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The Lasting Impact of Kindness: Rachel’s Challenge

February 13, 2019

A speaker from the non-profit organization Rachel's Challenge visited Gaynor to spread a message about the importance of kindness in three special assemblies for students and parents.

Talking About Race With Our Kids: Guest Speaker from the Perception Institute

February 7, 2019

Alexis McGill Johnson, Partner, Co-Founder, and Executive Director of Perception Institute spoke to parents in a talk titled, "Belonging for All: Talking About Race with our Kids," sponsored by the…

Celebrating Lunar New Year

February 7, 2019

The Orange Cluster celebrated Lunar New Year by learning about the festivities and participating in traditions including making lanterns, red envelopes, and eating dumplings.

How an Escape Room Can Help with Executive Functioning

January 24, 2019

Students put executive functioning concepts into action in an escape room activity, using organization, planning, and communicating to "escape" before time ran out.

Learning from the Legacy of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.

January 17, 2019

In honor of Martin Luther King Jr. Day, teachers have been incorporating lessons into their classes that focus on the civil rights icon and his teachings in various immersive ways…

Infinitely Exceptional: A Strength-Based Approach

January 16, 2019

What does it mean for students to be infinitely exceptional? How do we, as Gaynor educators, employ a strength-based approach in order to best teach our students who demonstrate exceptionally…

Using Inference Skills By Deciphering “Crime Scene” Clues

December 21, 2018

A Gaynor speech-language pathologist found a creative way to help students practice and improve upon their inference skills by setting up a "crime scene" where students could find and interpret…

Diagnostic-Prescriptive Teaching: A clinical term for a nurturing, child-focused approach to education

December 12, 2018

Director of Lower Division Donna Logue explains how a term like "diagnostic-prescriptive teaching," which seems like an unusually clinical term for a school that prides itself on providing a nurturing,…

Students Sparkle at Winter Concerts

December 7, 2018

Gaynor's annual Winter Concerts are always filled with smiles and beautiful singing but this year, something was a little different; students took to the stage in the new Performing Arts…

Gratitude in the Gator Community

November 20, 2018

An important tenet of Gaynor is our tight-knit community. Especially around this time of year, as we reflect on what we're most grateful for, our community values become especially apparent…

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