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November Issue
Current Year Articles
October 2025 / Current Year Articles
Wrestling Winter Preview
Returning from an excellent season, placing first in the MIS (Maryland Independent State Championship), the Gilman Wrestling team looks to build off this success and recover from the loss of many strong wrestlers. As coach Bryn Holmes puts it, “I think my goal for this year is to at least finish in the top three for the states and to see how high we can climb in the MIAA.”
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Gilman History - The Rise of the Raiders
It’s a crisp Friday in late October. You drift off as Ms. Soden diligently explains the chain rule in your first-period calculus class. But then, you are jolted awake by a faint rumbling in the distance. As the rumbling grows louder and louder, you grow concerned.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Day in the Life of a Gilman Groundkeeper
In an attempt to shed light on an under-appreciated and unrecognized part of the Gilman community, The News presents a day in the life of a Gilman HVAC Technician. This is the schedule of Samuel Bonomo, Maintenance staff, HVAC technician (heating and cooling for buildings).
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Gilman’s Gratitude
With the season of giving just around the corner, members of the Gilman community are reflecting on their own unique ways of showing gratitude and giving back. Being a part of a community like Gilman is a privilege, and one way to strengthen and build a stronger community is to give back to one another.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Cameron’s Column
Toby Rosenband ‘26 is the subject of The News’ sixth Cameron’s Column.
John: What’s the best part about York Road?
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Mentors Mentor Mentees
“The little guys are always watching” is a phrase embedded in the mind of the Gilman Upper Schooler. It reminds us that we need to be good examples for the younger students and help them become Gilman men of character and honor. One of the newest and simultaneously oldest ways that we, as Upper Schoolers, can accomplish this is through the new mentorship program.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
The Pumpkin Has Been Patched (If You Are Over Age 7)
What should you do on a beautiful 60° fine autumn morning? Do not go to a pumpkin patch if you are above the age of seven and do not have a spouse and kids. However, this is how Anton Grib ‘26 and I mistakenly decided to spend our Saturday morning.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
All Eyes on IRISE
Meet IRISE, Gilman’s newest club. This fall, Joshua Kim ‘27 founded the Immigrant and Refugee Initiative for Student Empowerment. The mission of the club is “to support immigrant and refugee youth as they navigate through their personal and academic journeys in the United States.”
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
A Showdown in Taco-Town
Who doesn’t love a good taco? One must ask, however, which of these locations has the tastiest tortillas, the greatest guacamole, or the preferred pico? The Gilman News set out to answer this previously unsolved mystery and determine once and for all which is better: Pono or Papi?
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Band attendance: A Perennial Predicament
This fall, Gilman is happy to welcome an experienced faculty member, Mr. Bryce Deboer. Born in Sussex County, New Jersey, Mr. Deboer attended St. Lawrence University as a track and field athlete.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Gilman Alumni Return to Discuss How AI is Shaping the Future
Gilman recently welcomed back two distinguished alumni, Timer Guler ‘14 and Luis Queral ‘09, for an engaging assembly about how artificial intelligence is shaping the modern world. Both speakers have taken different paths in technology and design, yet their work shares a common theme.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Costs vs. Benefits of College Part 2
Given the disparate outcomes of a cost-benefit analysis of attending college due to a variety of factors (intended area of study, likelihood of completing studies, years required to earn a degree, etc.), individuals will have to consider the merits of enrolling in college or graduate school based on their own circumstances.
November 2025 / Current Year Articles
Restroom Rankings
Have you ever wondered what makes a bathroom good? Is it the privacy, the lighting, the amenities, or perhaps the location? In a recent survey of Upper School students, one of Gilman’s most pressing questions was finally addressed: What is the best restroom across the Upper School campus?
Quote of the Day
“The one who always thinks of others often forgets to think of themselves.”
October 2025 / The Snooze
Senior Room Relocation
As many know, the Class of 2025 was not the most tidy or subdued senior class in recent memory. Collectively, they seemed to take perverse pleasure in flaunting the many regulations put upon them by the Upper School deans, such as the despised phone policy.
October 2025 / The Snooze
Sunscreen Bandits Sit-In
It has not taken long for chaos to strike the Gilman campus. On the very first day of school, faculty and parents are infuriated by the actions of a certain group of juniors. On August 27, 2025, four juniors and one teacher were reported absent by Ms. Kimberly Hammer, but absent they were not.
October 2025 / The Snooze
Gilman Places Notorious Supervillain The Joker In Charge Of Afternoon Schedules
In a surprise move last Tuesday, Head of School Henry P. A. Smyth announced that Gilman has chosen The Joker to head up efforts to revamp the school's afternoon schedule.