In celebration of their study of African culture, the Hess, Hutchison and Fahrig-Pendse classes will create an African Market on May 31.

Lower School students in the World Percussion Ensemble tap into the historical, cultural and spiritual aspects of drumming.

The computer science department introduces the software program “Alice” as part of a successful initiative to entice more girls to give computer programming a try.

Fifth graders are touched by a Holocaust survivor’s heart-breaking and powerful story of growing up as a Jewish child in Frankfurt, Germany, during Hitler’s rise to power.

The Fahrig-Pendse class performed A Midsummer Night’s Dream on March 15, 2013—and learned about morality, characterization and cultural identity in the process.

The early morning basketball club proved it can score big at a Lower School basketball assembly.

An Upper School-Kindergarten collaborative project proves that everything you need to know about art you really did learn in Kindergarten.

When Jenny Stetzer Goldberg’s fifth-grade class wanted to start a newspaper, they turned to editors of the Upper School Earthquake for guidance.

Mbuelo Mzamane, described by Nelson Mandela as a “visionary leader,” addressed Lower School students about education and apartheid in South Africa.

Fifth graders tackle campus issue of storm-water management.

Seventh graders immerse themselves in the food and culture of their respective languages—Spanish, French and Latin.

Students design, build and program robots that bowl better than some humans.

Middle School artists put final touches on projects for upcoming show.

Environmental science students create a web of the earth's biomes.

A huge Shout Out to the Middle School Environmental Action Committee for their first place win in Philly’s 2013 Green City, Clean Waters art contest!

Devra Ramsey explores the concept of the “flipped classroom” in her approach to teaching calculus.

A new club sets its sights on the runway, staging a fashion show on April 12.

Each spring, students in grades 6-12 take the stage at a special Writers’ Assembly, showcasing their original work.

This is one of the big questions first graders are examining this year. And many have been surprised by the answer: city farms.

Students in the Upper School Art Club participated in a global project uniting them with participants from more than 130 countries.

GFS campus certified as an Urban Wildlife Habitat Site.

Next up for these academically-talented students? A shot at a Merit Scholarship.

The ninth grade’s Heritage Project produces visual stories that are a far cry from the “Funnies.”

Judge Ned Spaeth ’38 spoke with American history students about Constitutional Law.

In Larry Ottman’s statistics class, it’s fun and games—with graphing calculators.

Botanists from the Academy of Natural Sciences help advanced biology students identify specific genera of algae.

A banner number of eighth and seventh grade students in Robin Nourie’s and Sam McIlvain's French classes placed in the AATF National French Exam this year.