![Three Seniors Named National Merit Scholarship Semifinalists]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695921132/columbia/vqwxpvcv6b9ejg9qk61m/NationalMeritSF.jpg","width":2200}])
Sarah R., Mason S. and Alexa S. have been named semifinalists in the 2024 National Merit Scholarship Program, placing them in the top 1% of high school seniors nationwide.
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![NYC Kids Project Teaches 1st Graders About Empathy]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695933452/columbia/qvrx1gefzhleh2krtkpa/NYCKidsProject4of5.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695933452/columbia/qvrx1gefzhleh2krtkpa/NYCKidsProject4of5.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695933452/columbia/qvrx1gefzhleh2krtkpa/NYCKidsProject4of5.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695933452/columbia/qvrx1gefzhleh2krtkpa/NYCKidsProject4of5.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695933452/columbia/qvrx1gefzhleh2krtkpa/NYCKidsProject4of5.jpg","width":1526}])
First graders welcomed the NYC Kids Project for a presentation on respect and belonging.
![Maddy Klass ’19 Wins WashU Playwriting Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695921260/columbia/bqmtn3uckv1u6dcmdkmo/Hotchner.jpg","width":1948}])
Alumna Maddy Klass '19 won Washington University in St. Louis' AE Hotchner Playwriting Festival with her play "Minds at Work," which was inspired by what she learned in Dr. Eric Conrad’s "19th-Century American Literature" course at CGPS.
![7th Graders Write and Perform “Unseen Scenes” From Summer Reading Book]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695847411/columbia/gt5kffzv1q94ot2pghzv/UnseenScenes.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695847411/columbia/gt5kffzv1q94ot2pghzv/UnseenScenes.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695847411/columbia/gt5kffzv1q94ot2pghzv/UnseenScenes.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695847411/columbia/gt5kffzv1q94ot2pghzv/UnseenScenes.jpg","width":1080}])
Seventh graders found their inner thespians by writing and performing "unseen scenes," moments that readers didn't get to see, from their summer reading book, "A Night Divided."
![PS Biology Teacher Cary Glaser Sets Sail to the Galapagos]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695396759/columbia/clusxinsldzwyktxruek/CaryGlaserGalapagos.png","width":2200}])
Over the summer, Prep School biology teacher Cary Glaser traveled to the Galapagos Islands to study the impact of introduced and invasive species on the local environment.
![MS Community Hosts First Pep Rally of the Year]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1695317623/columbia/e1y54ucnopoeqmrav41e/918MSPepRally-27.jpg","width":2200}])
Shoe towers, hula hoops, smiles and more could be found in the North Gym on Monday as the Middle School held its first pep rally of the year!
![Ms. Baffa and Mr. Edmond Enrich Students in Costa Rica With Teacher Grant]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695395328/columbia/vr2pldejdz7nfkmhjwk3/CindyBaffaandDeonEdmondPDTrip.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695395328/columbia/vr2pldejdz7nfkmhjwk3/CindyBaffaandDeonEdmondPDTrip.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695395328/columbia/vr2pldejdz7nfkmhjwk3/CindyBaffaandDeonEdmondPDTrip.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1695395328/columbia/vr2pldejdz7nfkmhjwk3/CindyBaffaandDeonEdmondPDTrip.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695395328/columbia/vr2pldejdz7nfkmhjwk3/CindyBaffaandDeonEdmondPDTrip.jpg","width":1600}])
Third grade teacher Cindy Baffa and kindergarten and first grade teacher Deon Edmond were recipients of this year's summer travel grants.
![Stanford Mathematician and Coder Matt Riedman ’20 Guest Teaches Class]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1695922149/columbia/rvgf0v1v8flskbkviusa/IMG_69081.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1695922149/columbia/rvgf0v1v8flskbkviusa/IMG_69081.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1695922149/columbia/rvgf0v1v8flskbkviusa/IMG_69081.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1695922149/columbia/rvgf0v1v8flskbkviusa/IMG_69081.jpg","width":1080}])
During the first week of school, Matt Riedman ’20 returned to CGPS, stepping in as a guest teacher for Mr. Dummitt’s Advanced Mathematics Seminar.
![David Stearns '03 Named NY Mets President]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694793476/columbia/kbubx7atkzs1vmcve4yq/DavidStearns.webp","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694793476/columbia/kbubx7atkzs1vmcve4yq/DavidStearns.webp","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694793476/columbia/kbubx7atkzs1vmcve4yq/DavidStearns.webp","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1694793476/columbia/kbubx7atkzs1vmcve4yq/DavidStearns.webp","width":1200}])
Congratulations to David Stearns, Class of 2003, on being named president of the NY Mets!
![Houses Go Head-to-Head in Door Decorating Competition]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_4/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":1200},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_5/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":1600},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_6/v1694698038/columbia/jnfovvsiwq7ry6qbkxya/9823HouseDoorDecoratingContest-06.jpg","width":2200}])
On Friday, September 8, the Prep School kicked off the second year of its House System with a door decorating contest!