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November 8, 2022

Arts Department Named Outstanding Visual Arts Community

George School is proud to announce that it recently received the 2022 endorsement of the Pennsylvania Art Education Association (PAEA) as an Outstanding Visual Arts Community.

George School Celebrates Hall of Athletic Honor Inductees

Georgian Spring/Summer 2022 Available Online

Recent Alumni News

Celebrating the Retirement of Carter and Erin Sio

Carter Sio ’76 and Erin Sio will retire at the end of this academic year, leaving a forty-year legacy in the George School community after teaching countless courses, fostering important relationships with students, and co-leading more than half a dozen international service-learning trips, including South Korea, Vietnam, and our original project in Tanzania, all while raising two children (Emma and Dylan Sio ’09). We thank Carter and Erin for their years of service to the school and membership in its community.

Kyra Spence ’14 Spends a Week with George School

This week, I had the pleasure of working with Shantel’s ninth grade English class and Melaina’s twelfth grade Writer’s Focus English class. Working with George School’s teachers and students this week was a beautiful way to feel community and connection around poetry. Shantel, Melaina, and all the teachers in the English department showed me such warmth and generosity.

Meredith Meyer Grelli ’03 Distills the Meaning of Entrepreneurship

In keeping up with the mindset she learned at George School, Meredith Meyer Grelli ’03 created her own path as an entrepreneur that led to lifelong learning and teaching. “At George School, I learned to be a strong associative thinker, connecting seemingly disconnected ideas, industries, and wants.”

Peter Siegel ’86: The Power of Relationships

Throughout his career, Peter Siegel ’86 relied on his network of relationships for mentorship and support along the way. “Forming relationships is the most powerful thing we can do as people,” said Peter. “My relationships with my people at George School are among the longest lasting and enduring in my life.”

Integrating Service with Experiential Learning

Experiencing the power of service learning first through the lens of a student and then as a faculty trip leader inspired Meredith to take on the role of Service Learning Coordinator. Now, she is building upon the strong legacy of service learning at George School.

The Power of Storytelling

On an academic service learning trip to Athens, Greece, Franklyn, and Jake Whent ’24 volunteered with Love Without Borders, an organization that works with children and adult refugees. The trip—part of the Storytelling for Social Justice course being offered with the Signature Academic Program, allowed Franklyn and his peers to learn, firsthand, the day-to-day challenges facing refugees. For Franklyn, it was a worldview-altering experience.

A Legal Career Built from the Theory of Knowledge

In TOK, a philosophy course that encourages critical thinking, Sydney Burns ’10 remembers reading Plato’s Allegory of the Cave. “The conversations I had with Ralph Lelii, my Theory of Knowledge teacher, in and out of the classroom sparked an interest in philosophy that I later pursued in college,” said Sydney.

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