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Commended for its elegance, restraint, and stewardship, Germantown Friends School’s All School Commons was named the Gold Medal winner of the American Institute of Architects Philadelphia 2025 Design Awards competition last month.
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![January Term at GFS: What’s New and Exciting for 2026]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1767727075/germantown/ipbwtwquarok5ie7dmwb/J-TermImpossibleSet2.jpg","width":1920}])
Learn what's ahead for January Term in 2026, a series of special elective courses and travel opportunities that runs throughout the month in Upper School!
![Holiday Hustle: JV Girls & Boys Tip Off]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1766447271/germantown/wyacv7bmhaowtwwwx4wf/7W0A6927_2.jpg","width":2200}])
The GFS JV girls and boys basketball teams faced off in a spirited in-house scrimmage on the Friday evening before winter break.
![Alumni Q&A: Jared Lazorko ’16]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1766162015/germantown/v7ko46qokpazfzexfgqe/Pg7JaredLazorko1.jpg","width":1920}])
We chatted with Upper School math teacher and varsity wrestling coach Jared Lazorko ’16 about how he weaves Quaker values throughout his teaching and coaching, the connections between math and wrestling, what it's like working at his alma mater, and more!
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Essentially GFS, a series of interdisciplinary evening classes, launched this Fall. A successor to the school's Essentially English program, the classes were open to anyone in the community, including students and their families, faculty, staff, alumni, and parents of alumni.
![John Fabian Witt ’90 Discussed His New Book ‘The Radical Fund’ at GFS]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1765981682/germantown/qufngwfcfueqwfvq818e/_L3A1856.jpg","width":2048}])
In early December, author, historian, and Yale law professor John Fabian Witt '90 gave two talks at GFS about his fascinating new book, The Radical Fund.
![Breakthrough Scholars Imagining the Future]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1766070035/germantown/e0yojtchedtbxnvh448u/Screenshot2025-12-18at100014AM.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1766070035/germantown/e0yojtchedtbxnvh448u/Screenshot2025-12-18at100014AM.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1766070035/germantown/e0yojtchedtbxnvh448u/Screenshot2025-12-18at100014AM.png","width":673}])
Eighth grade scholars in GFS’ Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia program recently collaborated on a design thinking project centered on civic imagination and community change. Together, they explored what Philadelphia would look like in 50 years if it were shaped by care, connection, and community?
![Entering the Robotics Field]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1764972443/germantown/kne62xw4qliw9m5xeg8w/2025-10-20MSRobotics-6645.jpg","width":2200}])
Take a look inside the Johnson Family Digital Media Lab in the All School Commons, a dedicated space where arts meet computer science, and students delve into digital design, robotics, and problem-solving.
![Louder Than Words: GFS Choir’s Annual Concert at Foulkeways]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1765218917/germantown/ejtxkq2v32bfai6d0utz/_L3A0267.jpg","width":2200}])
The GFS Upper School Choir performed their annual concert for the residents of Foulkeways at Gwynedd, a Quaker retirement home where a number of GFS alumni and Germantown Monthly Meeting members live.
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