Glen Urquhart School in Beverly Farms will welcome The Mystical Arts of Tibet this November for a week-long residency on campus. Tibetan Buddhist monks from Drepung Loseling Monastery will construct a mandala sand painting from November 12 to 15. Students, teachers, families, and community members will enjoy the opportunity to learn and participate in this beautiful and painstaking act of art and ritual as the monks share their performance.
Read MoreGlen Urquhart School in Beverly Farms will host their second annual, family-friendly North Shore Nature Fair on Sunday, November 4 from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. Hands-on activities and nature-based projects for kids in preschool through middle school and coordinated by GUS educators and partners from across the North Shore, will be situated across our 23-acre campus in Beverly Farms.
Read MoreFor families who've had a child in kindergarten at Glen Urquhart School, you've probably also heard Sandy Thoms talk about how it’s impossible to provide a "value-free" education. She typically goes on to explain that there are always a few shared values that she and fellow teacher Amy Billings consistently work to instill in their young students. These shared values, the way individuals treat one another, are the foundation of something much larger--civility.
Read MorePre-K got off to a wonderful start this fall, as we welcomed our first class of 16 eager and enthusiastic preschoolers to the GUS campus! Over the first month of school we’ve watched them form friendships and explore their new home away from home, as we begin to establish our Pre-K community.
Read MoreWhat was it like to be one of the first Glen Urquhart students? “Amazing,” according to Erik Moxcey who entered what was then called North Shore Middle School in 1980 as one of a handful of students in the seventh grade.
Read MoreSimon Mcintosh’s first trip to Mongolia was during the summer following his freshman year at the University of Vermont. His father, involved with the Mongolia Ecology Center after a 40-year career with the US National Park Service, asked Simon to be a wilderness expert and guid a team making maps in Hovsgol National Park using handheld GPS trackers.
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