![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
![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.
![Visible Feminism]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572291037/gdsorg/yez8nyja7hbpzu5vyn5u/20190215_Visible-Feminism_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572291037/gdsorg/yez8nyja7hbpzu5vyn5u/20190215_Visible-Feminism_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
A community of 12th grade writers explore a different medium
![Night of 1,000 Fridas]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572364278/gdsorg/wuwqooxnx4c9aledgkeg/20190201_Night_of_1000_Fridas_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1572364278/gdsorg/wuwqooxnx4c9aledgkeg/20190201_Night_of_1000_Fridas_1_500x375.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572364278/gdsorg/wuwqooxnx4c9aledgkeg/20190201_Night_of_1000_Fridas_1_500x375.jpg","width":568}])
Global Art Collaboration with a Unibrow
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
![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
![Biased Sources]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572360550/gdsorg/kgerunucpxsjihto2gdx/20190201_Biased_Sources_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572360550/gdsorg/kgerunucpxsjihto2gdx/20190201_Biased_Sources_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
Informed by opposing viewpoints, 8th grade students reflect on their Hill Day experiences.
Communicate
![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.
![M.I.L.K. versus D.O.N.U.T.S.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572548754/gdsorg/c0itjazawbieblhrgvzz/20190208_MILK-versus-DONUTS_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572548754/gdsorg/c0itjazawbieblhrgvzz/20190208_MILK-versus-DONUTS_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
A 4th grade project inspires outstanding strategies for successful collaboration and some unforgettable acronyms.
Tackle Problems
![An Audience at the Supreme Court]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572284236/gdsorg/j6cjket3fs0jkwewbdf9/20190222_An-Audience-at-the-Supreme-Court_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572284236/gdsorg/j6cjket3fs0jkwewbdf9/20190222_An-Audience-at-the-Supreme-Court_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
High School students met with Justice Breyer and attended oral arguments.
![Hop Shop]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574258384/gdsorg/qvi07y2dusj3thhmlv3c/20190201_Hop_Shop_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574258384/gdsorg/qvi07y2dusj3thhmlv3c/20190201_Hop_Shop_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
High School entrepreneurs serve up what’s needed.
![2018 Consent Summit]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572986545/gdsorg/qf7lfojwbgvthkhtzyxg/20181214_2018_Consent_Summit_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572986545/gdsorg/qf7lfojwbgvthkhtzyxg/20181214_2018_Consent_Summit_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
More than 300 participants assembled at GDS for the 3rd Annual Summit on Sexual Assault and Consent.
Learn Actively
![Students sitting on the ground and view a wall of art.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1570559709/gdsorg/tafq0l4pyvyv97c3mjim/20190410_WindowsMirrorsandMigration_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1570559709/gdsorg/tafq0l4pyvyv97c3mjim/20190410_WindowsMirrorsandMigration_1_Cropped.jpg","width":359}])
Second graders learn to make sense of the world we’re in
![GDS History Lab]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1574257892/gdsorg/atxb8jy6wm4jbpglbvz8/20190503_GDS_History_Lab_1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1574257892/gdsorg/atxb8jy6wm4jbpglbvz8/20190503_GDS_History_Lab_1.jpg","width":500}])
Women who shaped America in the 19th and early 20th century
![Published Authors in Chinese]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1572026829/gdsorg/bfx5ll2ppo6hmcx3ir4n/20190415_Published-Authors-in-Chinese_1_500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1572026829/gdsorg/bfx5ll2ppo6hmcx3ir4n/20190415_Published-Authors-in-Chinese_1_500x375.jpg","width":500}])
The GDS Chinese program launches its first Chinese language journal and students are published in a national journal.
Engage Ethically
![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
![Student holding school project next to an adult.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1571318196/gdsorg/nqr6sdizubyxssjrygl5/20190511_Identity-Project_1_Cropped.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1571318196/gdsorg/nqr6sdizubyxssjrygl5/20190511_Identity-Project_1_Cropped.jpg","width":500}])
The Culmination of a Year-Long Study of Social Identifiers.
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.