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January 29th

GUS Sampler & Coffee with Future Head, Dave Provost: Friday, February 10 at 8:30 AM

Do you ever wonder what it is like to be a student at GUS? What it is like to be taught by our faculty? Do you wonder how we use Smartboards in class? Would you like to know more about Open Circle or upper school homeroom?

Please join us at a GUS [...]

January 29th

SummerScape, a Summer Camp Fair, is this Saturday, February 4th from 11:00 to 3:00

SummerScape is one of the largest and oldest summer camp fairs in New England, and the GUS Parents’ Association has been the host for the past 23 years.  It will be held again this year in Braemar on Saturday, February 4th, from 11:00 a.m. to 3:00 p.m.  SummerScape [...]

January 22nd

Diversity Coffee and Book Discussion – Friday morning, February 3rd at 8:30 (immediately following morning meeting)

Please join the Diversity Committee for coffee and conversation about our goals and initiatives followed by informal discussion of the book, Acts of Faith, by Eboo Patel. Acts of Faith is a remarkable account of growing up Muslim in America and testimony to one man’s work to ensure that different religions can [...]

January 14th

Lexington Symphony Visits GUS

Beautiful music wafted down the halls of the upper school building recently as four members of the Lexington Symphony performed for lower school students in the Nance Assembly Room.  Their visit provided a prelude to the upcoming “Orchestrating Kids through Classics” performance by the Lexington Symphony in Lexington next week.
This [...]

January 12th

Our Next Head of School

It is with a true sense of excitement that Glen Urquhart School announces that David Provost will be joining their community on July 1, 2012 as their next Head of School.
Dave received his B.A. from Union College and his M.Ed. from Lesley University.  He will be joining Glen Urquhart after serving [...]

January 2nd

2012 GUS Arts Block Evening

8th Grade Art Show & Dance Performances
Thursday, January 26, 2012
*Snow date: Friday, January 27, 2012

Opening reception at 5:30 pm in Nance Assembly Room

Student presentations at 6:30 pm in Nance Assembly Room

Dance Performances at 7:30 pm in Braemar

Art Exhibition on display January 26 – February 25, 2012

December 6th

GUS Greenhouse & The Food Project

What do you do with your food scraps when you finish your lunch? If you’re a GUS student, you toss them in your classroom compost bin. Composting, reusing, and recycling are not new at Glen Urquhart. The students began making these environmentally conscious practices part of their daily routine several years [...]

November 30th

GUS Coaches Teach Life Lessons

Glen Urquhart is very lucky to have the broadly skilled and much loved athletic director, Bruce Emerson, a veteran of twenty years, as well as a coaching staff who inspire a love of sports and a healthy, active lifestyle. Annie Barton, a native of the North Shore, and John Barbour, a two-time Olympic qualifier, have [...]

November 29th

Alumnae/i Reunion for Classes 2005-2011

Alumnae/i Reunion for Classes 2005-2011
Please join Raymond Nance, Head of School, and the Class of 2012 to renew friendships, tour the campus, and say “hello” to the GUS faculty!
Sunday, December 18, 2011: 1:30 – 3:00 p.m.
Reunion festivities will be held in the
Nance Assembly Room.
Light refreshments will be provided.
RSVP by Wednesday, December 14 to:
Susan Hepler 978-927-1064 [...]

November 18th

Dr. Christine Draper 2011 Recipient of the Tadler Grant

What do a toothbrush, a yellow foam kneeler, and a telescope eyepiece have in common? They are all tools that Christine Draper used this summer as she crisscrossed the country for her “Stars and Stones” project on archaeoastronomy (cultural astronomy). She began at the Conference on Archaeoastronomy of the American Southwest [...]