GDQ School

We are excited to welcome back Ms. Waldrop to GDQ!

Super proud of each of our students for submitting artwork to the ACSI Europe art competition in the spring! Naima received the Gold and Judges Award, Joyce won Best in Show, and Naoh received the Judges Award! Vivien, Dafne, Geonu, Faith, Elin, and Elie M. received the Emerging Artists recognition.

So grateful for each of these staff members and their service at GDQ! We will miss them, but excited about the plans that God has for them! Not goodbye, but mirupafshim për tani!

We are very excited to welcome Mr. Eric Whyte as our new chaplain and Bible teacher!

We are really excited to welcome (back), Doni Lee to our GDQ staff!

Last, but by no means least, our final senior for the Class of 2026, Daniel Selmani!

How many years have you been at GDQ?
4

What is your nationality?
Albanian 🇦🇱

What kind of campus activities have you done throughout high school?
Football team, basketball team, volleyball team, Class Rep, building relocation, Best Buds.

What are your hobbies?
I enjoy playing sports, spending time with friends, and traveling.

What is your favorite Bible verse?
Romans 8:31

What is your senior quote?
“I wish there was a way to know you’re in the good old days before you’ve actually left them.”

What are your best GDQ memories?
My best memories at GDQ would be when the boys and I would have fun during study halls or after school events in addition to competing and winning some sports tournaments for the school.

What are your future plans?
I plan to continue my undergraduate studies at Biola University in California, where I will be majoring in Business Administration.

Next up is a fantastic human, Lily Noh!

How many years have you been at GDQ?
12

What is your nationality?
South Korean 🇰🇷

What kind of campus activities have you done throughout high school?
Student Council (Vice President and Class Rep), Yearbook team, Basketball team, Honors Choir, SLC, HS Chapel team, Elevate High School Leader, Elevate Chapel team, English assistant.

What are your hobbies?
Drawing, taking pictures, singing, listening to true crime podcasts

What is your favorite Bible verse?
John 13:7

What is your senior quote?
“We’re going to be okay. That team has Lily.”
-Suckjoo

What are your best GDQ memories?
Art class in my Junior year, retreats, Honors Choir, spirit weeks, Girls Bible Study, tutoring in 2nd grade classroom, Best Buds (with Dorothy, Kate, Zoe, and Poema 🫶), class lunch in Big Gjiro, making Joel wash the dishes, cooking pasta with Sarah, and making hot dogs on Thursday mornings with white girl bangers on.

What are your future plans?
I’m planning to major in graphic design in South Korea.

Joel Kemp - another fantastic student from the Class of 2026!

How many years have you been at GDQ?
11.5

What is your nationality?
American

What kind of campus activities have you done throughout high school?
Led highschool boys Bible study, football team, basketball team, volleyball team.

What are your hobbies?
Sports and reading.

What is your favorite Bible verse?
Matthew 7:7-8

What is your senior quote?
“...than it is with one. - Winnie the Pooh”

What are your best GDQ memories?
My best GDQ memory is the GDQ basketball tournament this year.

What are your future plans?
I am going to Texas A&M to study architecture or engineering.

Our next amazing senior, Sarah Kaçi! ❤️
How many years have you been at GDQ?
8

What is your nationality?
Albanian 🇦🇱

What kind of campus activities have you done throughout high school?
Student council (Treasurer and Class Rep), Basketball team, volleyball team, chapel team, Elevate HS leader, Elevate chapel team

What are your hobbies?
Singing, playing guitar, basketball, crocheting

What is your favorite Bible verse?
1 Timothy 4:12

What is your senior quote?
“The class of 2028 is the best looking funniest and SUSSY-est class of all time.”

What are your best GDQ memories?
Worship and prayer times with the Highschool, retreats, the breaking glass door with our class, cooking pasta during study hall with Lily and Joshua, specific sports matches.

What are your future plans?
Medicine, Lady of Good counsel university, Albania