All School Open House: Dec 5, 8:45 am
Preschool Info Session: Dec 9, 8:30 am

37th Annual Mold Symposium

Sixth Grade Welcomes Speaker from Ghana

Published on February 26, 2015

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The sixth grade recently began a Social Studies unit on Africa. They were thrilled to welcome to their classrooms on Thursday, Joseph Duku, to learn more. Joseph was born in Maryland and moved to...

Roe's Pre-Kindergarten Hosts Book Bash

Published on February 26, 2015

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This week Roe's Pre-Kindergarten class hosted a Book Bash for students, parents, and guardians to read together. It's just one of the many ways that Roe and Barbara - and all of the teachers at GSFS...

Kindergarten Classes Celebrate Chinese New Year

Published on February 26, 2015

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The Kindergarten classes are celebrating Chinese New Year! Last week they created dragon decorations, colored red envelopes, and read lots of books to learn more about Chinese culture and how people...

Jonah Fliegelman '96 Highlighted by Philadelphia Magazine

Published on February 24, 2015

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Describing this as “the golden age of food trucks,” Philadelphia Magazine listed this week the 14 best gourmet bites on wheels in the city. Among those listed was Pitruco Pizza, founded by Germantown...

Jack Briggs Shares His Revolutionary History

Published on February 24, 2015

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When the 7th grade began to learn about the Colonial Era, the Battles of Lexington and Concord, and the Revolutionary War, their social studies teacher Marty Foley sought ways to bring these...

Alumni Spotlight: Grace Harman '05

Published on February 24, 2015

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Grace Harman ’05 has a good reason why she won’t be at her tenth reunion on April 11: she’s serving as a teacher in the Peace Corps in Lesotho, an independent country within South Africa. She does...

3rd Grade Classes Celebrate Reaching 100% Annual Giving Participation

Published on February 20, 2015

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To celebrate both 3rd grade classes reaching 100% parent participation in Annual Giving this year, students traveled back in time to the Colonial Era. As part of their "The Choice is Yours" project...

6th Grade Students Channel Their Favorite Authors

Published on February 19, 2015

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On Thursday, the 5th and 6th grade were honored to hear from Roald Dahl, Lois Lowry, Harper Lee, and Mark Twain...or at least their classmates in costume as these famous authors. Using a list...

Happy 100 Days of School!

Published on February 19, 2015

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This Wednesday was the 100th day of school! The Kindergarten classes celebrated with a morning of special 100-themed activities, including: Reading 100 Ways to Celebrate 100 Days. A 100-themed...

Parents Association Explores Ways to "Walk Our Walk"

Published on February 13, 2015

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At Thursday's Parents Association meeting, Middle School Dean Kiri Harris and 3rd grade teacher Erica Snowden led an interactive presentation talking about race and equality in our community. Using...

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