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Welcome Back: Outdoor Chapel and Campfire!
Families are invited to attend weekly Outdoor Chapels (Kindergarten through Grade 5) and monthly school-wide Campfires.
Read MoreWarm and Fuzzy Week: February 14-18
The week of February 14-18 will be our first annual “Warm and Fuzzy Week!”
Read More#GraceFacultyFriday
Introducing #GraceFacultyFriday where every week we’ll shine a spotlight on one of our amazing faculty or staff members on social media!
Read MorePTO Book Fair: Saturday, February 19
Support Grace by shopping at Politics and Prose book store on Saturday, February 19.
Read MoreMLK, Jr. Donation Drive through January 18
The PTO has chosen the Kind Works’ Afghan refugee resettlement program as the beneficiary for a donation drive in honor of MLK, Jr.
Read MoreHoliday Cheer
Visit geds.org/community/happy-holidays-2021/ to view our holiday video, recording of Christmas Chapel, letter from the Head of School, and more!
Read MoreHoliday “Cups of Cheer”
To give back in this season of gratitude, Kindergarten through Grade 5 students assembled 160 “Cups of Cheer” for the elderly in Montgomery County. Working with Small Things Matter, students wrote cards and filled mugs with tea, coffee and cocoa packets to help warm hearts and hands. Read more about Small Things Matter, https://smallthingsmatter.org/.
Read MoreStudent Council Donation Drive
The Grace Student Council held a donation drive for Shepherd’s Table the week leading up to Thanksgiving. Preschool through Grade 5 students brought bags of coffee, sugar, broth, quinoa, lentils, canned coconut milk, and lots more to support their neighbors and the mission to “improve quality of life, create a pathway towards self-sufficiency, and inspire hope for the most vulnerable experiencing food insecurity, homelessness, and poverty.” To read more about Shepherd’s Table, https://www.shepherdstable.org/.
Read MoreProgram Spotlight: Project Based Learning and Project Zero
At last week’s information session, Jessica Boritz and Christine Comas shared about the ways in which Project Based Learning (PBL) and Project Zero Thinking Routines are being used in Grace classrooms to deepen our students’ learning. If you were unable to join us, you can watch a recording of their presentation here.
https://vimeo.com/644822569.