Young Alumni Panel 2022

A group of young alumni met recently to share memories of GUS, to talk about their high school experiences, and how GUS helped prepare them for where they are now.

Thanks to Soryn Bornhorst ’19 (Penguin Hall ’23), Morgan Brown ’19 (Beverly High School ’23), Athalia Esty '18 (Phillips Andover '22), Tyler Garvey '18 (The Governor’s Academy ’22), Maren Graves ’19 (Middlesex School ’23), and Libby Pottle '19 (The Governor’s Academy ’23) for joining us!

Topics covered

  1. What was your favorite grade at GUS?

  2. Is there a GUS teacher who had a particular impact on you?

  3. Is there something you did at GUS you wouldn’t have done elsewhere?

  4. What are some of your happiest memories of GUS?

  5. What is something you learned at GUS that helped prepare you for High School?

  6. How was your experience at GUS?

  7. Did GUS feel small to you?

  8. Describe GUS in two words.

  9. Tell us about your Evening with the Graduates speech.

  10. What GUS traditions are still meaningful to you?

  11. What does mean well, speak well, do well mean to you?

  12. If you could go back, what would you want to do?

  13. In what ways did you feel prepared when you graduated?

  14. What is the one thing you think people should know about GUS?

  15. Do you have a favorite GUS project?

  16. Did GUS help prepare you for Public Speaking?

  17. Did you feel supported by your teachers at GUS?

  18. Are there any extracurriculars you started at GUS and continue today?

Whitney Buckley