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THE NEWS September 2, 2015 Gilman School www.GilmanNews.com Volume CXV No. 1 New Year, New Campus BY BRIAN NELSON A New Year The start of a new school year brings tional to a combination of teaching and that still need to be discussed. The goal the return of old faces and old friends. lab space which will increase flexibility is to have this done come the 2016-2017 Over the summer, the campus was and will allow teachers to have different school year. With The News updated. Such updates include the new lesson plans that can incorporate lab Finally, the most apparent change one Welcome back! This year we have traffic lights, a renovated Science Build- work.” A robotics space was also added may notice even before entering campus many exciting things to look forward ing, a complete revamp of the athletic to. A newly updated Science Building fields, changes to the Auditorium, and and fields (page 1), eleven new faculty other, smaller enhancements. members (pages 2-4), and new addi- When asked about the field overhaul, tions to the school’s administration Athletic Director, Mr. Timothy Holley (page 1), all add to the exciting pros- (‘77), remarked, “This is the first time we pect that is a new year. have done a comprehensive upgrade of We are proud to announce a new all of our outdoor fields . to make sure feature of the News. In an effort to that they meet the needs of our school in increase engagement on a daily basis a more modern way.” with the Gilman community, we have Specifically this means that the foot- created a Twitter feed. Through this ball field, Brown Field, will become a channel, we hope to create, comment, multi-sport artificial surface for soccer, and share material and encourage football, and lacrosse. The baseball field, open conversation among the student Barrett Field, is the first sodded, irrigated body and greater Gilman community. field in the history of Gilman. You can find us at www.twitter.com/ Due to the construction that these new TheGilmanNews photo by Luke Wulff fields require, intramurals will be pressed Much discussion in newsrooms for space. Because of this problem, Mr. and the bathrooms received an upgrade. is the new traffic light on Northern Park- all over America is on consumer Holley commented, “for the first time The lobby of the Alumni Auditorium way. This light will make coming to and engagement, and most prominently, ever, we are offering, this fall because of has also received a full redesign featuring going from campus much easier for par- harnessing the power of the Internet the construction, that every Upper School higher ceilings, improved lighting, and ents and students. A new left-turn lane to drive engagement. Through this boy can take the season off.” This will new paint. has also been added on Roland Avenue Twitter channel, we hope to engage allow students more time to do as they One additional upgrade that can be to make morning drop off run more the community in an open, genuine, please after 3:35. noticed on campus is the new keypads smoothly. All of these traffic upgrades and frank discussion about those The Science Building was also updated and locks on many of the doors to Carey were made in conjunction with the City good and bad things around Gilman. over the summer. Director of Finance Hall. These changes are part of a larger of Baltimore. In addition, we will disseminate and Administration, Mr. Sean Furlong, scale project to better control access to see “Welcome,” page 2 stated, “Within the Science Building, we buildings on campus. While this is the changed the classrooms to be multifunc- hope, there are many logistical aspects Mr. Griffith Joins Gilman Welcomes The Administration BY BasIL APOSTOLO Back Mr. Ledyard Mr. Bartley Griffith joins Gilman this dedicated to faculty development and BY AARON SLUTKIN year from the Westminster School in enrichment for a school of its size, a trait ing sophomore English and coaching Atlanta Georgia as our new Assistant that drew him to Gilman. Towards the end of the last school year, JV Lacrosse, his most significant role Head of School. At the Westminster Mr. Griffith will chair the school’s aca- it was announced that Mr. Brian Ledyard, at Gilman will be as the Assistant Head School, where he taught for fifteen demic council, a K-12 group including all who originally taught at Gilman from of the Upper School. In this new posi- years, Mr. Griffith held many posi- the school’s division heads, and a range of 2002-2010, would return to the school tion, Mr. Ledyard has many goals and tions including Upper and lower, middle, and upper as a full-time teacher objectives in the interest