![Building Community Layer By Layer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573840375/gdsorg/r50mgzpiu0aezdnnndpq/20191115_Jenga_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573840375/gdsorg/r50mgzpiu0aezdnnndpq/20191115_Jenga_1.jpg","width":500}])
After reading these dispatches from Middle School, you might just adore our teachers and students even more.
These skills, as we have defined them, will foster in our students both the will and capacity to change the world in ways that each generation is called to do.
Build Networks
![Wau Bulan]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572271520/gdsorg/em649zqiawniqdepgsix/20190307_Wau-Bulan_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572271520/gdsorg/em649zqiawniqdepgsix/20190307_Wau-Bulan_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
An authentic cultural experience and an uplifting performance
![Ours was the Best]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574198237/gdsorg/lscfpwqsmdz6y6iymaj2/20190301_Ours-was-the-Best_1_359x269.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574198237/gdsorg/lscfpwqsmdz6y6iymaj2/20190301_Ours-was-the-Best_1_359x269.jpg","width":500}])
Minimester 2019 participants explain their incredible experiences.
Innovate & Create
![Chalk Walk]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1586184105/gdsorg/r8phtc21virmmqnjcxqb/image0.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1586184105/gdsorg/r8phtc21virmmqnjcxqb/image0.jpg","width":500}])
GDS invites you on a Chalk Walk!
![Don't Touch Your Face]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1585860992/gdsorg/tshkv7vhuwzuwyvetdvk/IMG_2046.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1585860992/gdsorg/tshkv7vhuwzuwyvetdvk/IMG_2046.jpg","width":500}])
GDS provides personal protective equipment (PPE) to healthcare workers.
![Rehearsal at Carnegie Hall]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1575642252/gdsorg/xngiyej6terasgo2mohu/20191206_GDS_Singers_at_Carnegie_Hall.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1575642252/gdsorg/xngiyej6terasgo2mohu/20191206_GDS_Singers_at_Carnegie_Hall.jpg","width":500}])
High School students have the “surreal” experience of performing in one of the world’s most iconic concert halls.
Take Risks
![Four students smiling in front of a farm fence.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570644144/gdsorg/naagc1orvegrzyukxrlh/20190920_Ziplines_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570644144/gdsorg/naagc1orvegrzyukxrlh/20190920_Ziplines_1_Cropped.jpg","width":500}])
6th grade overnight trip to River Valley Ranch
Self-Advocate
![Advocacy Corps: Felipe’s Story]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573240559/gdsorg/jppjhre0qh1djokoh1lc/20191108_Advocacy_Corps_FelipesStory_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573240559/gdsorg/jppjhre0qh1djokoh1lc/20191108_Advocacy_Corps_FelipesStory_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Middle School Community Engagement Reaches for the Heart of the Matter
![Nothing Standing Between You & Your Dream]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572286204/gdsorg/pz9edi068bwuurluwwod/20190222_Nothing-Standing-Between-You--Your-Dream_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572286204/gdsorg/pz9edi068bwuurluwwod/20190222_Nothing-Standing-Between-You--Your-Dream_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
GDS PK/Kers Chat with Astronaut Anne McClain
![Lower School Buddy Bench]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1573073781/gdsorg/z989ku2vofup2hhmbeji/20181130_Lower_School_Buddy_Bench_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1573073781/gdsorg/z989ku2vofup2hhmbeji/20181130_Lower_School_Buddy_Bench_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
A new social-emotional scaffolding tool built by kids for kids.
Think Critically
![Continuing Conversations about Social Justice During Distance Learning]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1588182205/gdsorg/d10sohd0u2au0m6klmyz/ContinuingConversations_about_Social_Justice_During_Distance_Learning_1.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1588182205/gdsorg/d10sohd0u2au0m6klmyz/ContinuingConversations_about_Social_Justice_During_Distance_Learning_1.png","width":500}])
![Group photo of students on a staircase.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1581083417/gdsorg/gpfuvohkbtesrzmiydur/20200207_Learning_to_Listen_8.jpg","width":2200}])
8th graders at Hill Day
![Students over a desk arranging game pieces.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571143269/gdsorg/uapvogeacb84jlcotcyl/20190531_CodingCrocodiles_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571143269/gdsorg/uapvogeacb84jlcotcyl/20190531_CodingCrocodiles_1.jpg","width":385}])
Our 3rd graders explore coding—plugged and unplugged
Communicate
![Joke of the Week]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1584639301/gdsorg/su4vmkbqxvgmwco3mjme/2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1584639301/gdsorg/su4vmkbqxvgmwco3mjme/2.jpg","width":500}])
Joke of the Week from 1st grade!
