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- GDS's 75th
- Anniversary
Seventy-five years ago, Georgetown Day School was founded as the first integrated school in Washington, DC. Our founders envisioned a school in which children would learn joyfully, in which they would be meaningfully challenged, and in which their education would prepare them to engage as changemakers locally, nationally, and even globally. They established GDS as a school where children love to learn and learn to change the world.
Our 75th school year has been quite different than we ever imagined, and yet our community has persevered. Our students, teachers, and parents have been innovative and creative. They've tackled problems we never could have envisioned, and our students are learning actively both in person and virtually. We have hosted a number of community-wide virtual events this school year in honor of our anniversary, and we look forward to celebrating in person with you when it is safe to do so.
GDS Stories is a community podcast conversation collection aimed at recording and preserving the stories of Georgetown Day School, illuminating the history, culture, and enduring mission of our school—all in celebration of our 75th anniversary!
GDS Presents
This year-long virtual series brings together prominent speakers from within and beyond our community for conversations about current events and social justice.
![Advocacy Through Music and Poetry]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1620821293/gdsorg/mfrz8ix4bdpcwlp6qavr/75th-GDS-Presents-Speaker-Series-May-2021-500x375.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1620821293/gdsorg/mfrz8ix4bdpcwlp6qavr/75th-GDS-Presents-Speaker-Series-May-2021-500x375.jpg","width":500}])
From the civil rights movement and the Vietnam War, to the fights for women’s and LGBTQ equality, music and poetry have been an integral part of every social justice movement.
![Headshots of event speakers]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1617737049/gdsorg/bs6l4ijeaupljwthkfxs/20210424-PhilanthropyInATimeofSocialEconomicandPoliticalUnrest.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1617737049/gdsorg/bs6l4ijeaupljwthkfxs/20210424-PhilanthropyInATimeofSocialEconomicandPoliticalUnrest.jpg","width":500}])
The role of philanthropy in sustaining the racial justice movement, eliminating health disparities, compressing economic gaps, and improving educational outcomes for children.
![Unfinished Business: Gender Equality in the 21st Century]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1614203560/gdsorg/dwqo9h4kzs2ldrgolulb/20210311_UnfinishedBusinessGenderEqualityinthe21stCentury.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1614203560/gdsorg/dwqo9h4kzs2ldrgolulb/20210311_UnfinishedBusinessGenderEqualityinthe21stCentury.jpg","width":500}])
Join GDS for a powerful evening with four leaders in the women's rights movement as they discuss the future of gender justice in the United States and around the world.
![Daughters of the Movement]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1613132471/gdsorg/m02qt7pyx4nkqbrbsqlw/20210218_daughters-of-the-movement.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1613132471/gdsorg/m02qt7pyx4nkqbrbsqlw/20210218_daughters-of-the-movement.jpg","width":500}])
Join us for an intimate discussion with those who know history's civil rights leaders best, two daughters of the movement.
![Headshots of speakers for Social Justice in Sports event]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1611662724/gdsorg/ur6jxveogshhzqcaj9u2/20210127-GDS-Presents-Social-Justice-Sports.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1611662724/gdsorg/ur6jxveogshhzqcaj9u2/20210127-GDS-Presents-Social-Justice-Sports.jpg","width":500}])
Sports have always played an important role in our nation’s conversation around social justice.
![2020 Election in Review]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1607116157/gdsorg/sllhouw7copcanyoq74p/75th-Speaker-Series-500x375_election.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1607116157/gdsorg/sllhouw7copcanyoq74p/75th-Speaker-Series-500x375_election.jpg","width":500}])
Join GDS alumni journalists as they unpack this year's contentious election and its aftermath.
![Collage of headshots for GDS Presents: The Legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1604352792/gdsorg/ta4wf2ldroxiio4vd2s4/75th-Speaker-Series-Benjamin-Cooper-Lecture-legacyofJusticeRuthBaderGinsburg.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1604352792/gdsorg/ta4wf2ldroxiio4vd2s4/75th-Speaker-Series-Benjamin-Cooper-Lecture-legacyofJusticeRuthBaderGinsburg.jpg","width":500}])
Georgetown Day School invites you to the 23rd annual Benjamin Cooper Memorial Lecture and 75th Anniversary Speaker Series on the legacy of Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg.
![Entertainment in the Time of Covid]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1603828155/gdsorg/lcfsgcdthmllbxlur9rq/75th-Speaker-Series-Entertainment.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1603828155/gdsorg/lcfsgcdthmllbxlur9rq/75th-Speaker-Series-Entertainment.jpg","width":500}])
The second GDS Presents Speaker Series event, in honor of the school's 75th anniversary, is on Entertainment in the Time of Covid.
![Race, Justice & the American Judicial System]([{"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}])
GDS presents the 75th Anniversary Speaker Series kick-off event, featuring the Honorable Andre Davis, the Honorable Casey Cooper, and Attorney General for the District of Columbia Karl Racine.
Yearbooks
Log into MyGDS to access school yearbooks.
Georgetown Days
Read the latest issue of our biannual school magazine, and view our magazine archive. Contact us to get your own copy of future issues in the mail.
Then & Now
From the first High School yearbook in 1974 to the latest issue of Georgetown Days magazine, these publications give readers a deeper look into and outside the halls of GDS.
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