The Grayson School

Happy #earthday2021 We were so excited to be celebrating both on campus and at home with our virtual students. In perfect collision, science took the lead today for an all-day, cross-curricular extravaganza if art joined science on earth day- of course you would be creating works of art made only with beets, blackberries, and matcha. Students are also building gardening beds and planting flowers native to our area for our bees, so we look forward to more delicious organic honey next year from our #apiary. #discovergrayson @earth_day2021

Does your student love Mathematics? We're offering mathematical games, combinatorics, code-breaking, statistics, and more in our Summer at Grayson program. We of course have science, electronics, baking, art, reading, writing, and more than 30 in-person and options to explore. https://bit.ly/2P2EjTp

We are offering a college application boot camp this summer the week of June 21 for all rising 12th graders at our Radnor campus. https://bit.ly/3mesRR7

The Grayson School is offering over 30 in-person and online courses for ages 5-17 this summer. Join us for adventures in Science, Mathematics, Electronics, Baking, Reading, Writing, Art, venturing outdoors, and even a college application boot camp! https://bit.ly/2P2EjTp

The Daily Local News featured our student collaboration with King Saladeen to create a mural in recognition of the perseverance and tenacity of our community that has guided us through a most challenging year. The 25 ft. mural will be completed later this month, with students in all grades participating in this amazing art project.

Our cubers remind everyone to get out and VOTE!

Our families had some safe Halloween fun last evening at our drive-through trunk-or-treat celebration where they experienced the fabulous displays created by our faculty and staff with games, a few treats, and even a few spooky surprises. #respectresponsibilitysafety Tell us how you are safely celebrating Halloween tonight!

A new publication from Grayson Research Advisory Board members C. Matthew Fugate, Ph.D. and Wendy A. Behrens, M.A. Ed.

Happy Halloween! Our classrooms are filled with smiles and laughter and fun while practicing social distancing. #RespectResponsibilitySafety

While we are waiting for our school pictures, a game of socially distanced Simon Says can be really fun! #respectresponsibilitysafety

With so many concerns floating around, students can benefit significantly from taking time to tune into their own thoughts, feelings, and well-being. Ms. Freeborn shares this new blog post of her work with our students. Like this post if you currently have or would benefit from adopting a mindfulness practice yourself! https://bit.ly/2IXxT4N

Is your Middle School student seeking after school enrichment and fun? Join us for Advanced Mathematics of Board Games, Building Fantasy Worlds, or Scientific Debate from 3:30-4:30 pm online. Visit our eventbrite page for more information and to register.

It was so great to see you at our virtual parent coffee today. Our friends at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) just passed this along -and while I love our science program this might be fun for a snow day. The MIT Society of Women Engineers is sending out FREE science and engineering kits to students in grades 3rd through 8th. Their goal is to continue increasing interest in STEM during these virtual times. Kits are limited. Sign up here: https://bit.ly/2HbSmBM

Is your Middle School student looking for enrichment opportunities after school? We are offering our virtual after school programs to the greater community. Click for more details and to register! #DiscoverGrayson #enrichmentprogram https://www.eventbrite.com/o/the-grayson-school-17877390833

Shop for The Grayson School and $ave: October 12-October 25 at J.Crew Factory at The Plymouth Meeting Mall. All proceeds support Teacher Appreciation events at The Grayson School!! Mention The Grayson School at checkout or show the flyer below - don't forget to tell your friends and family! You'll receive 20% off your purchase, this is on top of the already 30-70% discount on original prices!

Join Frank C. Worrell, Ph.D. Professor in the Graduate School at U.C. Berkeley to learn the factors that lead to many high potential students of color and other underserved populations to be missing in gifted programs: the achievement gap, opportunity gap, and excellence gap. His insights and research on cultural identities offers parents and educators a path to increased understanding and collaboration that comes when we look through the lens of others. Online only. November 5, 2020 6:30 p.m.

Grayson Bibliophiles Rejoice! When life gave ersatz librarian and Director of Research, Jill Wurman remote learning orders and a shuttered library, Ms. Wurman began crossing urban and suburban Philadelphia to bring bespoke collections of books to remote learners. The Grayson Bookmobile remains available to anyone learning remotely even as we welcome students back for in-person learning. Books are delivered in accordance with our health and safety protocols, and while contact free drop-off is available, some families were just very eager to see their librarian come to their home!

Today we celebrate some of our 4-5 students returning to campus for in-person learning!

As our students return to school, the opportunities to expand their learning outdoors in a unique research-based play environment are taking shape. There could hardly be a better time to provide daily opportunities to experiment, fail, recover, and try again, whether that involves testing social boundaries, trying on new identities, or discovering that an effort that fails is not the end of the world especially when explicitly part of a space free of judgement than the rest of their life, especially at school. Imagine your teenage student self - what would you want to create in our play-lab?