Registration for SUMMER@GUS Day Camp goes live on January 17! We are gearing up for our 2023 season and are pleased to share some exciting new changes and additions to our program this year.
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“With Family Individualized Tuition and a three-year tuition outlook, I’m proud to reaffirm our commitment to our community with an equitable, clear, and transparent approach to tuition at GUS,” Gretchen Forsyth, Head of School.
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Happy Solstice from all of us at the Glen Urquhart School. We wish you peace, joy, and light on this shortest day, and all days.
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A book written, illustrated, and performed by students in our Pre-K Robins class. This book is dedicated to Ms. Doxsee, who shared their love of rhyme.
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This fall has seen a happy return to so many beloved GUS traditions that have been absent or altered, since the fall of 2019 - beginning with the Upper School Retreat to Camp Winaukee, Community Potlucks, and the 8th Grade Trip to New York City earlier this fall, and, more recently, Grandfriends Day and Bread Day.
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Once again, I’m excited by all the wonderful things happening on campus. From students exploring the nature trail to learning a new song for Solstice, or making a video for All School Meeting during Leadership Group time, in big ways and small ways, that special GUS magic is all around.
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As a school committed to social justice and equity, we are proud to launch GUS FIT in an effort to make an independent school education more accessible to all families.
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In 1977, the 23 acres of ponds, meadows, wetlands, and woodlands, then known as the Orchidvale Estate, was chosen as the site of the newly formed Glen Urquhart School for its natural beauty, and for the teaching opportunities presented by its diverse topography. Now, 46 Years later, we are excited to be dreaming big about the future of our beautiful campus.
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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!
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From everyone at GUS, and from every corner of school life positively impacted by family participation, THANK YOU. On behalf of our teachers, students, staff, and families, thank you.
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Ever notice or wonder about the sign that’s nestled among the reeds alongside the entrance to the big playing field on campus? The sign bearing the name Bartlett Field? Well, there will soon be a new sign to replace the existing, well-worn sign but the story behind how the sign was first named is an older one.
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As we are now deep in fall and preparing for GrandFriends’ Day and Bread day in the near future, the year seems to be flying by! It’s been a whirlwind first few months of school, as we return to a relative “normal” year. While so much is the same, we find ourselves in a moment of reflection, more closely examining not only who we are but who we want to be.
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In 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.
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One of the hallmarks of a GUS education is that learning is never restricted to the walls of our classrooms or to our physical campus. Instead, teachers use field trips as a way for our students to engage in real-world work and experiences and to see their learning come alive while building community and getting to know each other better. The much-anticipated 8th grade New York City Trip is a great example of this idea in action.
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We are pleased to announce Joseph Jean-Mary as our new Director of Summer + Auxiliary Programs.
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This summer, thanks to the generosity of three GUS families, we installed three new water bottle filling stations to help reduce our use of single-use plastics.
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Martha Almy attended GUS for 4th through 8th grade, graduating in 1986.
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This September, the Upper School Retreat returned to Camp Winaukee for the first time since 2019. After a 2-year hiatus due to the COVID-19 pandemic, all upper school students and staff spent two days and one night at the summer camp, located on Lake Winnipesaukee in New Hampshire.
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We are thrilled to welcome (and welcome back!) a number of new faculty members for the school year 2022-23.
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Over the summer, Brad Belin, Assistant Head of School for Curriculum + Program and Director of Upper School, and Katie Chhu, Director of Admission, joined the inaugural cohort of AISNE's Leadership and Racial Justice Fellows for a weekend centered on inclusion and equity in our schools.
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