Middle School English school faculty. The council and administrator. Mr. of improving the student teacher, Upper School is dedicated to the K-12 Ledyard will resume his body’s experience and the Dean, school-wide English curriculum, and “how we career at Gilman after quality of education at Department Chair, and support [the curriculum] a five-year hiatus at the Gilman. For the former, coach of football, basket- in a way that honors the Drew School in San Fran- Mr. Ledyard will be lead- ball, and lacrosse. Joining school’s mission of mind, cisco. ing the “student support Mr. Griffith in a move from body, and spirit, in a time The search for a better team,” with the agenda of the Westminster School to of disorienting change.” professional fit brings Mr. establishing better com- Gilman is Mr. Hudson, a He says that one of the Ledyard back to Gilman, munication between the new Upper School History council’s chief charges is “an institution [he] felt administration, the fac- teacher, and Baltimore to sustain both the time- better aligned with from ulty, and the students. He native (see Mr. Hudson’s less traditions that have a mission/philosophy per- will also focus in on the profile on page 2). always mattered and will spective.” Specifically, he buffer between second At Gilman, Mr. Griffith always matter [to Gilman], highlighted Mrs. Carey’s period and lunch by better will work on the recruit- photo by Basil Apostolo but also make [these tradi- focus on education in structuring the timing and ment, retention, and tions] relevant in a rapidly mind, body and spirit. dismissals to assembly, development of our faculty. One of his changing society.” Though his match as an educator was advisory, and form meetings, as well goals is to foster development of the Mr. Griffith will also teach an Upper perfect at Gilman, personal reasons also as improving the discussion during the “whole teacher.” In a recent interview, School English course, and coach Middle influenced his return to Baltimore. In advisory meetings by adding “mindful- Mr. Griffith explained, “we talk a lot in School football. addition to having friends in Baltimore, ness” to what is going on around Gilman. schools about the ‘whole child,’ but we Although Mr. Griffith grew up in most of Mr. Ledyard’s family lives in In regard to the latter, he will “support don’t talk in the same way about the Pittsburgh, he has been in and out of Bal- or around Maryland. Also a father to a Mr. Heubeck in his responsibility in ‘whole teacher.’” He hopes to bring such timore as his parents relocated to Anne three-year old and a ten-month old, Mr. implementing the school’s definition of a conversation to Gilman in order to help Arundel County ten years ago. His wife Ledyard yearned to return to “a place excellence in teaching through the faculty sustain the faculty in “mind, body, and and two young kids all made the move to [he’d] be super-proud to send [his] kids.” evaluation system.” As he takes on these spirit because teaching is an extraordi- Baltimore this summer. While Mr. Ledyard, who holds degrees key roles, we wish Mr. Ledyard the best narily inspiring but also very difficult This year, Mr. Griffith is excited about from Tufts University and Johns Hop- of luck and warmly welcome him back to career to sustain.” He noted that Gilman getting to know people, and learning what kins, will surely make an impact teach- Gilman. has a robust set of grants and funds it means to “be Gilman.” page 2 September 2, 2015 Gilman School www.GilmanNews.com Volume CXV No. 1 Welcome New Faculty Mr. ALEX DeWEESE Mr. CHRIS GARLAND Hailing from Towson, Mr. After working at cross-town rival Alex DeWeese is no newcomer school St. Pauls, Mr. Chris Garland to Gilman. Having graduated in moves a few miles down 83 to join 2011, he was involved in Track and the History Department in the Upper Field and with the Traveling Men. School. When asked what caused him He is hoping that, “[The students] to make the transition, he replied can see [him] as someone who has that he, “Just couldn’t turn down made it through Gilman, survived, the opportunity, based on the people and can give them some prospec- whom [he] know[s] here and the kids, tive.” At Lafayette College, where teachers, and graduates who told he attended undergraduate school, [him] about the kind of place that it Mr. DeWeese ran Track, and par- was.” Attending Hampden Sydney ticipated in his school’s musical; College and Georgetown University, he will certainly use his talent Mr. Garland was a two-sport athlete from the former in his role with in college playing both basketball the cross-country team.

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