Gordon School

Bringing out the best in us: Reflections on my first months working alongside a canine colleague, by Head of School Meredith deChabert, at ow.ly/WwWx50XzfeU -

The Turkey Trot is a schoolwide celebration of generosity and cross-grade connection, led by the eighth grade.

Congratulations to everyone who made this the greatest Trot ever!

Families can learn how to help this effort at www.gordonschool.org/turkeytrot -

Next week, these students will be among the youngest at their family parties.

They’ll sit at the kids’ table, they’ll squirm, wander, and go play in the family room.

But today, they held their own with the grownups

And threw a party any host would be proud of.

As fall turns to winter, third grade is wrapping up their study of the Taino people, who thrived in the Caribbean in the centuries before Columbus arrived.

Here, a third grader retells a favorite myth, by way of explaining the striking pumpkins that he and his classmates drew.

Sometimes recycling the gifts of nature looks like smashed pumpkins.

Sometimes it looks like gently choosing delicate leaves, placing them on a banner of silk, covering them with blanket soaked in madder root and wrapping it all up in hopes of making a scarf as a gift for someone you love.

Today is Ruby Bridges Day, the sixty-fifth anniversary of Ruby Bridges' first walk to her new school.

She was 6 years old, escorted by law enforcement through a jeering crowd who wanted to keep the school segregated.

See how a second grade class observed the anniversary today: ow.ly/VYGi50XrPQU -

Drop in on the seventh and eighth grade’s Surface Exploration elective in today’s Gordon Middle School Moment!

Want to take a closer look at Gordon’s Middle School firsthand? Join us Friday, November 14th for an open house. Visit the link in our bio or gordonschool.org/ms to register.

Drop the seventh and eighth grade’s Surface Exploration elective in today’s Gordon Middle School Moment!

Want to take a closer look at Gordon’s Middle School firsthand? Join us Friday, November 14th for an open house. Visit the link in our bio or gordonschool.org/ms to register.

Tomorrow night is the debut of Agatha Rex, this year’s Middle School play.

Performances are Wednesday, Thursday and Friday at 6:30pm.

Dozens of photos from dress rehearsal are at ow.ly/fymr50XqbLq

Headshot portraits of the cast and crew are at ow.ly/mvJ050XqbLR

Rainy days and Mondays never bring us down. Nursery suited up and ran to the Early Childhood Outdoor Classroom for first recess this morning.

A new tradition may be taking hold: fall brings pumpkins that become jack o’lanterns that become rapidly decomposing pumpkins that lead to… a cross-divisional pumpkin smash?

Let the fifth and sixth graders explain it to you at ow.ly/ncnr50Xp5Oa -

Congratulations to Leo Blachly-Preston ’22, David Battle-Cardemil ’22, Kyle Horton ’25 and Luke Short ’22, who helped Wheeler’s Boys Varsity Soccer win the Eastern Independent League championship this afternoon.

A random sample of eighth grade independent reading illustrated the range of Gordon students’ interests - and the depth of our library’s collection. Review the list at ow.ly/hVk850Xoz3V -

A powerful and courageous community: Head of School Meredith deChabert on finding ways to authentically and compassionately sustain one another, at ow.ly/cogH50Xo1yW -

Independent reading in the sun during Middle School recess.

Fourth grade gathered under the night sky tonight with friends and family, participating in a tradition that stretches back to the dawn of humanity.

Learn more at ow.ly/pnL850XnvIL -

Worlds within worlds: the increasingly complex ecosystem of Young Kindergarten, at ow.ly/PvJF50XmNVq -

Moments from today’s Día de Celebración de Culturas Hispanas y Latinas, students dancing, singing, drumming, playing, crafting, cooking, creating and connecting with one another, ar now online at ow.ly/L2LS50Xm8Rc -

Congratulations to Janie Palan ‘22, Peyton Riegel ‘22 and Maddie Powell ‘22 (from left), who helped propel Moses Brown’s field hockey team - managed by Stella Jellinek ‘22 - to the Rhode Island Division I championships today.

Happy eighth birthday to Denver the dog, who has been a steady presence at Gordon since 2019.

Every day is different for Denver. Learn more about his adventures at www.gordonschool.org/denver -

Congratulations to Gordon’s blue A soccer team who went undefeated in today’s middle soccer tournament, hosted by Wheeler, and brought home the championship!

All Gators fans are invited to see them play their final home game as part of Wednesday’s Green and White Day on Engle Field.

After thirty-one years of dedicated service, Frances Martindale, Director of Gordon’s Joukowsky Family Library, will retire from Gordon this June.

Reflect on her impact on hundreds of Gordon students, and learn how to help to give her the sendoff that she deserves, at www.gordonschool.org/frances

On Friday, the science team presented new Head of School Meredith deChabert with a pair of waders

The gift came with an open invitation to explore Gordon’s outdoors alongside our students.

It was not just a symbolic gesture.

Jack is back! Jack Kirkman ’22 is once again in a Providence Journal sports poll, this time in the highly competitive race to be the high school soccer mid-season most valuable player.

Voting is open now at www.gordonschool.org/jack -

We love the rain! But we are cancelling today’s neighborhood playground gathering out of abundance of caution. Stay off the roads and have fun close to home.

More neighborhood gatherings at www.gordonschool.org/neighborhood

When there’s something that students are excited about, Gordon teachers are smart enough to lean into it.

In the weeks ahead, look for more skeletons in the classrooms, as well as spiders, howling wolves and even a few ghosts.

Thanks to the more-than-six-hundred of you who helped make Friday night unforgettable!

A second look at the celebration welcoming Meredith deChabert, Gordon’s new Head of School, including a link to hundreds of photos from Janet Moscarello Photography, is now up at ow.ly/tV3a50X8Hfi -

It takes imagination, teamwork and persistence to invent a new game, with its own rules, rhythm and language.

It takes poise and confidence to explain it succinctly and clearly without any preparation.

Tonight is the night! Over six hundred students, caregivers, faculty, staff, alumni, alumni parents, and former faculty and staff are gathering downtown to celebrate Gordon and welcome Dr. Meredith deChabert to Rhode Island as our new Head of School.

Full details at www.gordonschool.org/newchapter

Seventh graders made bold, courageous, thoughtful statements of personal identity this week. It was the start of a study of media literacy that will continue through the end of eighth grade. Learn more at ow.ly/rtoR50X5Fbt -