Since launching our plan for distance learning in March, GUS faculty and staff have stepped up, working tirelessly to ensure the social and emotional well-being of our students, while also providing them with engaging and appropriately challenging learning experiences. Due to their collective effort, GUS distance learning feels anything but distant.
Read MoreOn the 50th anniversary of the first Earth Day, join the GUS community by making a pledge to make one small change in your life to help the earth.
Read MoreFour weeks ago, as we firmed up plans for distance learning, our focus was, as it always is at GUS, on the student experience.
Read MoreA special message from GUS Faculty.
Read MoreA letter from Mr. Bartsch to his eighth grade students as we embark on our first day of distance learning.
Read MoreGrade Three is a year of personal discovery, as students develop a stronger sense of identity and community, and begin to expand their social awareness. Our third grade theme, ‘Where Am I Going?,’ allows us to explore the world, beginning with our classroom and expanding outwards in ever broadening concentric circles into the world at large.
Read MoreEach year we celebrate the shortest day of the year with musical performances by the GUS Band, Chorus, and all K-8 students. Learn about what goes into the Solstice Assembly - and what makes it so special - in this short video.
Read MoreKindergarteners are full of possibility, energy, curiosity, and a desire to know about their world and how it works. Our kindergarten theme, The World Around Us, allows us the opportunity to explore the basic human needs of food, clothing, and shelter in our lives, historically and in other cultures.
Read MoreSixth Grade Science Projects Begin with Empathy - the first step of the Design Thinking process.
Read MoreThis fall, 15 students joined Julie Wyman, upper school math teacher, and Alex Levin, upper school science teacher for Mountain Bike Club.
Read MoreMultimedia project based on Gary Paulsen’s Hatchet kicks off 5th grade study of The Land. Hear from 5th grade teachers Katie Blynn and Katie McCarthy on why the theme The Land is so important - and how the first project of the year sets them on a path for success.
Read MoreWe are excited to welcome three new faculty members to the GUS team this fall. Anna Mei Gubbins ‘00, as upper school spanish teacher Alex Levin ‘03, as upper school science teacher, and Lisa Romanelli P ‘13, ‘19, former trustee, as first grade teacher.
Read MoreThis summer I was given the incredible opportunity of using funds from the Tadler Grant to undertake a journey to Italy in order to further develop the Latin program at GUS. My trip took place over the course of two weeks, starting with a few days in Florence, then moving on to Campania, and finishing with a week in Rome, the urbs aeterna (eternal city).
Read MoreGlen Urquhart School (GUS) has announced that Gretchen Forsyth, of Manchester-by-the-Sea, has assumed the role of interim head of school for the 2019-20 school year.
Read MoreGretchen Forsyth, will assume the role of interim head of school for the 2019-2020 school year, beginning on June 12, 2019, through July 1, 2020, when a permanent head of school will begin. During this interim period, in partnership with the current administrative team and talented faculty, the role of assistant head of school will be filled internally, expanding the roles and responsibilities of several current faculty members.
Read MoreThe Tadler Grant, established by former GUS Trustee Richard Tadler and his wife Donna (P '05 '09), offers extraordinary professional development opportunities to exemplary GUS teachers - who bring those experiences and learnings back to the classroom.
Read MoreEvery year, Kelly Zaval and Laura Doyle, fourth-grade co-teachers at Glen Urquhart School in Beverly, bring their students to the museum to learn about and engage with Gloucester’s history — especially that related to fishing.
Read MoreIn Buck’s second grade class, mindfulness is embedded into the daily routine, and has become very much a part of the class culture. Each day begins with yoga to calm and focus eager minds, and concludes with a reflection or meditation - sometimes lead by a student. In between, students practice deep breathing and mindful transitions when moving from one activity to the next.
Read MoreTeaching and parenting are often confused, and it is clear to me why. As a parent, we teach all the time. We teach our children their first words and how to walk, how to tie their shoes and ride a bike, and how to be respectful and kind.
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