Gordon School

Gordon will be closed Monday, January 26th, due to the forecasted storm.

Everything you ever wanted to know about snow - including Gordon's snow closing policy and links to statewide announcements - can be found at www.gordonschool.org/snow

Caring for ourselves and each other: a schoolwide celebration of Dr. King’s vision for this year’s Beloved Community Day, at ow.ly/w7Bc50Y27WI -

The Boston Globe called it one of seven “timeless” Rhode Island spots for winter fun, and it is right in Gordon’s backyard.

More photos from yesterday at ow.ly/IqiJ50Y1fSo -

Wednesday arrived with dozens of tiny creatures hidden throughout the school, and an announcement in the Gordon News. Learn more about this midwinter magic at ow.ly/Nygh50Y1f6M -

They are climbing the walls in fifth grade! To start each day, fifth graders are spending advisory period in one of three activities: on the climbing wall, practicing yoga, or exploring the campus on nature walks. It’s a great way to focus and to combat the grey, cold and damp of a R.I. January.

Yes, that was longtime music teacher Bill Beaudoin on the mic today as the seventh and eighth grade band soundchecked Sweet Caroline.

The Middle School Winter Concert is tonight at 6:30pm. See you there!

Carnival planning has begun, and Nursery pitched in today.

Carnival is one of Gordon’s oldest traditions. This year’s edition will be Saturday, May 2nd. The first volunteer meeting will be Wednesday, February 4th at 8:30am - all caregivers, faculty, staff, alumni and extended family are invited.

Thanks to Eric Bilodeau and the Providence Children’s Film Festival for bringing a thrilling set of short films to campus on Friday night!

The evening was as preview of this year’s festival, which runs in venues throughout town February 14th to the 22nd. www.providencechildrensfilmfestival.org -

Hear that silence?

That’s the sound of seventy Middle Schoolers doing math quietly at the end of the day.

Thanks to the dozens of college-age alumni who returned to campus for tonight’s reunion. How is it that we haven’t done this before? It was a magical night of reminiscing and reconnecting, and your teachers loved discovering what amazing people you’ve become.

Vote now for Collin Mburu ’23 to be a Providence Journal Player of the Week, at www.gordonschool.org/collin

Collin has become a leader on Moses Brown’s defending Division II champion team.

We have known he was a star since his half court shot seen here: youtu.be/atW6TneDDNg

Winter break ended today, and life at Gordon picked up where it left off. Get a look at ow.ly/5WTK50XS9R3 -

Winter break ended today, and life at Gordon picked up where it left off. Get a look at ow.ly/5WTK50XS9R3 -

Before break, third grade met with the school’s Buildings and Grounds committee to continue a long-running conversation between students and school leadership on how to use science to protect Gordon’s natural resources. Listen in at ow.ly/SuCM50XQQ1P -

Looking for the perfect New Year’s ensemble? Sixth grade Spanish has the ideas you need, and the vocabulary to match.

Learn more about how our Middle School prepares students to thrive academically and emotionally at Gordon and beyond, at www.gordonschool.org/middleschool

It is with great sadness that we share news of the passing of longtime activist Dr. Lynda Blackmon Lowery. More on Dr. Lowery and her friendship with Gordon at ow.ly/CSKC50XQcwi -

Student Leadership Co-Presidents went over their winter assembly speeches with the Middle School Director today.

That’s what cultivating leadership looks like in Middle School. See what it looks like in Early Childhood at ow.ly/wzbl50XL3ZP -

This morning’s Early Childhood Winter Gathering the first step on a journey that will bring these students to podiums, press conferences, post-game interviews, stages, spotlights and TV screens in the years ahead. Step inside the room at ow.ly/wzbl50XL3ZP -

Looking for books to share with your child this week?

Gordon’s librarians started the day today by assembling a rack of books that might connect especially strongly with young readers this week.

The full list is at ow.ly/nle150XKBi9 -

It is with great sadness that we share that A.T. Wall ‘67 passed away yesterday after a long illness.

More on A.T. and how he will be remembered in the days ahead at ow.ly/8W6t50XIBOM -

Thanks to our visiting authors Marc Nobleman and Christina Soontornvat for sitting for in-depth interviews for our student newspaper this week.

Marc Nobleman’s interview is here ow.ly/8HUP50XIyF1

…and Christina Soontarvat’s interview has been added to the bottom of this post: ow.ly/KCmS50XIyBn -

Thanks to the sixty-plus crowd of students, parents, teachers and story lovers who came out tonight’s presentation by @marctnobleman

Full coverage of his visit coming tomorrow, including an interview with an eighth grader.

Thanks to the sixty-plus crowd of students, parents, teachers and story lovers who came out tonight’s presentation by @marctnobleman

Full coverage of his visit coming tomorrow, including an interview with an eighth grader.

Watch eighth grade explore Mango Street in today’s Middle School Moment!

Learn more about how our Middle School approaches educating the whole child and how our philosophy prepares students to thrive academically and emotionally at Gordon and beyond, at www.gordonschool.org/middleschool

What is the challenge of telling a story with no grownups in it?

What is special about hearing a story read by the person who wrote it?

And what is the secret to great storytelling?

More questions and answers from today at ow.ly/6Wva50XFZKQ -

New perspectives, shared values: connecting caregivers as we raise Generation Alpha together, at ow.ly/pXyg50XCZxK -

The temperature is plummeting, and Young Kindergarten is thinking about the friends who use the bird feeder outside their classroom.

Today, they thought about the houses birds use, and started building a set of four different designs, each aimed at a different set of residents.

We’re thankful for Rhode Island Monthly’s coverage the hard work that goes into our Young Kindergartener’s Meal of Gratitude.

Read the RI Monthly coverage at ow.ly/48II50XBwLh
Take a closer look at the project at ow.ly/V4Il50XBwQy -

Do the Decimal Dash with sixth grade math in today’s Middle School Moment!

Produced by Gordon Middle School students, Middle School Moments is a video series offering glimpses into their experience.

On Giving Tuesday, Gordon invites you to learn more about some of the partner organizations that help ground our students’ experience in the work of effecting real, lasting change in the world.

Learn about some of Gordon’s partners at ow.ly/xmsZ50XAm8C -