware 5K Run & 1 Mile Fun Walk.”

The discount only applies to NGFS families and to manual registrations only (email me for a registration form).

One hundred percent of all the proceeds from this event will stay right here in our Community to support our families affected by Autism.

You may read more about C.A.R.E. by visiting our website at www.careautism.net.

Do not register online to qualify. I would like to have around 20 to 25 Runners from NGFS, the students will make a sign and we will gather at the run for a NGFS picture.

Please come out and partner with us, I have arranged for a special NGFS discount for $10 per runner, but all registration forms must be completed manually and returned to your classroom teacher by April the 11th.

You may contact me at thetubk@yahoo.com, with any questions, or speak with Mr. Robin Howe on the Ashton Campus.

— Thetu Kishoiyian (Victoria’s Mom)

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Acro-Fit Gymnastics, Lido Beach, Alpine climbing towers, martial arts, and much more! Activities take place all around the Sarasota area.

Summer at NewGate-Field is a wonderful opportunity for children from all over the greater Sarasota area to meet new friends, engage in diverse activities, and develop new interests and skills.

This summer we will be offering four two-week sessions and one three-week session beginning June 6 and running through August 19th.

Summer Fun At The NewGate-Field School

All camp session hours run from 8:30 am to 3:30 pm. Extendedhours care is available. All campers are safeguarded and supervised by members of our staff who hold CPR and first-aid certification.

Tuition is $500 per two week session, and $750 for the final three week session

Every summer, NewGate-Field offers a number of special summer programs for children from 18 months through 6th grade.

Campers who enroll for at least three sessions receive a special discount of 10 percent off their summer tuition.

Toddlers and Children Ages 3, 4, and 5:

We also offer a second child discount of 10 percent. If you enroll two or more children for at least three sessions this summer, this sibling discount will be calculated against your discounted tuition as above.

For younger children, we offer a special extension of NewGate-Field’s wonderful Toddler and Early Childhood programs. Our youngest campers spend their mornings (or a full day) in a cozy Montessori “Children’s House” designed just for them! Daily activities include fine- and gross-motor development, nature study, games, gardening, singing, dance, creative drama, and much more.

In each session, children ages 3, 4 and 5 take an imaginary journey to another land, experiencing the sights and sounds, flora and fauna, music and food, arts and crafts, dance, games, stories, and grand traditions of another country. Based on NewGate-Field’s nationally acclaimed international studies approach, this summer we will “travel” to five countries around the world.

Older Campers (Ages 6 - 12) For older campers, ages 6 through 12, we offer both a Summer Studio Camp program and a special Adventure Camp.

Our Summer Studio Camp program includes a wide range of different programs and activities, including swimming at a local pool, outdoor games, science and nature study, creative drama, arts and crafts, digital photography and movie making, special events, and weekly field trips.

At our Adventure Camp, campers experience outdoor fun and exciting adventures every day. The action-packed activity schedule typically includes kayaking, sailing, horseback riding, ice and roller skating,

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Call for more information (941-922-4949) or visit our website at www.newgate.edu, where you can download a registration form.

Mark Your Calendars April 4 - 8 April 11 - 15

April 18 April 18 - 22 April 21 April 30 May 17 & 22

Spring Break First Cycle Internships & Second Cycle Film Festival Immersion Welcome Secondary Students & Faculty to Ashton Road Campus Standardized Testing for 3rd & 6th Year Students Class Meetings & Community Meeting Earth/Arbor Day Family Celebration Asolo Theater Productions 11