WELCOME 12:55 pm Zoom Opens Zoom link is in reminder email Nueva Middle School 1:00-1:10 pm Welcome and Remarks Virtual Taryn Grogan, Director of Admissions Juliana Fitts, Associate Director of Admissions Program Preview Lee Fertig, Head of School Karen Tiegel, Interim Middle School Division Head 1:10-1:40 pm 1st Session Ruby Room: Japanese with Yoko November 8, 2020 Sapphire Room: Student Panel Afternoon Session Emerald Room: Science with Tom 1:40-2:05 pm 2nd Session Ruby Room: Student Panel Sapphire Room: Science with Tom Middle School Emerald Room: Japanese with Yoko Agenda 2:05-2:30 pm 3rd Session Ruby Room: Science with Tom Sapphire Room: Japanese with Yoko Emerald Room: Student Panel Thank you for your interest in The Nueva School! Admissions Office|[email protected]|650-350-4528 Middle School Program Preview Faculty and Staff Presenters Lee Fertig, Head of School Lee brings to Nueva extensive experience as a leader from some of the best and most diverse public and independent schools in the United States, Africa, South America, and Europe. He is a mission-driven leader who embraces and organizes innovation in the service of learning. He cares deeply about the growth of each student and teacher. After double majoring in math and psychology at Oberlin, Lee began his career in education as a math teacher at the Fieldston School in New York City. Intrigued by the possibilities in international education, he quickly took on his first leadership role as an Upper School principal in Ethiopia, followed by work as an upper school principal at the American School of Rio de Janeiro. After four years conducting doctoral work in educational policy and administration, and teaching at the University of Minnesota, headships followed at a magnet school in Minneapolis designed to voluntarily integrate students, the American School of Barcelona, the Graded School in Sao Paulo, and the International School of Brussels. For the past decade, Lee has trained heads of international schools at the highly respected Principals’ Training Center, where he teaches courses titled “Creating an Effective School” and “Leadership and Team Dynamics. Karen Tiegel, Interim Middle School Division Head Karen has stepped into her position as Interim Middle School Head after 11 years of teaching at the Middle School. She has taught at schools in Taiwan, Switzerland, and Massachusetts. Karen also developed curriculum at the Stanford Project for International and Cross-cultural Education (SPICE) on topics including Taiwanese sovereignty, Japanese art, and world geography. She holds a master’s degree from Stanford University. At Nueva, Karen has worked in admissions, helped to reshape the Middle School schedule, and has co-led a CAIS re-accreditation. She’s a huge Nueva Mavericks fan who occasionally leads the crowds in the Nueva wave! Karen is also a Nueva parent. Her twins will be sophomores this year and her oldest child is an alumnus. Karen loves hiking, zentangling, quilting, Zumba, and reading young adult fiction. Middle School Program Preview English Lesson Presenters Tom McFadden, Science Teacher & Advisor Tom has been making educational science music videos for students for the last ten years, from Stanford University to the University of Otago in New Zealand. In his eighth year teaching 8th grade biology at Nueva, Tom has become passionate about interdisciplinary connections in curriculum design, working with other 8th grade teachers to build projects that integrate deep questions from the humanities: from the ethics of genetic modification to the future of food security. On the side, Tom works on his YouTube channel (Science With Tom) which also features Nueva students performing in videos they produce in his elective class, the “Science Rap Academy.” Program Preview Lesson: We will explore the age-old question, “Does it float?” Students will use their scientific skills to explore some of the characteristics (and nutritional consequences) of Coke and Diet Coke. Middle School Program Preview History Lesson Presenters Yoko Sase, MS and US Japanese Teacher Yoko joined Nueva in 2014 from Seattle where she was a certified High School Japanese teacher. Since 2019, Yoko has taught Japanese in two divisions - and she loves the dynamics of the Middle School as well as the Upper School at Nueva. She received her BA in English Literature and teaching credentials both in Middle School and High School from Miyagi Gakuin Women’s College and her MS in Applied Linguistics from Ohio University, where she received an “Outstanding Language Teacher Award” from the department of Linguistics. Yoko is passionate about bringing students hands-on learning experiences where students learn how to communicate with confidence and make “onigiri”. In her spare