We will forgo November’s 1st Thursday due
to the unusually pressing amount of work to be completed in late October
and early November.
Not to worry, we will resume in December!
Wednesday, October 26, 2016
Sunday, October 23, 2016
Be in the Know: Guest Blogger, Jim DiFranco
Be in the know @GA
There’s so much going on at GA, it’s almost impossible to keep up! Ever wonder how some colleagues know things before you? Wish you could get a weekend Patriots’ sport update? Or wonder what cool things are happening in other divisions? With other colleagues? Well, here is your starter guide!
*Disclaimer, by no means is this intended to take the place of attending events, cheering on our teams, engaging in conversations, or good ole collegiality.
Blogs:
Subscribe to some of GA’s blogs! We currently have six operational blogs utilizing Blogger. In order to “subscribe” to a blog once you’ve found one you’re interested in, scroll down and locate the “follow by Email” box. From here, fill in your email and click “submit.” When that particular blog gets updated with a new post, you’ll get an email and a link!
To follow GA’s professional development, subscribe here:
To follow all the happenings around GA’s green spaces, subscribe here: http://gagreen.blogspot.com/
To follow Art Across the Academy (A3), subscribe here:
To keep current on all the innovative things happening at GA, subscribe here:
See GA from a student’s perspective and subscribe here: http://gapatchat.blogspot.com/
Twitter:
If you haven’t already, consider getting started with Twitter. To follow someone or something click on the “Follow” button once you’ve found what (or who) interests you. Here are some GA Twitter addresses to consider:
Follow Twitter Handle
GA
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Lower School
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Middle School
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Upper School
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GA Sports
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GA Arts
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Follow me!
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Instagram: If you’re on Instagram:
Facebook: Do I even need to say anything on this one?
Like GA: Germantown Academy
The New Community Project:
Good Luck!
Wednesday, October 12, 2016
Penn Charter Hosts a Roundtable on Biracial and Multicultural Perspectives
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Penn Charter extends an
invitation to the community to join them for the following event:
"Biracial and Multicultural
Perspectives:
A
Student and Parent Round Table."
Balderston
Commons (Middle School)
Tuesday,
Oct. 18, 6:00 pm
To help springboard the
conversation, please complete this short
survey. Your voice is important to the
discussion!
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Sunday, October 2, 2016
The GA Salon
Have you heard…or have you
said…
“There’s so little time at school to
talk about important ideas with our colleagues.”
“I wish teachers would get together
socially more often.”
“Who is that? They work here? I’ve never seen them before.”
“All of our meetings are about how to
use technology. What about just
discussing an idea for its own sake?”
It seems we want to talk to
each other…about interesting ideas simply because they are intriguing.
Voila! The GA
Salon was born, an informal gathering
of interested and interesting people who share a passion for ideas across a
broad range of topics. Each meeting of
the Salon will begin with a five to seven minute presentation by a colleague on
a topic/concept/idea of interest to her or him.
A glass of wine (or beer or
seltzer), and some snacks, a provocative topic, a smart group of people: what
could be better! I’m hoping that many of
you will have ideas that spark your interest, which you would welcome
discussing with colleagues: gun control, dream analysis, climate change,
veganism, the paranormal, retirement, what defines a civilized society. To keep the conversation fresh, the topic and
presenter remain a secret!
So…here’s the date:
Thursday, October 20th, 3:30 p.m. -5:00 p.m.
Other dates below.
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IMPORTANT! We
need numbers for delicious hors d’oeuvres and beverages.
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Let me know if
you have an idea you’d like to discuss with your colleagues. You
can lead a Salon sometime this year.
Thursday, October 20, 2016 3:30-5:00 p.m.
Thursday, January 19, 2017 5:00-6:30 p.m.
Thursday, March 16, 2017 3:30-5:00
p.m.
Thursday, April 20, 2017 5:00-6:30
p.m.
Tuesday, September 27, 2016
First Thursdays Are Back!
First Thursdays ~ 3:30-5:00 p.m.
We work with brilliant
colleagues…and in recent years GA has made a concerted effort to maximize the
expertise of these teachers and create opportunities for them to share
knowledge acquired off-campus as well as expertise honed in the classroom with
their colleagues. Monthly 1st
Thursdays bring faculty together from all three divisions to explore a topic of
pedagogical interest.
All are welcome! If you have an idea for a 1st
Thursday, please let me know.
Thursday, Oct 6, 2016
New Com 2.0. Chidi Asoluka
& Cory Eklund BCI
Thursday, Nov 3, 2016 Metacognition ~ Janelle Collett ~ BCI
Thursday, Dec 1, 2016 Brain-based Learning ~ Charlotte Dean ~ BCI
Thursday, Feb 2, 2017 Topic and location to be announced
Thursday, Mar 2, 2017 Topic and location to be announced
Thursday, May 4, 2017 Topic and location to be announced
Sunday, September 25, 2016
The Final Report of the PAIS Visiting Committee
After more than a year and a half of thoughtful preparation of GA’s Self-Study, the Germantown Academy community welcomed the PAIS Visiting Committee in late January 2016 for three and a half days of intense meetings and observations. In June 2016, GA received the committee’s final report and a renewed ten-year accreditation from the Pennsylvania Association of Independent Schools.
To read the final report please login to the GA website, go to Community, scroll all the way down to Work at GA, and find the report on the bottom of the left-hand side of the page.
Sunday, September 18, 2016
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