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#TheGregorySchoolDifference Dear TGS Families: I hope you’ll take a moment to read the story in this week’s newsletter that describes the class designed by one of our middle school art teachers, Stephen Krohn. Mr. Krohn’s class is yet another example of what we proudly refer to as “The Gregory School Difference.” We pride ourselves on creating and customizing exceptional learning...

We accomplish our mission through a well-planned network of opportunities for our students. Our students are at the center of everything we do. We believe the mission of The Gregory School provides the foundation for why our school is special. The mission encompasses character, scholarship, leadership, and innovation, and thus demands a varied and comprehensive program for grades 5-12....

Fifth Grade Discusses Writing, History with Author Fifth grade teacher Nina Hernandez and her students have been conversing over FaceTime with Washington author Peggy King Anderson about her historical novel, Two-Moon Journey. Some of the students and Ms. Anderson took the time to write about their experience participating in the conversations, and we are delighted to feature their...

Fifth Graders Participate in Film School for Global Scientists Through a partnership with the University of Arizona College of Education, our fifth grade students spent the fall semester participating in “Film School for Global Scientists: Teaching Students...

Happy New Year and Happy News! Dear TGS Families: Happy New Year! We’re delighted to be back in session and reconnecting with all of your amazing children. It’s heartwarming to see the greetings exchanged across campus among and between students and faculty. Happy News! The Gregory School received a $50,000 grant in December to improve campus technology. Thanks to the leadership of...

Interim Week Enhances Service, Leadership  Dear TGS Families: Shortly after we return from spring break, students and faculty will be embarking on what is known as “Interim Week.”  Faculty plan throughout the year to ensure a quality experience for students no matter their age or grade level. I thought it might be helpful to provide you with context for why interim weeks were...

Making Art at Home and Making our Home our Art by Julia Conroy Despite 8th grade art students not being able to do their cumulative project at the University of Arizona Museum of Art this year, we tried a new approach, making art at home, exploring Google Arts and Culture. Inspired by the Getty Museum’s request for fans to come up with artwork created at home using household objects, we...

Medea on Trial: Project-Based Learning  How can a Greek revenge tragedy written in 5th century B.C. capture the imagination of today’s psychologically sophisticated young people? After studying Euripides’ shocking play, Medea,Ms. Lori Barnett, who in addition to teaching eleventh grade English, teaches both Psychology and Literature and Advanced Psychology, suggested a project-based...

Middle School Museum Club Discovers TGS History by Katie PattWhat do you get when you put together Middle School students, old yearbooks and artifacts from TGS’s history, and a seasoned historic preservationist?—Why the Museum Club, of course! Our primary objective is to catalog, document and preserve the history of The Gregory School... The Museum Club is TGS’s latest Friday Exploration...

Personalized Education: Creating New Classes By Stephen Krohn, Art Teacher When you visit the lobby of the Donald R. Nickerson Performing Arts Center on campus right now, you have the pleasure of viewing the inaugural display of art from the first Digital Painting and Illustration course at The Gregory School. In this class, students learn a variety of methods for creating their work,...

Photography Show Displays Talent, Teaches Life Skills Photography teacher Amy Haskell and her students in Photography 1, 2 and 3 held their annual show opening on December 5. "I started this show as an opportunity for the TGS community to view the amazing student work that is being created," Ms. Haskell explained. And the work is stunning, beautiful, diverse, and exciting. Beyond...

Seven Safety Sergeants are up to the Challenge The Gregory School’s Middle School FIRST LEGO League team is part of a guided, global robotics competition that offers theme-based challenges to engage students in research, problem solving, coding, and engineering. “This year students are challenged to reimagine cities,” fifth grade teacher and FIRST LEGO League coach Jennifer DeBenedetti...

Spring 2020 Interim Week Experiences Listing Students in grades eight through twelve have the opportunity to choose from the following Interim Week experiences. Descriptions of the grades five - seven Interim Week programs are at the end of this list. VOLUNTEERING WITH TUCSON’S REFUGEE NETWORKArizona is home to tens of thousands of refugees and consequently to dozens of charitable...

Summer 2025 Educational Programs This list is updated as we learn of new opportunities. Guides and Compilations TeenLife's Guide to Summer Programs Individual Program Listings Boston University Journalism Academy Brown University Pre-College Programs Carnegie Mellon University Pre-College...

TGS Tax Credit Story in Daily Star The Arizona Daily Star featured a story about The Gregory School on November 19 as part of its series on the Arizona State Tax Credit Program. At The Gregory School, we use the Arizona State Tax Credit to provide need-based scholarships for students who would not otherwise be able to benefit from a Gregory School education. Approximately 25% of students...

TGS Wright Flight Serves Others, Flies Planes As part of their Friday Explorations, nine seventh- and eighth-grade Gregory School students recently completed the Wright Flight program. Wright Flight is a non-profit organization that teaches students about the history of aviationand pairs the aviation curriculum with the importance of goal setting.This is the second year in a row that Middle...

What is the Writing Center?  The Gregory School’s Writing Center, which is directed by English faculty member Jessica Langan-Peck and staffed by highly trained student editors, is a collaborative environment where students across grade levels and disciplines come together to work on the process of writing.  The Center is modeled on collegiate writing centers and strives to provide...

     Photo by Amy Haskell Up to the Challenge: Teaching Performing Arts Virtually Ava McPeak '24 chose to create an interview cartoon. Kira McNeill '20 made a multi-slide presentation of her makeup design concepts for the play "Into the Woods."  Guitar teacher Ryan Phillips agrees that giving students...

Photo by Amy Haskell What's Something Everyone Should Know? You’ve played all the games of Scrabble you can handle for the day. The garden is tired of being watered, and your television is steaming from the Netflix binge. What else can you do at home with your children, no matter their ages, that has nothing to do with checking in about their...

Why Give if I Pay Tuition? Dear TGS Families: November 1 ushers in a month noted for a holiday of giving and gratitude, so it seems a perfect time for us to begin a conversation. More often than we probably care to admit, we receive feedback from families who truly are perplexed as to why the school would request donations to our annual fund, or diversions of their Arizona tax liability...

Why the English Department Asks Students to Memorize and Recite Poetry by Elizabeth Young Over a decade ago, the upper school English department decided to enroll our school in the National Poetry Out Loud Competition, adding an all-important element to a student’s study of poetry: recitation. Whereas most literary forms can be studied and appreciated within the quiet of one’s mind,...