A Day in the Life of Today's GPS girl

A Day in the Life SNAPSHOTS OF A TYPICAL DAY FOR MIDDLE AND UPPER SCHOOL STUDENTS of Today’s GPS Girl

ONE OF THE BEST ASPECTS of a GPS education is learning what makes you most passionate and using that information to choose what you study and how you spend your day. Here, we believe the possibilities are endless. Though each girl’s day is different, she knows she will always have someone there to support her, cheer her on, and help her reach her goals. What follows is a brief glimpse into the routine of both a Middle School student and an Upper School student.

7:45 a.m.

Teacher office hours are in the mornings before school, so sometimes I will come in early if I can’t make it to help class that day so that I can get help on my homework or ask questions about an assignment or lesson.

8:30 a.m.

I love starting my Fridays with art with Ms. Yu. We just wrapped up a unit and are about to learn how to felt!

10:45 a.m.

In eighth grade, we have a yearlong class called Inquiry where we learn how to research, write a bibliography, and find credible sources, and then we pick a topic we want to research and present to the class at the end of the year. I'm looking at how the Olympics being in one place can be better for the environment and world and designing what I think a permanent home for the event would look like.

FARAH HOUSE ’26

Middle School

11:40 a.m.

I absolutely love when we have smoothies for lunch! Besides that, I love the broccoli. There are about 13 of us who sit together most days.

12:15 p.m.

On Thursdays we have Advisory after lunch. My advisor is Ms. King, and we’ve been working on leadership skills and different challenges to better learn to communicate and problem solve.

12:45 p.m.

In my STEM elective, we’re working with circuits right now, and we did some stuff with building bridges earlier this year. We’ve also done mini pottery with 3D printing and with small wheels just to get a reference. Then we went to virtual reality pottery to see what the differences were.

1:50 p.m.

Señora Rodriguez approaches class in such a fun way. She tells us ridiculous stories in Spanish and keeps things interesting and engaging.

3:45 p.m.

I do three varsity sports—soccer, basketball, and track and field, which is in season right now. I throw the shot put. I love my team. We’re like a big family! We go out to eat all the time, and each time someone new gets to pick the restaurant.

7 p.m.

Normally when I get home I'll grab a snack and shower so I have a clear mind and then get to work on homework, which may take anywhere between 30 minutes to an hour-and-a-half.

10:30 p.m.

I aim to go to bed around 10:3010:45, but some nights it’ll be later. If I really can’t fall asleep, I'll draw or paint or journal.

CAITLIN POLK ’24 Upper School

6:45 a.m.

Waking up depends on the day. I have three or four alarms in the morning. Some days I'll wake up at the first one, some days I'll snooze them all. I ride to school with my older sister.

8:30 a.m.

I really like my human geography class. We have a good group of girls. Ms. Simms is so nice. With our lessons, even if they’re hard to understand, she tries to relate it to current things we’d know about.

10:40 a.m.

English is definitely my hardest subject, but Dr. Gromadzki is great. We’re convinced he’s secretly in the FBI.

11:40 a.m.

Right now, the clubs I'm in are Junior State of America, Amnesty International, and Mock Trial. We had a Mock Trial competition in March, and I worked as a witness. It was fun getting into character and not being yourself for a little bit.

12:15 p.m.

On Tuesdays, we have BIPOC during lunch, so we eat together and talk about anything, like how our days are going or what we’re doing for our booth at May Day. But on a normal lunch day, I usually sit with my older sister and the softball team. Just a big friend group of athletes. Everyone is really chill.

2:45 p.m.

I’m on the Chapel tech crew, so we set up the podiums and mics, and the people in the booth handle the sound board and light board. This is my first year doing it. I had seen videos of people doing techy stuff like soundboards, so I just wanted to try it.

3 p.m.

I really enjoy listening to Chapel Talks. This year I have a lot of friends in the senior class, and I think it’s really cool to see people I'm close with giving a speech about whatever they want. It gives another perspective on who they are. A good example, my friend Alexis Gaines gave her Talk. I knew about her ideologies and spirituality, but when she went up there and talked about it more, I became even more interested in it.

7:30 p.m.

I don’t really have that much homework at night. Maybe an hour, hour and a half. I do a lot of my homework during my free periods or if a class lets out early. Homework is about time management.

5:45 p.m.

I’m playing lacrosse right now, and so is my sister. Practice gets out around 5:45-6, and we live like 45 minutes away, so we get home around 6:45-7. Same with basketball season, since my sister plays and I manage the team.

9 p.m.

When I finish my homework, I like to watch thrillers unless I’m stressed, in which case I'll watch cheesy romances with a snack or cold drink.