A popular Pre-Algebra lesson is still a hit with GFA’s sixth and seventh graders. Middle School math teacher Kristen Dee has been helping GFA students apply fractions to real life situations for more than five years.
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On Wednesday, January 11, the fifth grade had the opportunity to speak with Bryan Chick, author of the Secret Zoo series, via Zoom call in the Forum
Co-curricular work has been a mainstay in GFA’s Middle School for years. With an exciting new project, art and mental health united for a project in identity.
The GFA garden received an upgrade last week! As part of her HES (Human Ecology and Sustainability) Inquiry project, Analise Trani ‘23 designed a new sign to highlight the garden and let the community know about all of the hard work that goes into it throughout the year.
On Friday, December 16, GFA Upper and Middle Schoolers rang in the holiday season with their annual Scream Along.
The Monday before break, and a week before Hanukkah officially kicked off, was not too soon for the Upper School Jewish Affinity Group to get into the holiday. More than forty students joined advisor Mrs. Stine and Mr. Whelan for some healthy(ish) potato latkes, a few rousing games of dreidel (with a refresh for the rules), other treats like babka cake, traditional gelt and some festive chatter.
As GFA students geared up for Winter Break, the first graders had the opportunity to write, illustrate, publish and present their Gingerbread Stories. Each student came up with their own creative story about the gingerbread person who they imagined. Upon publication, families came to visit the first grade classrooms to watch and listen as students presented their stories and express what they were most proud of in regards to the creation of their story.
On Wednesday and Thursday before Winter Break, the young scientists in Grade 8 took their talents to a new audience -- their lower school schoolmates. In "magic shows" for several Lower School classes, eighth graders wowed with science tricks that seemed an awful lot like magic -- then explained the science behind what they all just witnessed.