Gaynor News Feed

Despite a last-minute change of venue due to the Canadian wildfires, the final Breakfast My Way of the school year on Wednesday, June 7, celebrated Pride Month with a joyful crowd of parents, students, and trustees. This month’s hosts, Seth Rosen and Jacob Goertz, parents to Zach in the Red Cluster, explained the importance of Pride Month, allyship, and being who you truly are.

Stephen Gaynor School students continued their participation in “Names, Not Numbers” for a second year. During a year-long elective class, Blue Cluster students both learned about the Holocaust and shared the stories of survivors through the creation of a documentary.

On Sunday, May 21, nearly 800 members of the Gaynor community unleashed their inner child at the Spring Carnival. Current students and their families mingled with faculty and staff, alumni, and incoming families, and enjoyed a variety of fun activities.

Months of hard work and singing together culminated in amazing performances on May 18 and 19 of “You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown,” this year’s spring musical. The Yvette Siegel-Herzog Performing Arts Center rang with laughter, cheers, and applause as the cast and crew brought the audience on a journey celebrating the highs and lows of childhood.

On April 28, approximately 600 guests got a chance to “look under the hood” of Stephen Gaynor School during the school’s traditional Relatives and Special Friends Day. From impressive alumni panelists to engaging classroom visits, the goal was to showcase Gaynor’s mission at work.

In late April, the Blue Cluster traveled to Washington, DC to visit iconic monuments and museums, while also having fun experiencing new things with their fellow students.

Emily Barnes has been selected as Gaynor’s inaugural Director of Outreach and Innovation beginning July 1, following a thorough and competitive search.

For the past decade, the Technology and Psychology Departments have worked together to implement a digital citizenship curriculum with an eye to staying current on both technology trends and healthy online practices. We sat down with Director of Technology & Operations Matthew LeWinter and Senior Consultant Dr. Clare Cosentino to ask them about the evolution of the digital citizenship curriculum, the partnership between Gaynor and parents, why parents need to pay attention to this issue, and how they can help their children live healthier digital lives.

On April 19, parents gathered under the tent in the EC Garden for a Breakfast My Way to celebrate Ramadan, Eid, and other Muslim traditions, hosted by Amira Annabi, parent to Nour in the Blue Cluster.

Broadway, TV, and film actor and Gaynor alumni parent BD Wong visited a rehearsal for the Blue Cluster’s upcoming spring musical You’re a Good Man, Charlie Brown.