Hugs and tears were the order of the day as the graduating class of 2010 processed through pouring rain to take part in Glen Urquhart’s traditional Scottish themed graduation ceremony. Serenaded by a band of bagpipers and the fourth and fifth grade and faculty choruses, the grads were given a truly memorable send-off. Family, friends, [...]
Colorfully dressed as knights, ladies, monks, and kings, third graders performed a Morris stick dance as part of the GUS Medieval Morning tradition, the culmination of the third grade study of the Middle Ages. The students performed several memorized selections on the recorder, including Beethoven’s Ode to Joy, the chorale from Cantata Nr. 147 by [...]
Elegant bouquets of spring flowers, handwritten poems, a procession through the neighborhood, and the maypole dance on Braemar Green, are all the ingredients of a traditional May Day celebration at GUS. The sun shone, the band played, children, parents, and grandparents greeted each other happily. During a Maypole dance dating back to medieval times, the [...]
The quest for the Boar Cup will begin Monday, March 8 with opening ceremonies at 2:25 in Braemar. The 6th, 7th and 8th grades will compete in over 30 different events during the course of the week in order to declare themselves Boar Cup Champions 2010. The events will take place during a special Boar [...]
Grandparents and friends from near and far packed Braemar to hear their young friends sing a varied program of folk songs and melodies on the theme of America the Beautiful. Red, white, and blue were the colors of the day as young students sang and paraded around the gym with their upper school partners, waving [...]
