At GUS, we ended the last school year in June, and began the new one in September, with a resolution to “Mean Well, Speak Well, and Do Better,” in the fight against racism in our community and in our country.
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The Board of Trustees joins Head of School Gretchen Forsyth and the GUS faculty and staff in their commitment to building an antiracist community.
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We are excited to launch registration for our SUMMER@GUS 2021 Day Camp on January 18!
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What a year 2020 has been! Faced with adversity, the GUS community once again came together to trust and go forward and forward we did. While there is still a long way to go, here at GUS, we find hope in the promise of a new day and the warmth of community.
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Let there be light! Our annual Solstice Assembly tradition was celebrated this morning - reimagined this year virtually - and available for all to see!
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Perfectionism is probably not the first thing a person thinks of when they are thinking about Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion. It certainly was not for me. However, after a 3-day intensive clinic around this work, I started to recognize its significance in my role as a teacher, colleague and human being.
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The Last Lightkeepers highlights preservation efforts on light stations across New England.
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A book written and illustrated by Kindergarten 2020 about wearing masks to school, inspired by Eric Carle.
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As we work to Mean Well, Speak Well, Do Better, we were honored to welcome special alumni parent guest speaker, Diane Portnoy P’86’88, founder and CEO of the Immigrant Learning Center in Malden, MA, and Denzil Mohammed, Director, ILC Public Education Institute.
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This year didn’t begin the way we had imagined, but, we all showed up, committed to trust and go forward. Thank you.
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This is a strange time, and yet we have found comfort in what has always been at the center of the GUS experience: relationships and community.
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Students in Alex Levin’s eighth grade science class set out to uncover the pros and cons of naturally-derived mycelium styrofoam versus those of traditional styrofoam.
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At the end of our first trimester, amidst a global pandemic, GUS faculty share how they're finding creative ways to keep learning alive for all GUS students.
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More and more, we are witnessing the power of young people across the globe who are fighting for and enacting positive change.
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3rd graders launched into multiplication head-on last month, identifying all the places they have actually applied it.
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Next week, the second grade class is hosting a food drive to support Beverly Bootstraps.
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Our pre-k class took to the polls to decide on who would be the next class Animal Expert, and, in the process, learned some valuable lessons about elections and the voting process!
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Today, and every day, we recognize and honor the courageous service and sacrifice of our nation’s veterans.
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Last week, students in Jeffrey Bartsch’s eighth grade humanities took to the debate stage as the two major-party candidates for president, former Vice President Biden and President Donald Trump.
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As we watch our students skipping into school every morning, we can almost forget these are extraordinary times. Our days are feeling more “normal” and we can almost forget that we have been through trauma and are still experiencing the effects of an unprecedented global event. Hard to believe it’s been over half a year. I can vividly remember coming to school to pick up some things last spring.
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