Katie Blynn Awarded 2021 Tadler Grant

The Tadler Grant provides extraordinary professional development opportunities to exemplary GUS teachers - who then bring those experiences and learnings back to the classroom.

FacultyWhitney BuckleyJuly 9, 2021Katie Blynn, Tadler Grant, Richard and Donna Tadler

Commencement: The Start of Something New

As most of our upper school students know from Latin, commencement, though considered a goodbye, is actually the word for beginning. This duality explains why it is often so bittersweet.

HOS LetterGretchen ForsythJune 24, 2021commencement, Gretchen Forsyth, AISNE

Alumni Graduation Speakers 2021

Each year, graduation speakers are GUS alumni who have recently graduated from college - who were graduating eighth grade themselves when the current graduating class was finishing up kindergarten. The Graduation 2021 speakers were Jack Norton ’13 and Sarah McGrath ’13.

Traditions, GUS AlumniWhitney BuckleyJune 23, 2021Jack Norton, Sarah McGrath, graduation speakers

Glen Urquhart School Celebrates the Class of 2021

On Thursday, June 10, Glen Urquhart School (GUS) celebrated the 27 members of the Class of 2021 during its 49th graduation exercises at their campus in Beverly Farms, MA.

Students, TraditionsWhitney BuckleyJune 23, 2021graduation, graduation 2021, class of 2021

Faculty Celebration: Milestones + Departures

This year, we celebrate a number of faculty milestones, from 5 to 20 years of service, and pay tribute to two departing faculty members.

FacultyWhitney BuckleyJune 22, 2021

Lessons Learned in a Year Like No Other

Even in the face of a pandemic, we uncovered some essential truths about our school and our community.

Gretchen ForsythJune 17, 2021COVID, covid-19, independent school covid response, lessons learned

Frozen Jr., Presented by the Class of 2021

Let it go. The final lyrics sung by the 8th graders in their performance of Frozen, Jr. are a fitting tribute to this year unlike any other.

StudentsGretchen ForsythMay 28, 2021frozen, let it go

Board of Trustees Updates

Glen Urquhart School announces board officers elections, welcomes returning and new trustees

The Carol Stewart Memorial Fund

For a span of 30 years, Carol’s professional life was dedicated to the educational well-being of children. Glen Urquhart School was the lucky recipient of the love and loyalty Carol provided to countless students.

NewsWhitney BuckleyMay 27, 2021Carol Stewart, memorial fund

The Rollercoaster Year that was 2020-2021

For our graduates most of all, the reality of the end of the year is setting in. Evening with the Graduates and graduation rehearsals are starting, and with the play over, most of the other milestones of their eighth grade year are now behind them. It's exciting and terrifying all at once.

HOS LetterGretchen ForsythMay 26, 2021Gretchen Forsyth, Evening with The Graduates, Frozen

The Body Project

First graders recently completed their Body Projects, life-sized models of their own bodies - built from the inside out.

The Awfully Big Map Project

Each year, the A.B.M shows up in a different place on campus (which means its size changes each year as well) and without prior announcement - so its arrival is always a surprise event.

Why GUS for Middle School?

In upper school at GUS, we work to foster a community committed to helping students get the most out of their GUS education. Working in partnership with their teachers, GUS students are known, loved, and appropriately challenged.

Upper SchoolWhitney BuckleyMay 18, 2021middle school, upper school, Glen Urquhart School

Thank You GUS Teachers!

Happy Teacher Appreciation Week! While we are always grateful for the amazing educators here at GUS, this year, they truly went above and beyond.

May Day 2021

It was a beautiful day to celebrate community and spring - and the joy and hope that come with it.

Events, TraditionsWhitney BuckleyMay 2, 2021May Day, maypole dance

8th Grade Poetry Recitation

The 8th Grade continued their year-long poetry studies into April, which is National Poetry Month.

Students, TraditionsJeffrey BartschApril 28, 2021poetry, national poetry month, Jeffrey Bartsch

Who am I?

Diversity, equity, and inclusion are not new concepts at GUS. For me, the head search really made that clear. So far this year, you’ve heard from a number of our faculty members about their journeys with this work, and I think it is important to also share a bit about my own.

HOS Letter, DEIGretchen ForsythApril 28, 2021diversity, equity, inclusion, antiracism, white privilege, Gretchen Forsyth

6th Grade Solar Systems

To demonstrate the vastness of our solar system, 6th graders scaled it down - to fit entirely on the GUS campus.

Students, ScienceAlex LevinApril 28, 2021solar system, middle school science, Alex Levin, 6th Grade Science

Body Systems Design Challenge

As part of our human body systems unit, seventh graders were challenged to use compassion, empathy, and ingenuity to design prototypes to help someone with one of the following health conditions: asthma, muscular dystrophy, or stroke.

Student Reflections: 6th Grade Life Skills

In Life Skills over the last couple of weeks, we have maintained our course digging into topics related to the theme of social justice.

DEI, StudentsBre BrandtApril 26, 2021Bre Brandt, DEI, diversity, equity, inclusion, equality, racial equity

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