Germantown Friends School

Please enjoy this new video about Early Childhood Center City! Our interdisciplinary curriculumcentered around emergent literacy and math concepts, and scientific and artistic explorationis brought to life through age-appropriate project times, specials, and play! Learning can happen indoors or outside in the neighborhood parks and gardens. Enjoy some of those moments with our Preschool and PreK students.

Happy Easter to all of our friends celebrating today!

Join us on Friday, April 9, at 12 p.m., for a panel featuring three inspiring local artists who will share their unique voices and perspectives, moderated by GFS art teacher Jared Wood. The Abigail Rebecca Cohen ’91 Lecture was created in memory of Abigail Rebecca Cohen, a 1991 GFS graduate. Her life as an artist and photographer was dedicated to the pursuit of social and aesthetic concerns. The Cohen Art Lecture is made possible by the generous support of Abigail’s brother, Jonathan Cohen ’88, and his wife Julia Pershan. The Cohen Art Lecture reflects GFS’ Quaker philosophy on guiding students to understand and appreciate their world through inquiry and artistic expression. RSVP here: https://bit.ly/3cgyfzy

This article in the The Philadelphia Tribune captures the incredible evening we had last week with Kristen Welker '94, Chief White House Correspondent for NBC News. If you missed the event or want to enjoy some memories from the night, please read! Thanks to Elena Eisenstadt '21, who did an amazing job introducing Kristen and Anne Gerbner, who led a joyful interview full of laughs. https://www.phillytrib.com//article_ff97c387-7a9f-588b-abf

Powerful things can happen when you combine Quaker testimonies with computer science! The GFS Quackathon (our version of a Hackathon) proved just that. Led by GFS juniors Amelia Otto, Marissa Shaffer, and Martina Kiewek, this year’s Hackathon challenged middle and high schoolers to Hack the SPICES: develop programming solutions inspired by simplicity, peace, integrity, community, equality, and stewardship. Read the full story here: https://bit.ly/31dM8Iz