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Our Schools
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.
Our Stories
![Friendship Bracelets]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1579213238/gdsorg/uqmdolhhiwhnmyc0iphq/IMG_3793.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1579213238/gdsorg/uqmdolhhiwhnmyc0iphq/IMG_3793.jpg","width":500}])
A collaboration of words and beads with 7th grade and PK/K
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A compelling story of 6th grade robotics.
![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.
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- Video
This is not just another school admissions video. And Georgetown Day School is not just another school. We invite you to discover the place where students love to learn and learn to change the world.
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While our community engaged with a curated 1619 Project at the High School, 36 members of our GDS community observed the 400th anniversary of the beginning of American slavery at the People of Color Conference.
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- Hopper Effect Blog
Children represent their experiences by using language, constructing with materials, and keeping their bodies active, all the while consolidating and understanding more and more of their raw experiences.
Meet the Team
Vinita Ahuja
Director of Auxiliary and Extended Learning Programs and Strategic Projects
School:
202-274-1683