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The Middle School has a student-led Diversity Council that echoes the Student Council and the Honor Council. Learn more here about how it works and its recent activities.
Lumen: Shedding light on all things Gilman
an In-Depth Look at the Gilman Community by the Community.
![Thanks Alex, Thanks Classmates, Thanks Gilman]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1558360965/gilman/hzal8gt2kcto52fih1o6/Smickwickjockey.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1558360965/gilman/hzal8gt2kcto52fih1o6/Smickwickjockey.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1558360965/gilman/hzal8gt2kcto52fih1o6/Smickwickjockey.png","width":760}])
In this essay, written in tribute to his English teacher Alex Armstrong and other influential Gilman figures, Patrick Smithwick '69 revisits his years as a student and their lasting effect on him 50 years later.
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John Magladery '69 looks back at his years as a Gilman lacrosse player during the waning days of wood sticks, stiff leather gloves, and face masks of dubious value.
![Evolution of Gilman Recess]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1557928387/gilman/rqcjavpzsl0qa1mkvqpt/MarblePlayers.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_2/v1557928387/gilman/rqcjavpzsl0qa1mkvqpt/MarblePlayers.png","width":512},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_3/v1557928387/gilman/rqcjavpzsl0qa1mkvqpt/MarblePlayers.png","width":800},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1557928387/gilman/rqcjavpzsl0qa1mkvqpt/MarblePlayers.png","width":1080}])
From woodchips to pit ball, recess continues to evolve at Gilman School.
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While many students took off for a well-deserved vacation during spring break, Head Coach Larry Sheets and members of the varsity baseball team boarded a bus and headed south. The trip turned into more than baseball.
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During spring break 24 Middle School boys visited France. Here are a selection of entries from their journals and a photo gallery of their travels.
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The 2019 choral trip to Italy is now in the rear-view mirror and our intrepid traveling performers are back on campus. Here are reflections on the trip, written by Mrs. Beckman and students. They were sent to families in daily emails.
![Portrait of Anne Carey]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1551882646/gilman/jmehkenulddsbzr86zib/AnneCareyhoriz.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1551882646/gilman/jmehkenulddsbzr86zib/AnneCareyhoriz.png","width":431}])
For Women's History Month, we look back to five women who played a vital role in making Gilman what it is today. It is no stretch to say that we would not be here without these five women, along with many others.
![Archival photo of kitchen staff]([{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto,t_image_size_1/v1551882339/gilman/zn8unpdhhkjkjahkmdb4/MatildaKitchenStaff.png","width":256},{"url":"https://resources.finalsite.net/images/f_auto,q_auto/v1551882339/gilman/zn8unpdhhkjkjahkmdb4/MatildaKitchenStaff.png","width":458}])
Here is a different -- and more difficult -- tale about women who helped make Gilman what it is today.