How can we adequately express our true gratitude for all the GUS community achieved together in what was a challenging yet innovative year? On behalf of our teachers, students, staff, and families, thank you.
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While I’ve always believed that a progressive education model that puts the students' needs at the center of the learning experience is how students learn best, the need for this kind of approach is more essential than ever. Today, a truly progressive educational setting can help our children not only survive in a post pandemic world, but more importantly, thrive.
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Perhaps because it’s fall and my mind always goes here. The leaves are falling and field hockey season is in full swing, and the words, “nothing worth getting was ever easy” ring in my head. These are the words I would say to my teams, usually yelling at them while they were running sprints or shared with passionate conviction during a halftime talk.
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In this new school year, backed by the board and the investment of our full community, we are ready to go deeper + further as we work towards the goals we outlined in our DEI plan.
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Expanding on-campus support for students to help mitigate the social-emotional and academic effects of COVID-19
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Adam Seigal ’00 came to GUS in second grade and learned some valuable lessons that remain with him today as Manager of Jewish Family Services in Portland, ME.
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A land acknowledgment honors the people who were on this land first. It recognizes indigenous peoples and their connection to the land.
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When school starts, I am always pulled to a poem by an unknown author called Dream Big. There are many aspects of this poem that appeal to me, but this year, the part that I am focused on is “Persist. Because with an idea, determination, and the right tools, you can do great things.”
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GUS has a longstanding, continuous commitment to providing students with an extraordinary education. The GUS library has always played a leading role in promoting high-quality scholarship. After all, strong school libraries build strong students!
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How a GUS parent is seeking to improve upon the Dewey Decimal System.
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This summer, with her 20-foot travel camper in tow, Ms. Blynn set out to connect with the different landscapes of the United States.
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Eva Bramesco attended GUS for grades 6-8. She now lives outside Washington, DC, and works at George Mason University.
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Welcome back! GUS Faculty + staff share what they're most excited for this school year.
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We have a number of new faculty members to welcome as well as some exciting changes to our program this fall.
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Three GUS students were recognized for their work in Beverly Public Library’s 25th Annual Teen Poetry Contest.
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The Tadler Grant provides extraordinary professional development opportunities to exemplary GUS teachers - who then bring those experiences and learnings back to the classroom.
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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.
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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.
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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.
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This year, we celebrate a number of faculty milestones, from 5 to 20 years of service, and pay tribute to two departing faculty members.
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