Adam Leff ’22 and Zachary Jager ’23 report on the school’s approaching deal to purchase the WMATA plant.
Adam Leff ’22 recaps the first game of Highlighter Assassin since the start of the pandemic.
Adam Leff ’22 covers the slate of proposed identity-related courses that never ran due to under-enrollment.
Adam Leff ’22 covers the GDS Euro Challenge team, which gave a presentation in April about Italy's economic struggles.
Adam Leff ’22 reports on the evolution of science labs during the pandemic.
Adam Leff ’22 reports on the striking downward trend and its impacts on teachers and students.
Adam Leff '22 on GDS' return to in-person school.
Adam Leff '22 reports on the controvery surrounding the firing of the School Without Walls principal.
Adam Leff '22 reports on the waste of personal protective equipment.
On the morning of September 28, throngs of lower school students congregated on-campus to see each other and do activities together for the first time since GDS officially closed its doors to students last March. That afternoon, another group did the same, and over the course of the week nearly every student from pre-K through 4th grade gathered together on campus. Although this partial reopening might be slightly risky, it is absolutely essential the mental health and emotional development of younger students and GDS is making the right decision in having students back together on campus again. There is a
Adam Leff '22 covers the benefits of the new schedule.
The middle of November marked the beginning of the climbing season for 36 GDS students. Three days a week, these students bus to Rockville and spend two hours scaling carefully laid out walls in Earth Treks Climbing Center. Although it currently serves as a club and not a sport, the climbing team functions in very much the same way that one would expect a GDS sports team to function. It meets for several hours five days a week and competes with other schools. Still, there are very rational barriers holding it from the GDS sports program. After all, climbing is