After graduating in 1989 as a member of one of the last 9th grade classes at GUS, Ed Akerely went on to graduate from Massachusetts Maritime Academy and now serves as a Lieutenant Commander in the US Coast Guard Reserve, a post he’s now held for 17 years!
Read MoreIn terms of sustainable practices, this year at GUS we are not reinventing the wheel; we are merely refining our current practices, reevaluating our curriculum, and working to create some achievable goals for the future.
Read MoreMartha Almy attended GUS for 4th through 8th grade, graduating in 1986.
Read MoreAlumni speakers are a treasured and impactful annual tradition at GUS graduation. This year’s alumni speakers were Charlotte Collins ’14 and James Packard ’14.
Read MoreAndy Swansburg attended GUS for 6th, 7th, and 8th grade, graduating in 2007.
Read MoreKelsey Quigley attended GUS for seventh and eighth grade. Currently, she lives outside Providence, RI, and works as a Research Fellow at Boston Children’s Hospital and as a lecturer in the Harvard College Department of Psychology.
Read MoreBalancing Act, a bronze and aluminum sculpture by Josie Campbell Dellenbaugh, has been gifted to GUS by an anonymous donor.
Read MoreMeredith Molloy attended GUS for Kindergarten through Grade 8. Currently, she lives on the North Shore and works as a Senior Manager for Toast, Inc., and recently welcomed a baby girl!
Read MoreGrace Romanelli graduated from GUS in 2019 and is currently a junior at Pingree School in Hamilton, MA.
Read MoreAdam Seigal ’00 came to GUS in second grade and learned some valuable lessons that remain with him today as Manager of Jewish Family Services in Portland, ME.
Read MoreEva Bramesco attended GUS for grades 6-8. She now lives outside Washington, DC, and works at George Mason University.
Read MoreEach year, graduation speakers are GUS alumni who have recently graduated from college - who were graduating eighth grade themselves when the current graduating class was finishing up kindergarten. The Graduation 2021 speakers were Jack Norton ’13 and Sarah McGrath ’13.
Read MoreAnna Mei returned to GUS as the 7th grade spanish teacher during school year 2019-202. Learn more about her path to teaching - and what brought her back to GUS!
Read MoreJacob (Jake) Fiumara ‘91 shares about his time at GUS - and how it feels now being back on campus as a parent to a current GUS student!
Read MoreAfter working at Berwick Academy as a middle school math and science teacher for 2 years, Alex Levin joined the GUS team this year as upper school science teacher. We’re so excited to have him back on campus - read a recent Q+A about his new role here at GUS.
Read MoreTwenty-two young people in Lima, Peru are singing and dancing their hearts out in a fast-paced production of the Broadway musical, Wicked, thanks in part to the experiences their director had on the stage at GUS.
Read MoreThe annual sixth grade trip to William Lawrence Camp was designed to build community and relationships. For Alex Rosenthal and Joey Bertagna, GUS ‘12, the goal was accomplished but not exactly as planned. As brand new Glen Urquhart students, the two boys found the idea of “going off to a camp for an overnight on the second day of school kind of terrifying,” says Bertagna. To deal with the anxiety, he and Rosenthal bonded with each other and three other new students, Liam Prior, Sam Corbett, and Evan DaCosta.
Read MoreThe career of award-winning chef and restaurateur Gabriel Frasca began with a scoop of ice cream. Well, maybe several scoops. His first foray into the food business was an after school job in middle school at The Junction ice cream stand in Essex near his boyhood home.
Read MoreWhen Andrew Smith was in sixth grade at GUS, his friend and classmate Evan Cross gave him a copy of Car and Driver magazine. It wasn’t long before Andrew became obsessed with sports cars. One might say that Lamborghinis, Porsches, and Ferraris fueled his imagination. In fact, Andrew recalls creating multiple sixth grade projects and book reports about sports cars.
Read MoreBen Glickstein ’01 jokingly sees bagpipes and kilts as the “through-line” in his education. From GUS to Waring to Macalester College, both Scottish traditions were prominent at his commencements. While that may be true, the truly important through line for Ben was what each school taught him about the importance of learning about people, contributing to the public good, and building sustainable cities.
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