Anthropology professor (and 6th grade parent) Doug Bailey teamed with science teacher Lisa Hjelm to bring the girls on an “Archaeology Adventure.” Students experienced what it’s like to be on an archaeological excavation as they traveled to a Stanford University site and spent time digging and sifting real historic artifacts to reconstruct the past.

 

Other students took to the roads, as GMS parents Joshua and Mary Lipp led the course, “Biking in the Bay Area.”  The Bay Area is a beautiful place to ride, and students learned to do so safely and handily.  Each day they set out from GMS on a 10-15 mile ride, and then returned to master bike maintenance tasks such as oiling a chain and patching a flat tire. A day of rain didn’t slow them down— they spent it happily climbing the walls at Planet Granite.

 

A perennial intersession favorite is a construction project with our beloved woodshop teacher, Fred Sotcher. This year was certainly no exception, as students built storage units for the woodshop at our soon-to-be new campus. As Fred always says, “GMS students can do great things, but they need great things to do!”

 

Thank you to all of our teachers and community members who participated—Viva Intersesssion!