Spring 2024
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Georgetown Days is GDS's biannual magazine. Since 1998, it has showcased the best of GDS with long-form content and vivid designs. The print edition is sent to more than 5,000 community members, and the digital complement launched in 2020.
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![A middle-aged man with a beard and a red and white polka dot tie stands in front of a colorful, striped background.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1666642428/gdsorg/svwjr4dz1vptqzxvkgbq/RussellShawheadshot.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1666642428/gdsorg/svwjr4dz1vptqzxvkgbq/RussellShawheadshot.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1666642428/gdsorg/svwjr4dz1vptqzxvkgbq/RussellShawheadshot.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1666642428/gdsorg/svwjr4dz1vptqzxvkgbq/RussellShawheadshot.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1666642428/gdsorg/svwjr4dz1vptqzxvkgbq/RussellShawheadshot.jpg","width":1500}])
This issue of Georgetown Days explores innovation. I am proud of the ways in which GDS evolves and embraces new opportunities for learning.
![Second graders with their blueprints and models for the "Pollution Solutions" project, which challenges them to generate ideas for cleaning and/or protecting waterways.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1721222047/gdsorg/solrvruddeo3tw5kwlc6/InnovationFund_SpringMagazine2024-8.jpg","width":2000}])
The GDS mission statement calls on teachers to challenge the intellectual and creative abilities of their students and foster strength of character, which is why the School launched the GDS Innovation Fund in January
![Jenny Abramson ʼ95]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1721222084/gdsorg/addccrqlyenhkdf1b0sk/HopperTank_SpringMagazine2024-4.jpg","width":2000}])
At the third annual GDS Hopper Tank Competition, a team of freshmen students walked away with a $1,000 grant
![Swimmer Adriano Arioti ʼ24 and Volleyball Player Clara Yu ʼ24 at a GDS signing ceremony for future college athletes. (Credit: Derek Brunn)]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1721222182/gdsorg/zum3877fov9ijd6ubl6f/AdrianoClara2024CreditDerekBrunn.jpg","width":2000}])
Adriano Arioti and Clara Yu share much in common: stellar athletic records, admission to Ivy League universities, teammates who adore them–and a car ride to school.
![Janos Szasz_Online]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1721222131/gdsorg/ltyioauz8xbi72qexwrf/Janos_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1721222131/gdsorg/ltyioauz8xbi72qexwrf/Janos_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1721222131/gdsorg/ltyioauz8xbi72qexwrf/Janos_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1721222131/gdsorg/ltyioauz8xbi72qexwrf/Janos_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":1151}])
By the time Hungarian émigré János Szász settled in the United States two years ago, he had directed about 30 stage shows and a dozen feature films
![Fourth graders partnered with SMYAL, which empowers LGBTQ+ youth in the DC region.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1721222070/gdsorg/enggkkwpg18dqn3elwtf/CEEL_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":2000}])
Lower School students are partnering with DC-area organizations that serve a range of constituencies as part of a program designed to help students gain a deeper understanding of social justice themes
![A smiling older woman with glasses stands in a room filled with bookshelves, colorful artwork, and children playing in the background.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1720308132/gdsorg/f5gahexp3zwetgmfa3x9/BarbaraBuonora_SpringMagazine2024-3.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1720308132/gdsorg/f5gahexp3zwetgmfa3x9/BarbaraBuonora_SpringMagazine2024-3.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1720308132/gdsorg/f5gahexp3zwetgmfa3x9/BarbaraBuonora_SpringMagazine2024-3.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720308132/gdsorg/f5gahexp3zwetgmfa3x9/BarbaraBuonora_SpringMagazine2024-3.jpg","width":1000}])
![HS Studio Arts teacher Nick Ryan working on the pottery wheel with Joe Finkelstein '24 as Brady Leblanc '27 (middle) and Ahren Sidhu '27 shape their pieces.]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1720308769/gdsorg/szapzxcf9davkdk9eko7/NickRyan_SpringMagazine2024-thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1720308769/gdsorg/szapzxcf9davkdk9eko7/NickRyan_SpringMagazine2024-thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1720308769/gdsorg/szapzxcf9davkdk9eko7/NickRyan_SpringMagazine2024-thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720308769/gdsorg/szapzxcf9davkdk9eko7/NickRyan_SpringMagazine2024-thumb.jpg","width":1000}])
![Zak Sandler 04]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1720297056/gdsorg/qltalc3lh6vgmakaja45/ZakSandler04_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1720297056/gdsorg/qltalc3lh6vgmakaja45/ZakSandler04_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1720297056/gdsorg/qltalc3lh6vgmakaja45/ZakSandler04_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720297056/gdsorg/qltalc3lh6vgmakaja45/ZakSandler04_SpringMagazine2024-1.jpg","width":1000}])
![Rachel Marcus '85]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1720296505/gdsorg/ymlqtjyxvadpvqtkgwlm/RachelMarcus85_thumb.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1720296505/gdsorg/ymlqtjyxvadpvqtkgwlm/RachelMarcus85_thumb.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1720296505/gdsorg/ymlqtjyxvadpvqtkgwlm/RachelMarcus85_thumb.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1720296505/gdsorg/ymlqtjyxvadpvqtkgwlm/RachelMarcus85_thumb.jpg","width":1000}])