GUS ASSEMBLIES Our GUS assemblies this year will feature our curriculum themes. Each monthly assembly will be linked to one of our class themes to help illustrate the many ways these themes form the core of a GUS education. Parents are welcome at all assemblies throughout the year.

"WHERE AM I GOING?"--GRADE 3 AND 8 

The first theme assembly is Monday, September 16 at 11:10 AM and will highlight "Where Am I Going." Third graders and eighth graders share this theme as they approach the question from two very different directions.

This assembly will begin with third grade co-teachers, Jen Arthur and Maureen Twombly, giving an overview of "Where Am I Going" as it is explored in third grade. Jeffrey Bartsch will give us the eighth grade perspective.

Following the intros, all grades will be involved with a mapping presentation where different classes will be visiting this year as part of their learning. For questions please contact Georgia Bills at gbills@gus.org. 

NEW PARENT DINNER

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 19, at 6:30 PM
New families, please join us for dinner and a look ahead at the school year.

7:45 PM to 8:30 PM -- Program

The evening's program will include an overview of the school year, introductions to teachers and staff, and time for your questions.   

INDEPENDENT SECONDARY
SCHOOL FAIR
MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 23,
5:30 PM to 8:00 PM 

Glen Urquhart will host the annual North Shore Independent Secondary School Fair this year. The 100 schools that have registered include day, boarding, and parochial schools and specialized programs located throughout the Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states. If you have any questions about the event, contact Elaine Collupy at ecollupy@gus.org.

LOWER SCHOOL PARENTS' NIGHT 

THURSDAY, SEPTEMBER 26,  

6:30 PM to 8:30 PM 

Visit your child's classroom, meet the specialist teachers, and hear from Dave Provost and new Head of Lower School Sara Kotwicki.

6:30 PM to 6:45 PM        Gather for coffee in the upper school building

6:45 PM to 7:00 PM        Welcome and introductions by Dave Provost and Sarah Kotwicki 

7:00 PM to 7:25 PM        Meet with Dave and specialist teachers in the Nance Room 

7:30 PM to 8:15 PM        Visit classrooms  

UPPER SCHOOL PARENTS' NIGHT 

THURSDAY, OCTOBER 3,  

6:30 PM to 8:00 PM 

Visit your child's classroom, meet

GRAND FRIENDS' DAY We are jumping into some fabulous music for the Grand Friends' Day concert on Friday, October 25. The concert this year is "Over (and under) The Sea". October is going to highlight the fourth grade theme "The Sea" and this concert will be the best sea swell of the month!

NOTES FROM THE PARENTS' ASSOCIATION (PA)

GUS+ CLASSES

NEW! Archery

Ready, aim, shoot! Learn the eleven steps to archery success in this National Archery in the Schools Program (NASP) class. Archery is a highly inclusive sport and a diverse and extremely safe shooting activity. Students will shoot international style target archery, learn the setup and commands of a safe range, and learn the parts of the bow and arrows. The class will focus far more on the "process" of safe shooting than on arrow scores. All equipment is provided by GUS and teachers are NASP certified.

Instructor:   David Pruden,  

Grades:      4 and 5

Dates:        8 Fridays , October 4 through December 6, no class Oct. 25 and Nov. 29.

Time:          3:00 PM -- 4:00 PM

Cost:          $150

The After School Art Workshop is designed to strengthen students' visual vocabulary and skills. Students will engage in a wide variety of disciplines, including painting, drawing, assemblage, and mixed media. They will create individual goals and push their ideas beyond the expected to complete projects for their art portfolio. Activities will encourage students to work together, problem solve, and communicate ideas in a nurturing multidisciplinary studio environment. If you have any questions, please email Dawn at dsouthworth@gus.org. To register, please sign up on the sheet outside the art room and place your check in the box.

Instructor:   Dawn Southworth

Grades:       5 through 8

Dates:         8 Fridays, October 4 through December 6, no class Oct. 25 and Nov. 29  

Cost:    $240.00, payment due with registration

UPPER SCHOOL & JOHNSON ART GALLERIES: CURRENT EXHIBITIONS

Joan Benotti   Born in Boston, Joan Benotti has exhibited extensively throughout New England. She studied painting at the Rhode Island School of Design and printmaking at the Montserrat College of Art.  She was a founding member of the Bromfield Gallery, a Boston-based artists' cooperative, and was the recipient of a printmaking grant from the Massachusetts State Council on the Arts.  She lives on the North Shore. 

Elynn Kröger   A native of Massachusetts, Elynn Kröger has exhibited her work for the past 40 years and can be found in collections internationally. Intuitive, abstract, impressionist, textile, gestural, calligraphic, spatial, and organic, her work is not easily categorized. While working primarily with water-based media, Kroger also employs graphite and oil sticks. Sometimes hundreds of washes or layers can go into a piece, making the artist's expression of freshness, subtlety, and color all the more remarkable.  

Kröger has been acknowledged since the start of her career; she placed first in painting in her debut showing,  received a Massachusetts Council for the Arts grant, and achieved "Copley Artist" status in Boston. She was also selected to be a member of the New England Water Color Society, the youngest artist at the time of her induction. A resident of Gloucester for the past sixteen years, Kröger has exhibited her work locally at West End Studios/Gallery, Local Colors Gallery, "The Church" Gallery, the River Gallery, Passports Restaurant, the Hour Glass Gallery in Melrose, MA, and also at the Johnson Gallery in Beverly Farms, MA.

Both exhibitions run through October 25.