May Term
These seven-day courses enrich the student experience beyond the core GFA curriculum and offer opportunities to dig into a topic in ways that are impossible during the regular school schedule. Students should expect to connect with classmates and teachers in a different way, explore new interests, and focus on their learning.
Course Offerings
- Aloud!
- Anime: A Window into Japanese Society
- The Art of the Chinese Strategy Game-Go (Weiqi)
- Basics of Asian Cooking
- BON APPÉTIT: Let’s Learn About French Culture Through Food!
- Creativity Unplugged
- Cryptocurrencies 101
- Disney Adaptations: A Whole New World
- Dragons in the Wild
- Everyone Calm Down! Meditative Practices for Reflective Lives
- Exploring Art through Film
- Exploring Mathematics Through Magic
- Fashion Design
- Film Foodies: A Recipe to Savor
- How Do Humans Make Language? An Intro to Linguistics
- Killer Course
- Light, Fluorescence, and Bioluminescence
- Mock Trial
- One Struggle, One Fight — LGBTQ+ Rights in America: The Stonewall Effect
- A Puzzler’s Paradise!
- Reading, Experiencing, & Creating Fantasy Worlds
- Real Life 101
- Rocketry 101
- Shakespeare’s Garden
- Songwriting and Recording
- Sounds Great!
- Focus on the LI Sound: Living History of the Long Island Sound
- Focus on the LI Sound: Sustainability through Indigenous Viewpoints and Scientific Inquiry
Aloud!
Anime: A Window into Japanese Society
The Art of the Chinese Strategy Game-Go (Weiqi)
Basics of Asian Cooking
BON APPÉTIT: Let’s Learn About French Culture Through Food!
Creativity Unplugged
Cryptocurrencies 101
Disney Adaptations: A Whole New World
Dragons in the Wild
Everyone Calm Down! Meditative Practices for Reflective Lives
Exploring Art through Film
Exploring Mathematics Through Magic
Fashion Design
Film Foodies: A Recipe to Savor
How Do Humans Make Language? An Intro to Linguistics
Killer Course
Light, Fluorescence, and Bioluminescence
Mock Trial
One Struggle, One Fight — LGBTQ+ Rights in America: The Stonewall Effect
A Puzzler’s Paradise!
Reading, Experiencing, & Creating Fantasy Worlds
Real Life 101
Rocketry 101
Shakespeare’s Garden
Songwriting and Recording
Sounds Great!
Focus on the LI Sound: Living History of the Long Island Sound
Focus on the LI Sound: Sustainability through Indigenous Viewpoints and Scientific Inquiry