![Student speaking before classmates.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571144478/gdsorg/zhk81vj5z9hqwxebykg8/20190531_Bookends_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571144478/gdsorg/zhk81vj5z9hqwxebykg8/20190531_Bookends_1_Cropped.jpg","width":500}])
GDS Creative Writing presents an 8th Grade poetry reading and the 1st Grade Authors’ Brunch
![Spotlight on World Languages]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571428971/gdsorg/vmyaxd4mzlosj0tdgfn5/20190509_Spotlight-on-World-Languages_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571428971/gdsorg/vmyaxd4mzlosj0tdgfn5/20190509_Spotlight-on-World-Languages_1_Cropped.jpg","width":500}])
HS & LS competitions and recent MS day-long field trips keep language learning relevant.
Tackle Problems
![Euro Challenge Success]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1587477699/gdsorg/ijzkdkm6xxqa9cpbhiur/ScreenShot2020-04-20at103834PM.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1587477699/gdsorg/ijzkdkm6xxqa9cpbhiur/ScreenShot2020-04-20at103834PM.jpg","width":500}])
![Top-Level Bowling]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1583356747/gdsorg/qjye5opvnfg7a2lqnpx9/IMG_1414.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1583356747/gdsorg/qjye5opvnfg7a2lqnpx9/IMG_1414.jpg","width":500}])
GDS Quizbowl and History Bowl Teams Score Big
![Aiden Kohn-Murphy '22 testifies before the DC Council Committee on Public Safety]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1578760588/gdsorg/wifl6ijzg9d46hdcl1vc/AidenKohn-Murphy22testifiesbeforetheDCCouncilCommitteeonPublicSafety.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1578760588/gdsorg/wifl6ijzg9d46hdcl1vc/AidenKohn-Murphy22testifiesbeforetheDCCouncilCommitteeonPublicSafety.jpg","width":500}])
Student Action Committee members take on the youth vaping crisis.
Learn Actively
![Guess Who’s Zooming In]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1590002154/gdsorg/yjwyzgw6chk5nbow3lg8/THUMBNAILScreenShot2020-05-06at61504AM.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1590002154/gdsorg/yjwyzgw6chk5nbow3lg8/THUMBNAILScreenShot2020-05-06at61504AM.jpg","width":500}])
Fifth Grade Traveling Biographies Zoom Throughout Our Community
![Close up of crystalized shards being held by fingers.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1587580967/gdsorg/mdfripdo4cqxdwv5gsnm/20200422_The_Solution_Cool_It_0.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1587580967/gdsorg/mdfripdo4cqxdwv5gsnm/20200422_The_Solution_Cool_It_0.jpg","width":500}])
![Students with an architectural model making a]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1581695067/gdsorg/rkclrngazf0n1ujuh2an/20200214_Mythsonian_Museum_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1581695067/gdsorg/rkclrngazf0n1ujuh2an/20200214_Mythsonian_Museum_1.jpg","width":500}])
“No other civilization makes a better case for inclusion…”
Engage Ethically
![Shaping Our GDS Future Through Activism]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1582920593/gdsorg/ufhounwqrpcpxv2sxhcd/20200228_Social_Justice_Teach_In_Days_2020_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1582920593/gdsorg/ufhounwqrpcpxv2sxhcd/20200228_Social_Justice_Teach_In_Days_2020_1.jpg","width":500}])
Social Justice Teach-In Days 2020
![Two students playing on the ground together.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570547071/gdsorg/vy3ej4y8m1kgoghmy3pe/20190920_SettingThemUptoThrive_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570547071/gdsorg/vy3ej4y8m1kgoghmy3pe/20190920_SettingThemUptoThrive_1_Cropped.jpg","width":359}])
Routine-Building in Lower School
![Good Neighbors]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570642230/gdsorg/rstdbhnys7m1vciwbhmp/20191309_Good-Neighbors_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570642230/gdsorg/rstdbhnys7m1vciwbhmp/20191309_Good-Neighbors_1_Cropped.jpg","width":500}])
Middle School community engagement launches with 7th grade Conservation Corps
Lead
![Group photo of students in matching shirts]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1575580975/gdsorg/musvcldzagxuav8gp0ym/20191205_Consent_Summit_2019_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1575580975/gdsorg/musvcldzagxuav8gp0ym/20191205_Consent_Summit_2019_1.jpg","width":500}])
GDS leads the way for critical culture change around sexual assault and consent.
![Leadership Day]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571837679/gdsorg/d554u0ejduwzmytx3xst/20181005_LeadershipDay_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571837679/gdsorg/d554u0ejduwzmytx3xst/20181005_LeadershipDay_1.jpg","width":385}])
Fifth grade students explore and engage their best selves
![One “Lowly Alto” Gives the Gift of Song]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574197743/gdsorg/tjobygdjleqmdmoftm64/20181003_One_Lowly_Alto_Gives_the_Gift_of_Song_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574197743/gdsorg/tjobygdjleqmdmoftm64/20181003_One_Lowly_Alto_Gives_the_Gift_of_Song_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Eliza Kravitz ’19 reaches back to Middle School to inspire the next wave of Georgetown Day School performers.