GFA Blog

By Ann Miller
Director of Enrollment and Financial Aid

It seems like yesterday that GFA was welcoming you and other families to our Fall Open Houses, and the admission team was beginning the interviews and tours process. Now we have turned the corner (and the calendar) to a new year and a new stage of the admission process.

By Robert Guffin
Upper School History Teacher

As people rightly consider how to best prepare students for future employment, it seems to me that we should also remember the contribution of the humanities in general and history in particular to guaranteeing a “rich” life.

By Jenifer Bonilla
Ninth grade

Let us go back to our early childhood, when we were introduced to the concept of empathy and not always thinking about what you want, but thinking about what others are feeling and going through. I am so proud of people who decide to come out, break the social norm, talk about this injustice, making it known that they will not be erased.

By Elizabeth Day
GFA School Counselor

Today I’m sharing my lifelong story of how dirt makes me happy — giving you the “dirt on me” so to speak. I have my parents to thank for instilling a love of nature in me. Certainly, this was the best gift they could have possibly given.

By Scarlett Siegel
Eighth grade

Something happened, and it's not pleasant, but the only way to get past it is through the help of others. You become stronger in the end by not letting it consume your thoughts and feelings, or change the way you are.

By Sangeeta Dhawan
Upper School World Languages

A sure way to make French real to our students is by introducing them to individuals in their general age group who have become fluent and have successfully integrated their language skills in their chosen career path: how they persevered and the obstacles and triumphs they celebrated along the way. The path to fluency is not always direct and not always short, but they key is to not give up.