time, she devotes her time with her family, as well as, manages a non-profit organization based in San Carlos where she is a president who bridges the sister city relationship between San Carlos and Japan. Program Preview Lession: In today’s world language mini-lesson, we will be exploring the world of Haiku. We will examine how the minimalism approach of Haiku expands such depth, wonder, and perception of the human world. (650) 350-4600 [email protected] www.nuevaschool.org At a Glance Grades PreK–12 SINCE 1967, Nueva has offered an innovative and award- winning learning experience specifically designed to meet Current Enrollment the needs of gifted learners. By creating an inspirational 952 Total Enrollment community-based environment, Nueva seeks to unlock the passions, purpose, and potential in each student while 216 Lower (PreK–4) inspiring a lifelong love of learning. 299 Middle (5–8) Our unique constructivist program directs intellectual 437 Upper (9–12) growth and development through integrated curricula, guided by experienced faculty with subject-area expertise. 587 Students of Color Faculty & Staff Locations Tuition 234 Faculty and Staff Hillsborough Campus (PreK-8) Approximately $30,000–$52,000 6565 Skyline Blvd. depending on grade Full-time Faculty 128 Hillsborough, CA 94010 DETAILS AT WWW.NUEVASCHOOL.ORG/ADMISSIONS 69 Full-time Staff San Mateo Campus (9-12) Grants & Financial Awards 68% Faculty with 131 E. 28th Ave. advanced degrees San Mateo, CA 94403 Over $5.5 million annually Student-to-Faculty Ratio Notably Nueva 13 2 Gifted Education PSAL Championships CCS Championships 6:1 Social-Emotional Learning Design Thinking Global Citizenship Class Size Grades 2–12 gain hands-on Inquiry-Based Programs experience and learning on 15–18 culminating trips that span 4 Distinguished Faculty continents! Transportation Athletics OVER Basketball Cross-Country 130 GRADUATES 55% Diving ATTENDING Flag Football 96 DIFFERENT ELECTIVES travel by Caltrain Golf INSTITUIONS Lacrosse Member of the Central Soccer Coast Section, with Language Instruction Swimming teams competing in the Tennis Private School Athletic Japanese League (PSAL) and West 33% Track & Field Spanish Bay Athletic League travel by Nueva buses Volleyball (WBAL) Mandarin Middle School Curriculum Since Nueva’s founding, our community has offered an innovative and award-winning learning experience specifically designed to meet the needs of gifted learners. Nueva is a PreK–12 school, committed to unlocking the passions, purpose, and potential in each student, while inspiring a lifelong love of learning. Register for an Admissions Event To learn more or inquire about the admissions Virtual Program Previews process for prospective students, please visit Select weekends in the fall us online at nuevaschool.org. Parent Tours Admissions Team Visit the campus virtually on select days and [email protected] times, 9:30 – 11:00 am 650-350-4528 Accreditation and Recognition Highlights INNOVATIVE LEARNING CONFERENCE California Western Three-time Recognized as Winner of Appointed an Co-founder of Host of the Association of Association of winner of the an Apple the American Ashoka the Common Innovative Independent Schools (WASC) US Department Distinguished Institute of Changemaker Ground Learning Schools (CAIS) of Education Program Architects School Speaker Series Conference National Award for Blue Ribbon School Award Design and Sustainability Overall School Facts & Figures 952 62% 87 $5.5 million 100% 55% Students Students ZIP Codes Financial Awards Four-Year College National Merit Enrolled of Color Represented Granted Acceptance Rate Recognition Classes of 2017-20 Class of 2019 Curriculum and Program At Nueva, learning is authentic, complex, and intellectually rigorous. Students do real work as authors, artists, inventors, explorers, athletes, and mathematicians. Giving students choice, autonomy, and high expectations for growth, we harness intrinsic motivation as the engine for academic excellence. Through an interdisciplinary and inquiry-based program, students discover and master foundational skills in traditional academic disciplines while learning to grapple with the unknown, embrace multiple perspectives, and create novel solutions. Students explicitly develop social and emotional skills that promote self-confidence, emotional intelligence, positive communication, and collaboration. Our students are empowered to be themselves, to embrace learning fully, and to contribute to the community as stewards and change makers. The Nueva Middle School centers around three Signature Elements of the Middle School: areas of study: • Interdisciplinary studies and applied learning • STEM: Science, Technology, Engineering & Math • Dynamic electives beginning in seventh