This summer, SUMMER@GUS is offering a number of options for our older campers - entering grades 5 - 11.
Read MoreAs part of our commitment to “Mean Well, Speak Well, and Do Better,” the DEI Committee of the Board of Trustees presented a strategic plan at our Annual Meeting in June 2021. The plan outlined strategic goals in three areas: People, Program, and Policy - and together these goals provide a guiding framework for GUS DEI work over the next five years.
Read MoreGrowing up is hard. Skinned knees, monsters under the bed, clothes stained beyond recognition, childhood can be scary, messy, and sometimes painful. As parents, we cringe when they ride a two-wheeler for the first time. Full of pride and scared to death that they’ll hurt themselves. We buy goldfish, weekly if need be, to protect their young hearts from the pain of loss. We want them to grow up, but we also want to protect them. As someone who has worked with many families with children from pre-k through high school, I can attest that these feelings never go away.
Read MoreFrom the time I was very young, I knew I wanted to be a teacher. I am not sure what it was exactly that I loved about it. But as the oldest of four who was often left in charge it seemed a natural fit. As a child, I would set up school for my dolls and stuffed animals and spend hours pretending to teach them.
Read MoreThroughout the year, students across grade levels have been learning about civil rights and exploring what it means to be an activist. Students have been sharing what they're learning about, and have presented projects they’ve completed at Friday morning All School Meetings.
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 MoreKindergarteners have been learning about civil rights leaders - both in the past and in the present. One of the current leaders they’ve been learning about is Amanda Gorman. They read her book Change Sings, and shared ways they were inspired by her book.
Read MoreFirst graders have been learning about civil rights leaders. They wrote acrostic poems about those who inspired them, and shared them at All School Meeting last week.
Read MoreProud to see our very own Mr. Levin featured in this The New York Times round-up of Science Educators - and how they’re using the Times in their classrooms (see #17!).
Read MoreLast week, the Class of 2022 put on their Arts Night. Gallery talks, speeches, and of course, their choreographed dances, all highlight the wonderful talents of this group of unique individuals.
Read MoreIn music class, third graders explored the long history of the song, We Shall Overcome. It is believed the song may have originated as far back as the days of slavery in the 1800’s, became an anthem for the civil rights movement of the 1950’s and 1960’s, and continues to inspire and unite those whole believe in the ongoing struggle fro freedome, justice and equality for all people in our nation - and across the world.
Read MoreAs I take a moment to reflect on my years of teaching, I am struck by how my journey with mindfulness has evolved into an essential part of my being and at the core of my teaching. I am blessed to teach, to be in a profession that fosters connectivity and facilitates joy.
Read MoreAs we continue to ease into the new year, I wanted to reach out and express my appreciation. My name is Alen Yen, and my daughter Miya is in the 8th grade; I’m also the President of the GUS Board of Trustees, volunteers charged with protecting the School, furthering its mission, and supporting our Head of School.
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 MoreIn fourth grade, students have been learning about what makes a person a positive leader. They discussed leadership traits and simple ways that students can be positive leaders in school. They read biographies, watched videos and discussed the lives and attributes of leaders such as Harriet Tubman, Frederick Douglass, Gandhi, Roberto Clemente, Wilma Mankiller, and Dorothy Vaughan, Mary Jackson, Katherine Johnson, Christine Darden (the mathematicians from Hidden Figures).
Read MoreIn science class, seventh graders created graphic novels based on the story of Henrietta Lacks. Henrietta Lacks was a black woman who lived in the 1940s and was diagnosed with cervical cancer. When she went to receive treatment at one of the only hospitals that treated black people, they extracted some of her cells without her consent.
Read MoreThis March, 8th grade students will travel to the Eastern Shore of Maryland for Service Week. In addition to brainstorming with the World Leadership School on how to protect the area’s important environmental resources, we will visit Cambridge, Maryland - home of the most important civil rights activist you have never heard of: Gloria Richardson.
Read MoreWe are excited to launch registration for our SUMMER@GUS 2022 Day Camp!
Read MoreThe extraordinary value and power of a GUS education is seen each and every day.
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