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Illusions in Three One-Act Plays — GW Community School The GWCS spring theatre production was named after a famous quote by Voltaire, “Illusion is the first of all pleasures.”   This production got it’s name for the common thread that the three one acts shared: None of them was rooted in reality!

GW-Palooza 2022 — GW Community School Wednesday, May 18, 2022, was the 2nd annual GW-Palooza. It was an exuberant day filled with warm sunshine, fun field-games, coloring, face painting, yummy food tuck treats, the best part… adorable ANIMALS! In addition to our families, we invited a bunch of furry friends to spend the day with us.

Springtime in Staunton — GW Community School American Shakespeare CenteR’S Blackfriars Playhouse April 29 - May 1, 2022 Shakespeare, then lunch.  Shakespeare, then dinner. Shakespeare, then ice cream.  What’s not to like?  We even started a new tradition during this (our twelfth annual) trip to Staunton: Chees

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Guest Speaker: Neuroscience — GW Community School A pre-medical student focusing on pediatric neurology with laboratory experience in brain chemisty.

Belize? Yes Please! — GW Community School Over our recent Spring Break, a group of GWCS students and I, Senor Torres, had the opportunity to take an EF Educational Tour to Belize. The week was so jam-packed with things to see, learn, and do that the easiest way to share our experience is to mention our key activities and experiences and

The Day the World Ended — GW Community School Reading a book about the day the world ended at the end of third quarter inspired Ms. Warden’s fifth and sixth period classes to have an “end of the world” party. Kind of a PG-rated Burning Man, dubbed Smoldering Pigeon by sophomore Evan K. Light sabers to lizards! Pizza to papayas! Arson to a...

Lake Accotink Restoration Project — GW Community School COYOTES TO THE RESCUE! “The Invasive Management Area (IMA) program is a volunteer-led pilot project of the Fairfax County Park Authority to reduce invasive alien plants and our parklands.” Friends of Accotink Creek, Klub Kudzu GWCS students, and dog Sammy, arrived at Lake Accotink Park in Sp

NY Times Student Podcast Contest Prep — GW Community School Guest Speaker, ROGER Muntu, Enhances & Excites Learning as GWCS Students Prepare for the NY Times Podcast Contest Guest Speakers at GWCS are always welcomed, encouraged, and appreciated as the benefit they offer to our students’ education is far-reaching. Most recently ( March 3, 2022 ), t

Long Branch Stream Valley Clean Up — GW Community School For the past four years, GWCS science teacher, Ms. Julia Kohler , has organized so many Stream Cleanup community service events where students not only find themselves immersed in do-gooder feelings but they actually make an immediate and long-term impact on our local waterways. Through communit

Pig Heart Dissections — GW Community School When thinking about dissections in high school, we usually think about dissecting a frog. At GWCS however, our students get to dissect pig hearts. A pig heart is much larger than a human heart, but very similar in structure making it easier to study. Recent medical technology has even allowed a pig

Fill That Van - Food Drive — GW Community School Beginning in the early 2000’s, there was a reality TV show called ‘ Extreme Makeover - Home Edition ’ where they would reveal the new and improved home by shouting ‘move that bus’ which was blocking the view of the home. GWCS has a tradition that tops that reality show and our slogan is .....

No Booing Shakespeare — GW Community School On December 15th, after hours, days, weeks, months of rehearsal and a complete transformation of the cafe into a Black Box theatre, parents, students, staff, and other community members of GWCS took their seats as the light went up on opening night of I Hate Shakespeare. Sitting as inconspicuou