Learning is for Life.

The Seventh Grade Service Collaborative teaches Middle Schoolers about food insecurity, housing justice, and environmental stewardship, and helps them channel their energy into interactive discussions and solutions-oriented community engagement projects. 

GFS Lower School educators reimagine what a field trip can be.

For GFS faculty, Breakthrough of Greater Philadelphia isn’t just for the students: it’s transformed them, too.

All throughout January, Samuel Kelly '26 interned at Philly Goat Project in Awbury Arboretum, learning to care for and train its herd of 13 therapy goats.

For his Junior Project, Gabriel Baah ’26 interned with an independent film production company, Younger Brother Pictures, LLC, learning to use video and audio equipment, as well as editing software.

Brooke Williams '26 and Graciela Preetam '26 did their Junior Project this January at UPenn Athletics, learning the ins and outs of a busy training room that serves dozens of college athletes every day.

This January, Alex Goldsleger '26 interned in the kitchen of Zahav, a fine dining Israeli restaurant in Philadelphia's Society Hill neighborhood, for his Junior Project. 

With the Presidential Election days away, and challenges to voting integrity already simmering, juniors and seniors in Jess Zeldes’ "Topics in Advanced Math" class spent the last several weeks testing out a variety of voting theories.

The writing of history is always in flux, as scholars uncover new sources, re-investigate evidence, and apply their own unique lenses. GFS students and teachers explored this process in depth last week with historian William Hogeland when he came to campus to share his experience writing "The Hamilton Scheme."