Archived Galloway Stories
Recycle, Reduce, Reuse
Every year, the Early Learning specialists create a three-day special learning experience for their students. This year, the theme was “Recycle, Reduce, Reuse!” This theme echoes our school-wide efforts to minimize our . . .
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A Great Philosophy
Such a big part of varsity sports, and of life, is showing up and being in the right frame of mind. During Cross Country practice, I had an interesting conversation with one of the runners.
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Making Decorations for the Green Gala
An Early Learning student worked with his Upper Learning big buddy during an all-school buddy activity. They used glue and recycled dress patterns to decorate votive candleholders.
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Theatre Company wins first place
Galloway Theatre Company won first place in the region competition for their performance of "Bury the Dead." In addition to winning first place overall, several students were honored with individual awards, including two All-Star Cast . . .
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Spanish Pop-up Books
Spanish III students were assigned a project that allowed them to use a bit of creativity with their advanced Spanish knowledge. First, each student wrote a children's story in Spanish and then published the stories in a handmade pop-up . . .
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Green is the New Black at Galloway
Politicians and celebrities aren’t the only ones on the leading edge of the environmental movement. Green efforts are sprouting up everywhere in The Galloway School community.
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Academic Team Success
Galloway's Academic Team was victorious in their Hi-Q match against Dominion Christian Academy in September. In January, the Academic Team won another exciting Hi-Q match, this time against AAAAA powerhouse Brookwood High School.
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Foundations Support Galloway
Our Athletics Complex has been dedicated and the track was named Elliott’s Run in honor of Elliott Galloway, our founder. This site has matured into one of the most beautiful and functional soccer and track venues in Atlanta.
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Alice in Wonderland, Jr.
Middle Learning students produced Alice in Wonderland, Jr., the story about Alice’s madcap adventures in Wonderland as she chases the White Rabbit, races the Dodo Bird, gets tied up with the Tweedles, raps with a bubble-blowing . . .
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Passionately Pink Day
Faculty, staff, and students celebrated Passionately Pink Day in October by donating to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure Atlanta affiliate and wearing pink to school.
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Buddies Collect Personal Care Items for Hospital
Galloway's Buddy Program allows every child in our school to develop a special friendship with a student from another grade level. The "buddy pairs" meet once a month for a special activity that provides an excellent opportunity for the . . .
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JH Boys Soccer Finish 11-1-1
The JH Boys Soccer team fought hard to make it to the championship game of the 2007 MAAC league tournament. They were undefeated in the regular season, sporting an 11-0-1 record, with one tie against Greenfield Hebrew Academy.
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Introducing the Galloway Athletics Complex
People will remember the Fall of 2007. There was a buzz in the air.
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Valentine's Day Serenade
Galloway students, parents and teachers were treated to a Valentine's Day concert featuring four talented members of our faculty and staff. A highlight of the concert was a duet by Sharen Kilpatrick and Cynthia Dersch who sang Rossini's . . .
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Author visits seventh-graders
Alan Gratz, author of Samurai Shortstop, visited Middle Learning students on February. Throughout January, seventh-graders were deeply engrossed with the novel and were eager for the author’s visit.
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Extra Innings
The game was tied 6 to 6 this late Wednesday evening, so the game rolled on into the 8th inning. Mt Pisgah's number one hitter was up to bat, and they already had a runner on 2nd.
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Science Olympiad
The Middle Learning Science Club (5th-8th grades) participated in the Science Olympiad tournament at Oglethorpe University. Our students competed in 19 events, some of which included Science Crime Busters, Mystery Architecture, Write It, . . .
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Lawsky/Loar Art Show!
Over the past month, the Lawsky-Loar 4- and 5-year-olds have been learning about art. They have learned about Picasso, Van Gogh, Andy Goldsworthy, Georgia O'Keeffe, Monet, Matisse and many more.
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Home Field Advantage
The new fields proved to be a good luck charm as the Galloway Varsity Boys and Girls Soccer teams defeated Our Lady of Mercy on February 22nd. After a mere week of practice, the girls quickly came together with the help of coach Edgar . . .
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Volleyball!
Sweat pours from the foreheads of the six Galloway players on the court. They are up 24-23, and only one more point is needed to ensure that they win this match.
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Galloway's Athletics Overhaul
Do you ever wonder how Galloway Athletics survived for so long with a dusty workout facility filled with paint-peeling metal contraptions from several decades ago? How the outdoors sports teams were able to function without fields and a . . .
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Athletics Overhaul
Do you ever wonder how Galloway Athletics survived for so long with a dusty workout facility filled with paint-peeling metal contraptions from several decades ago? How the outdoors sports teams were able to function without fields and a . . .
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Boys Basketball Enjoys Successful Season
The Varsity Boys Basketball Team completely exceeded expectations this year and were able to make a solid run through region play. After losing 9 seniors from last year’s team, including leading scorer Andy Chlon, this year was . . .
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Academic Team Fun
This is my first year on Galloway’s Academic Team. I joined merely because the captain, fellow senior Daniel Norris, said I should.
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New Portable Mac Lab
Upper Learning will be receiving 20 new MacBook really soon, and there will be room to expand to 30 in the future. Upper Learning currently has a mobile computer lab consisting of 17 IBM notebooks.
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The Infamous CTR
Though Junior year brings much excitement to students at the Galloway, the thought of one project causes many Sophomores to shudder. The CTR, or Conceptual Trace Report, is a project that covers a century of any topic of the . . .
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A Thank You to Galloway
When I started competitive horse back riding five years ago, I gave up everything to ride, and Galloway has stood beside me the entire way. Competitive horse back riding is something that takes a lot of focus,
ability, . . .
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Budding Michelangelos
On their recent "class trip" to Italy, the 5-year olds in the Lawsky/Loar class had the opportunity to experience what Michelangelo felt when he painted the Sistine Chapel. They painted beautiful pictures under a table while lying on . . .
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Upper Learning Celebrates Pi Day
PI (e) We all love it, some crave it, but how many of us actually respect it? PI, 3.141592653589793…. is found everywhere.
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A Class of Chrysalises!
The Lawsky/Loar class has been learning about butterflies during their recent bug unit. They learned that a caterpillar turns into a chrysalis and then becomes a butterfly (Moths come from cocoons!).
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A Galloway Kind of Day
...from his commencement speech.
Two specific moments have helped… spark my memory of all of the incredible moments and stories I have experienced in my eight years at Galloway. The first of these two moments occurred . . .
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Two specific moments have helped… spark my memory of all of the incredible moments and stories I have experienced in my eight years at Galloway. The first of these two moments occurred . . .
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Throw the Dice
Students in the 6&7 year old Kaplan/Salim class have enjoyed learning about numbers, and their relation to each other through their Everyday Math unit. In this activity Ms.
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And the Next Contestant Is...
"You can pick the trail mix, the sub sandwich, or my shorts.”
“I’ll go with the trail mix.”
“Okay, now here are three numbers. Sort them into the order that you think is the price of the trail . . .
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“I’ll go with the trail mix.”
“Okay, now here are three numbers. Sort them into the order that you think is the price of the trail . . .
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