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Gulf stream school<br />
Celebrating 80 Years<br />
With An Eye On The Future<br />
By nicol jenkins<br />
Gulf Stream School has a long<br />
history of excellence in education.<br />
The independent school is<br />
celebrating its 80th year.<br />
Gulf Stream School has a heritage of fostering educational<br />
excellence for Pre-kindergarten, Elementary, and Middle<br />
school students. The school primarily serves Boynton Beach,<br />
Delray Beach, Lake Worth, Boca Raton, Lantana, Manalapan, and<br />
the surrounding Palm Beach area. Graduates have been welcomed<br />
at schools around the world.<br />
They are a community of learners - sharing, discussing, debating,<br />
and solving new challenges every day. As their values indicate,<br />
they “actively engage students and faculty in a thought provoking<br />
educational experience that fosters the skills, habits, and passion<br />
for lifelong learning.”<br />
Their program’s approach is about more than just the subject<br />
matter. It is about inspiring and empowering students to develop<br />
intellectual curiosity and achieve personal success.<br />
The school faculty maintains traditional learning goals while<br />
keeping current with the latest innovations in technology.<br />
“Gulf Stream School has 80 years of history but we are mindful of<br />
the future of learning. We offer an innovative curriculum and programs<br />
enhanced by technology; we continuously review standards<br />
photo by Rachel S. O’Hara<br />
for the use of technology, incorporating new techniques with traditional<br />
methods of education,” said Michael Mahady, Director of<br />
Admission & Secondary School Placement for Gulf Stream School.<br />
“It is the way society is evolving. Children now utilize numerous<br />
electronic devices on a daily basis. We have an obligation to prepare<br />
children for high school, college and the real world. We make<br />
sure they are prepared for the future,” said Casey Wilson, Director<br />
of Development for Gulf Stream School.<br />
The local school has added new programs and curriculum to enhance<br />
advanced learning. One future enhancement is the summer<br />
renovation of the library, converting the space into a collaborative<br />
photo gulf stream school archives<br />
learning commons by adding film and video editing, multimedia,<br />
robotics, 3D printing, and more. They also offer a wide variety of<br />
courses and afterschool programs including a STEM program,<br />
iMovie to create videos and commercials, robotics, along with<br />
cooking classes, drama, arts and athletics.<br />
“At Gulf Stream School, we feel it is critical to support our teachers<br />
by providing meaningful and impactful opportunities for professional<br />
development. Our teachers are enthusiastic about continuing<br />
their own education. They are passionate about seeking<br />
better ways to inspire our students,” said Wilson.<br />
The teachers believe that active collaboration and the integration<br />
of ideas, while incorporating emerging technologies in the<br />
classroom have helped students excel in learning.<br />
“Watching the children in computer class brings me great excitement<br />
while they collaborate with their peers. The projects require<br />
the students to draw on information from many different disciplines<br />
to come up with creative solutions. For example, math skills<br />
are used when making a model to scale to 3D print or determining<br />
the angle to turn a robot. Language arts skills are necessary to read<br />
for meaning during the design research and development, and for<br />
communicating their ideas. As the students work through problems<br />
and test different solutions, they are required to think critically and<br />
persevere until they succeed,” said Bridget Langford, Lower School<br />
Science and Technology Teacher.<br />
photo by Rachel S. O’Hara<br />
Shawn Harahush, Middle School Math and Robotics Teacher, said,<br />
“The robotics program fuses instruction with key concepts such as<br />
logic, trial and error and proportional reasoning. It allows students<br />
to work in teams to solve open-ended tasks. The program encourages<br />
students to plan, create, test and evaluate and test their ideas. It<br />
fosters the development of 21st century skills such as problem solving,<br />
programming, and experimentation. The program makes the<br />
students more aware of the connection among math, science, and the<br />
world around them. In addition, to the technical skills they are learning,<br />
it also is a lot of fun and encourages an abundance of creativity.”<br />
Gulf Stream School takes a personal interest in getting to know<br />
each applicant and his or her family. It is their objective to understand<br />
your educational goals and to provide you with a comprehensive<br />
understanding of the school, its curriculum and culture.<br />
They invite parents and prospective students to visit the campus,<br />
see them in action, and talk with current faculty and students as a<br />
first step in the admission process.<br />
Contact Gulf Stream School to schedule a tour and find out more<br />
about their many programs.<br />
Gulf Stream School<br />
3600 Gulf Stream Rd<br />
Gulf Stream, FL 33483<br />
(561) 276-5225<br />
www.gulfstreamschool.org<br />
photo gulf stream school archives<br />
photo by melissa korman<br />
photo gulf stream school archives<br />
photo by melissa korman<br />
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