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- Academics
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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
![Middle School student playing soccer]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603313266/gdsorg/xeylueqkum9w2uvxgpa2/20201021-PurelyAmazingMiddleSchoolRevisitsStudent-LedEachOneTeachOneWorkshops.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603313266/gdsorg/xeylueqkum9w2uvxgpa2/20201021-PurelyAmazingMiddleSchoolRevisitsStudent-LedEachOneTeachOneWorkshops.jpg","width":500}])
Middle School students had the opportunity to teach or attend workshops taught by their peers.
![GDS High School Students Featured in The Washington Post and in 8th Grade History Classrooms]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603304945/gdsorg/l4ys83spwwoytuvqrhnj/20201021-GDSHighSchoolStudentsFeaturedinTheWashingtonPostandin8thgradeHistoryClassrooms.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603304945/gdsorg/l4ys83spwwoytuvqrhnj/20201021-GDSHighSchoolStudentsFeaturedinTheWashingtonPostandin8thgradeHistoryClassrooms.jpg","width":500}])
High School students were featured yesterday in The Washington Post for their efforts to sign up area students to serve as poll workers on Election Day.
![The Augur Bit: A Weekly Student Newspaper]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603304017/gdsorg/ckndakwzphxmy2gppzx1/20201021-TheAugurBitAWeeklyStudentNewspaper.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603304017/gdsorg/ckndakwzphxmy2gppzx1/20201021-TheAugurBitAWeeklyStudentNewspaper.jpg","width":500}])
Congratulations to The Augur Bit on its emergence during this 2020–21 school year as a weekly student newspaper.
![Happy 75th Birthday, GDS!]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603301637/gdsorg/wvlfnhhplkhn4bkjqupn/20201021-Happy-75th-Birthday-GDS.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603301637/gdsorg/wvlfnhhplkhn4bkjqupn/20201021-Happy-75th-Birthday-GDS.jpg","width":500}])
On October 22, 1945, GDS first opened its doors in downtown DC.
![A Conversation at the Heart of GDS]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602101896/gdsorg/gsthcx1c4mrebia6th5o/20201007_AConversationattheHeartofGDS.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602101896/gdsorg/gsthcx1c4mrebia6th5o/20201007_AConversationattheHeartofGDS.png","width":500}])
75th Anniversary Speaker Series Kickoff: Race, Justice, and the American Judicial System
![Screenshot of virtual Middle School lockers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1602093396/gdsorg/aqk1wtblattcrw1hhtfj/20201007-MiddleSchoolVirtualHallway.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1602093396/gdsorg/aqk1wtblattcrw1hhtfj/20201007-MiddleSchoolVirtualHallway.jpg","width":500}])
Take a walk down the Virtual Middle School Hallway and you’ll get a rare peek into the lockers of our 6th graders.