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A Picture is Worth a Thousand Words – Safe Passage Day 4
Some activities from today included watching the sunrise, play time with students, arts and crafts, and amazing and inspirational talks with the mothers involved with Safe Passage. Take a look at the...
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Safe Passage = Hope, Education, and Opportunity. Guatemala-Day 5
Today was project day at Safe Passage. Team Gould organized activities at the Jardin Infantil, also known as Hanley’s Garden for 2-6 year olds. We provided stations for the kids with activities such as...
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Pacaya Volcano: Day 6 in Guatemala
Today was a free day for Team Gould here in Guatemala! We woke up early and hiked Pacaya, a volcano located 2 hours from Antigua. We saw some incredible views. Some horses and dogs tagged along with us...
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Final Day in Guatemala
Today was our final day in Guatemala, which we spent most of the day at the waterpark. We swam, slid on the slides, bobbed in the wave pool and laughed beyond belief! Take a look at the gallery below,...
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How to Support Student’s Civil Rights
What a great day! Brandon Baldwin, of the Civil Rights Team Project, led our faculty in a powerful afternoon of training to help us reach the ideal of being a place where everyone feels safe, welcome,...
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Looking Back: A Great Way to Start the Year Right
Student elected speaker Will Harvey and Valedictorian Edison Yi address the Gould community during the 2016 Commencement Ceremony. Start the year right by listening to the wisdom of last year’s student...
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Winning Essays Showcase Students Ability to Think Globally
Bill Taylor Essay Contest Congratulations to Alejandra Pardos ’16 who won 1st place in the Bill Taylor essay contest for the Camden Conference for International Affairs last month and to Eli Kurtz...
View Article87,000 Acre Gift from Roxanne Quimby P’96 Creates a National Monument in Maine
Katahdin Woods and Waters Monument Roxanne Quimby P’96, founder of Burt’s Bees, made an epic act of philanthropy by donating 87,000 acres of land to the National Park Service. President Barack Obama...
View ArticleWhat was Kaitlyn McElroy ’03 Doing with Dick’s Sporting Goods at the Tribeca...
Dick’s Sporting Goods sponsored a fantastic short film of Kaitlyn McElroy ’03 that was shown at the Tribeca film festival last April. Join Kaitlyn MCELROY ’03 on campus for Alumni Weekend, September...
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A Gould Alumni Couple Decided to Build and Live in a Tiny House… What...
“The simplicity of it is awesome, I want for nothing and need for nothing living in this space.” Jimmy Catlin ’07 was quoted from a recent article written by Casey Butler for Grind TV, Butler asks...
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Kelly Hood: Tackling Challenge & Taking on the AT
Faculty Spotlight: Kelly Hood Kelly Hood is a new member of the English Department at Gould this year. She is the Head Field Hockey coach, and lives in Gehring Hall. Kelly Hood engages with ninth...
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Navigating a School Through the Political Season
Presidential elections create an incredible learning opportunity for our students. This morning at assembly, I talked about how this is done at Gould. No surprise, it all comes back to core Gould...
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Off the Record with “DC”
Faculty Spotlight: Dr. Brad Clarke Dr. Clarke in action around the Harkness table. Bonus points if you can identify the records featured on his wall. One of the first things you notice when you step...
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How to Build a Foundation with Design Thinking
Rapid Design Thinking Challenge: Build a Foundation When you listen to students in between classes, you start to hear how they frame learning: “Did you do all the work last night?” “I think I did the...
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Reflecting on the Shared Wisdom of Alumni Weekend
Alumni Weekend at Gould is a remarkable event every year. We recharge and get re-inspired by witnessing firsthand the lifelong relationships that are nurtured here, and by observing countless examples...
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Jeff Lathrop ’09: A Powerful Life Lesson Learned at Gould
Faculty Spotlight: Alpine Coach & Psychology Teacher Jeff Lathrop ’09 Alpine Coach Jeff Lathrop ’09 As an athlete, your worst fear is getting injured. When a student-athlete has the “athlete”...
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And the Athletes of the Month for September are…
Brenna Myles ’18 & Dylan Rivard ’20 Named Athletes of the Month for September 2016 Dylan Rivard ’20 & Brenna Myles are the Athletes of the Month for September 2016. Each month at Gould, coaches...
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Rebecca Lowe – Constants In the Classroom, Life, and on the Course
Faculty Spotlight: Math Teacher Rebecca Lowe At Gould, we often say that “or” is easy, but “and” is hard. Many of our students embrace that and reject being labeled as a student who is this “or” that....
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National Coming Out Day – We MUST Be Better – Until Then, I Won’t Be Silent
Today at assembly faculty member Colin Penley shared his reflections on National Coming Out Day. The standing ovation that followed was well deserved. His words are powerful, emotional, and important....
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He Blinded Me With Science: Peter Southam – Mad Scientist
Faculty Spotlight: Peter Southam To say Peter Southam leads a busy and varied life doesn’t do him justice. Yes, he’s the Science Department Chair, and yes, he is the head coach of the road cycling team...
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