Ms. Behrens and Ms. Ferguson arranged a Skype session with Kate Messner for Mr. Lucas and Ms. Ferguson’s classes and Ms. Behrens’ after-school book club. Kate Messner is the author of Capture the Flag, The Brilliant Fall of Gianna Z, and Eye of the Storm which the students have been reading. Students also prepared […]
Last week the elementary school celebrated Dr. Seuss Week and Read Across America. The celebration ended on Thursday, February 28th with students and teachers dressing like their favorite book characters and the GSA Men’s Club donated cupcakes to celebrate Dr. Seuss and Read Across America. We had a school-wide door decorating competition, each class decorated their door with […]
In honor of those in our community currently fighting cancer or those whom we have lost this year to cancer, we will be fundraising for the American Cancer Society. The fundraiser will begin Monday, March 11 and will end Friday, April 12. In the lobby this past week, you may have seen a thermometer […]
On Friday 3/29, the middle & high school choir students participated in the 3rd quarter assembly. They performed a Disney medley for the K-5 students. Teachers presented awards to their students with scholar classroom awards. Ms. Bryant and Ms. Ziegelmeier led The Gateway Dancers in a performance by Lady Gaga’s “Born This Way”. .
March 22nd, 2013, four of our Middle School students competed in the Concept Schools Regional Spelling Bee in down town Chicago and we walked away victorious. Kathryn Brune, Jake Minor, Sequoia Maybearry, and Hayden Barton had the best overall average for spelling than any other Concept middle school, so we’re bringing back this lovely piece of hardware to […]
We are happy to announce the great accomplishment that our students achieved at the CONSEF Science Fair last weekend. They compete with more than 500 public, private, charter and magnet school students and received many awards in different categories. Overall GSA received the BEST SCHOOL award in the (5th-8th grade) junior division. Also our four students in the […]
From March 15-24, 2013, a group of twelve staff, students and parents from GSA traveled to Turkey. The group flew into Istanbul and wasted no time visiting the sites. First, they went to Topkapi Palace which was the primary residence of the Ottoman Sultans for approximately 400 years. Nearby, they went to the Blue Mosque […]
This Spring Break, sixteen students, parents, and staff had the learning experience of a lifetime– a week in Spain! We visited 7 cities, including: Madrid, Sevilla, Toledo, Segovia, Granada, Córdoba,and Málaga. We spoke a TON of Spanish, saw Roman ruins from 2000 years ago, visited cathedrals thatnearly touched the sky, and visited both the beach […]
We would like to thank you parents and students who participated eagle project and help us to improve our school environment. .