On Saturday, September 25, 2021, the George School Cougars hosted the 68th annual George School Cross-Country Invitational. A total of five hundred and thirteen athletes from eighteen neighboring public and independent high schools traveled to Newtown to compete.
Parents and other family members are invited to attend Family Visiting Day on campus on Saturday, October 16 to learn about their child’s academic program at George School. Advisor Consultation and mini class schedules for families will be available on the Portal at my.georgeschool.org beginning Friday morning, October 15 at 10:00 a.m. EDT.
George School is hosting a virtual fall Open House on Sunday, October 24 at 1:30 p.m. EST. Attendees will have the opportunity to meet the Admission Team, current students, parents, faculty, and staff during this year’s virtual event.
George School is delighted to once again receive high rankings from Niche.com, a website that calculates results based on a rigorous analysis of data from the U.S. Department of Education along with test scores, college data, and ratings collected from millions of users.
Thirty George School students were awarded IB diplomas in May 2021. One student scored a forty-one out of forty-five possible points, a particularly high score, according to IB Coordinator, Kim McGlynn. George School’s ten-year diploma pass rate remains 95 percent, which is far above the global average of 89 percent.
These four students are among 16,000 semifinalists throughout the country, each qualifying for one of the 7,500 available National Merit Scholarships worth nearly $30 million that will be offered in the spring.
George School ceramics teacher, Amedeo Salamoni, was among the artists that contributed to the Casper Woodfire & Wyoming Clayfest 2021 events in July.
After a year and a half of navigating changing protocols and schedules, the 2021 fall athletics season at George School officially kicked off on September 3.
George School’s Parent Inclusion Committee, in partnership with Rachel Williams, Director of Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI), and Julye M. Williams, Founder of Project 2043, are excited to host a six-part Courageous Conversations series for parents and adults in the George School community.
A new school year began on August 30, 2021, and for the first time in more than a year, George School opened for full in-person learning. New to the school are one-hundred and sixty-five students from five continents, eighteen different countries, and fifteen different states.
The Pennsylvania Shakespeare Festival (PSF) launches its inaugural “Play On!” community touring program with Shakespeare’s classic comedy A Midsummer Night’s Dream this summer, and they are coming to George School!
Guests are invited to campus on Sunday, June 11 at 4:00 p.m. for the performance in the William Penn Outdoor Auditorium. This event is free and open to the public. Bring your own chair and blanket, and enjoy the show outside to kick off your summer!
Stock up on your GS Gear before heading into summer with the 20% Clearance Sale on specially marked apparel items from now until the end of school on June 2!
The School Store hours are Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on days when classes are in session.
Questions? Contact Maddy Roepcke at mroepcke@georgeschool.org.
Bring back your used Literature Books, that are in decent condition, to the School Store between May 26 – June 2 and get credit onto your GS account.
The School Store hours are Monday-Friday from 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. on days when classes are in session.
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Maddy & Glen
School Store
Parents/Guardians: Please join the Parent and Guardian Association (PGA) for dinner in the dining hall at 5:30 p.m. before its final meeting of the school year on Monday, April 17. The meeting will be from 6:30-8:00 p.m. in the MDA Library Conference Room. Those unable to attend in person may join virtually via Zoom. The meeting link is on the Parent Portal.
