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October 2026 / Current Year Articles
Lower School New Playground Spotlight
Over the summer, the Lower School received a major upgrade with the construction of a brand new and improved playground. Replacing the older setup, the new playspace features natural wooden log structures, multiple giant rope climbing webs and walls, balance beams, and a wooden playhouse tower complete with a slide.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
Mr. Smythe’s Bid for Power Grows
The start of each academic year at Gilman brings a series of events and traditions. One of the most prominent is the opening-day convocation, which commences with the Seniors walking out to Brown Field hand in hand with the Kindergarten class. The tradition is for Head of the School, Mr. Henry P.A. Smyth, to deliver an opening speech to the school. This year, however, he was nowhere to be seen on the morning of the convocation.
October 2026 / Current Year Articles
IM Waterboy
With Student Body President Sean Broadbent’s ‘27 declaration of a State of Emergency for varsity athletes, various measures have been put in place to ensure that varsity athletes receive the absolute best treatment, which they absolutely deserve. These include the creation of the “Gilman Blues,” a student-section intramural designed to make athletes feel supported at every game, and the new middle school coaching intramural, meant to maintain Gilman’s tradition of dominating the MIAA.
November 2026 / Current Year Articles
Bryn Mawr Receives Repeated Threats of Violence
On Monday, October 12th, Bryn Mawr School received an anonymous call threatening armed violence against the school. Immediately, the school kicked into action, calling the police and implementing a school-wide lockdown. Across the bridges, the Gilman administration soon received word from Head of Security Mr. Robbie Wright ‘06, who briefed Head of School, Mr. Henry P.A. Smyth. They decided to implement a shelter-in-place order, which differs from a lockdown in that people may do as they please without leaving a building.
=October 2026 / Current Year Articles
Alumni Spotlight: Matthew Feola
For this month’s Alumni Spotlight, The News checked in on alumnus Matthew Feola ‘25. Feeling unsatisfied with his experience at the University of North Carolina, he decided to search for a way to find economic and entrepreneurial fulfillment at this stage of his life and dropped out of school. That is when he discovered user-generated content (UGC). A form of content creation, with UGC, a corporation pays a creator to promote their product. This sort of advertising has existed since the dawn of time, but, because of short-form-based algorithms on Instagram and TikTok, the scene has recently grown substantially more popular.
November 2026 / Current Year Articles
The Junior Class D.C Trip
On Friday, September 25th, 2026, two buses arrived at the lower lot. The Class of 2028 was waiting for them: they were going on a field trip to Washington, D.C. Sponsored by the history department, the juniors went to the Library of Congress and the Supreme Court building. What followed were many new experiences and learning opportunities. The class was split up into two large groups, each consisting of several smaller ones.
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