News and Events

Nearly 60 alumni volunteers embarked on the pre-graduation ritual of Senior Tie Delivery Day on a beautiful day in early June. Alumni relatives of the soon-to-be graduates, as well as alumni faculty and staff, reached points as distant as Clarksville and Bel Air in their trek to carry on this beloved Greyhound cherished tradition of surprising the seniors with their Gilman with their ties in the week of graduation.

Congratulations, Class of 2026! On this page, you'll find the link for the Founders Day recording, as well as photo albums and story links from senior-related events throughout the year. The page also includes a list of the colleges and universities to which our most recent graduates will matriculate this fall.

“We thought it would be nice to capture Gilman kids doing one of the things they love to do, which is reading,” says Lower School Librarian Melissa Da. She commissioned Joshua Turner '26 to create two paintings to hang in the library.

On a warm, sunny morning, the Gilman community of students, faculty, and staff gathered at Sotir Stadium for the annual Memorial Day Convocation to honor and remember those who have dedicated and given their lives in service to our country.

Gilman recognized many Upper School students for achieving excellence in various pursuits, including academics, athletics, the arts, and service, during the annual Awards Day Ceremony on May 18.

Congratulations to Gilman’s 2026 Penn Fellows Raymond Diaz-Mena and Amiri Rivers-David, who will both soon complete their master’s from the University of Pennsylvania.

Seven Gilman students competed in the Future Health Professionals (HOSA) state championship online competition in March. Three students — Mustafa Mastoor '27, Kieran Thomaskutty '27, and Ibrahim Padder '27 — qualified for the International Leadership Conference and Competition in Indianapolis to be held in June.

Award-winning Mexican novelist and Hofstra University professor Dr. Álvaro Enrigue spent Friday, May 1, 2026, visiting English and Spanish Upper School classes, holding court over lunch with members of the Modern Languages and English departments, and delivering an assembly to the Upper School community.

The Gilman Investment Society competed in the National Economics Challenge for High School Students hosted by the Council for Economic Education throughout April. The team came in first place in both the district round and at the state level before competing for a spot in the national semifinals.