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GMS in the News

GMS students have been fundraising to build a school in Kenya. You can read about their efforts in the Mercury News.

The GMS skateboarding program, highlighting the annual competition, was reported in the Mountain View Voice on March 13, 2008. Read about how Cynthia Zawilski is "working to change the image of the male dominated sport".

The Social and Emotional Learning Program was covered in the Los Altos Town Crier, February 7, 2007. Read about how our "girls develop such skills as communication, conflict resolution, listening, appreciation of differences, tolerance, self-appreciation, self-awareness and self-expression."

Entrepreneurial Night 2007 was featured in two blog entries: TechCrunch and The Tech Beat at Business Week. Additionally, a front-page article ran in the Cupertino Courier.

The Palo Alto Weekly interviewed several girls in Girl Power, an article about why Palo Alto students are choosing a Mountain View independent school.

Entrepreneurial night was the subject of Entrepreneurial Girls Mean Business in the Bay Area BusinessWoman, April 2006

The GMS entrepreneurial night, hosted at Google's Mountain View campus, was the subject of an article Seventh grade entrepreneurs: Girls' Middle School teaches start-up techniques, Mountain View Voice, February 17, 2006.

The GMS entrepreneurial night led an article about increasing female interest in business
Tycoons/Girls Grab Shot at Power: Lure of success hooks middle school students, San Francisco Chronicle, Feb. 28, 2001

Entrepreneurial night was also featured in an article in the Mountain View Voice
Girls' Middle School Entrepreneurial Night has seventh graders start and manage their own business, Mountain View Voice, Feb. 2, 2001

The Computer Science program was featured in the Mountain View Voice
Girls' Middle School computer science program gives girls head start in high tech world, Mountain View Voice, Oct 6, 2000

GMS was featured in a New York Times article about girls' schools
Girls Soak Up Technology in Schools of Their Own, New York Times, Sept. 23, 1999

Teacher magazine wrote a full article about GMS and the technology component of the mission.
Girls Byte Back, Teacher Magazine, April 1, 1999 (Free registration required)

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