As 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 MoreI have taught math at Glen Urquhart School since 2011. I love teaching math, especially making connections to real life experiences. I work to connect the math curriculum to social justice, but sometimes in class I announce: we’re not doing math today, we’re going to learn about how the Transatlantic Slave Trade is connected to racism and white privilege.
Read MoreThe start of a new school year marks many firsts, and this year GUS has awarded its very first recipient of the Leslie Marchesseault Scholarship Fund.
Read MoreWe are pleased to announce that the 2022 Tadler Grant has been awarded to fifth grade teacher Julie Wyman. The grant will allow Ms. Wyman to travel to Ghana, where she will attend the Witness Tree Institute of Ghana
Read MoreWhen the Enrollment Management Association asked to feature our approach in a podcast, we were flattered to be recognized for innovating the traditional approach to financial aid which can create a barrier for families to explore independent schools.
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 MoreAfter reading Martin’s Big Words, by Maureen Rappaport, fourth grade students created stained glass artwork inspired by what they read.
Read MoreAs 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.
Read MoreOver 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.
Read MoreIt can be hard to watch the news these days and sometimes even impossible if your children are in the room. It seems as though the unthinkable happens every day. The mass-shooting at an elementary school in Uvalde, Texas, and the recent race-related shootings in Buffalo, NY and Laguna Woods, California make it clear that there are just some truths we can’t shield our children from.
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 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 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 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 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 MoreAs we head into the Thanksgiving Holiday break, and reflect on our promise to ask who writes the stories, who benefits from the stories, and who is missing from the stories, we want to take this opportunity to explain why we wrote a Land Acknowledgement, why it’s important, and where we plan to go next as we continue to recognize and honor those who came before us.
Read MoreIn this new school year, backed by the board and the investment of our full community, we are ready to go deeper + further as we work towards the goals we outlined in our DEI plan.
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