We are excited to welcome Frances Hamilton and Marilu Swett to the GUS Lower and Upper School Galleries, as our first GUS Visiting Artists of the school year. These exhibits will be on-display Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through November 26, and are open to the public.
Read MoreHow Intentional Community Building Adds Up to Academic Rigor. GUS is known as the “nice school.” We hear this all the time. What people might not realize is the academic value of our deliberate community work.
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 MoreAt GUS, the first grade theme ‘who am i?’ is an exploration of self, including the human body, life cycles, culture and tradition - and learning to find your own voice through music and languages. One of the first units of the year is an exploration into the lifecycle of the butterfly.
Read MoreJacob (Jake) Fiumara ‘91 shares about his time at GUS - and how it feels now being back on campus as a parent to a current GUS student!
Read MoreAt GUS, learning is never confined to just the classroom. All aspects of our program are deliberately designed and implemented to foster the growth of the whole child. One example is our athletic program. As Mr. E always reminds families, sports at GUS are co-curricular, not extra-curricular.
Read MoreHear from preschool teachers, Emily Rabinowitz-Buchanan, Polly Pfau and Janelle Young as they share the importance of using the world around us to inspire natural questions - and how those questions translate back into the classroom for exploration.
Read MoreLast Friday September 20, 2019, four eighth grade students decided to show their support at the youth climate strike in Boston.
Read MoreThe annual upper school retreat has been a GUS tradition for over 20 years. For the last 10 of them, the upper school, including all teachers and students, have ventured to Camp Winaukee, in Moultonborough, NH. Earlier this month, our students and faculty made the trip north for two days of togetherness and fun.
Read MoreAt Glen Urquhart we believe that children thrive in a nurturing environment where their ideas, feelings, and thoughts are valued. These beliefs are the foundation for the GUS philosophy of education, and it is embodied in our campus design and aesthetic. Our campus and classrooms are deliberately designed to engage the whole child, inspire creative and critical thinking, and encourage an appreciation for the natural world.
Read MoreAfter working at Berwick Academy as a middle school math and science teacher for 2 years, Alex Levin joined the GUS team this year as upper school science teacher. We’re so excited to have him back on campus - read a recent Q+A about his new role here at GUS.
Read MoreThe tournament started with moms who have children in Beverly Public Schools. It’s since grown to also include mothers of Essex Tech, Glen Urquhart School, Harborlight Montessori and Saints Academy students. There’s also two alumni teams, for mothers whose children have moved on from Beverly schools but who want to stay connected.
Read MoreWe are excited to welcome Lise Carrigg, P ‘26 and Joan Benotti to the GUS Lower and Upper School Galleries, as our first GUS Visiting Artists of the school year. These exhibits will be on-display Monday through Friday, 8:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. through September 28, and are open to the public.
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 MoreIt is very exciting to share my first letter with you as interim head of school. It has been a busy few weeks since I took over in June, but what a thrill it was to play a role in graduation! As I have said often, no one does a graduation like GUS and to be able to speak about the graduates on behalf of the faculty was a great privilege.
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 MoreGAIN@GUS celebrated its 10th summer last Friday during the annual closing ceremony. 33 students in grades 5-7, from 9 schools across Beverly, Lynn and Peabody, presented their learnings to friends, family and the GUS community.
Read MoreTwenty-two young people in Lima, Peru are singing and dancing their hearts out in a fast-paced production of the Broadway musical, Wicked, thanks in part to the experiences their director had on the stage at GUS.
Read MoreThe annual sixth grade trip to William Lawrence Camp was designed to build community and relationships. For Alex Rosenthal and Joey Bertagna, GUS ‘12, the goal was accomplished but not exactly as planned. As brand new Glen Urquhart students, the two boys found the idea of “going off to a camp for an overnight on the second day of school kind of terrifying,” says Bertagna. To deal with the anxiety, he and Rosenthal bonded with each other and three other new students, Liam Prior, Sam Corbett, and Evan DaCosta.
Read MoreThe career of award-winning chef and restaurateur Gabriel Frasca began with a scoop of ice cream. Well, maybe several scoops. His first foray into the food business was an after school job in middle school at The Junction ice cream stand in Essex near his boyhood home.
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