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Read past issues:

2025-2026
October 2025 - "Educating Hearts and Minds: Our Guiding Values"
February 2026 - "Designing the Future"

2024-2025
May 2025 - "Educating Future Shapers"
March 2025 - "The Benefits of Healthy Risk"
February 2025 - "Skills for Learning and Life."
November 2024 - "Grateful Hearts, Inclusive Minds"
October 2024 - "The Ripple Effect of Compassion"

2023-2024
May 2024 - "Measuring Success"
April 2024 - "The Journey Matters"
March 2024 - "The Magic of Mud"
February 2024 - "Smiling Hearts"

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The Gillispie Blog

Stay up to date with the latest news, events, and everyday moments at Gillispie School in La Jolla. Our weekly blog features engaging stories, photos, and classroom highlights that showcase the creativity, connection, and joy of our Pre-K to Grade 6 community. Visit often—there’s always something new to discover!

Firefighters Visit Gillispie

Our students had the exciting opportunity to meet some local heroes! Grade 1 welcomed the crew and their fire engine […]
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Hands in Clay, Minds at Play

The Sequoia Room has been buzzing with creativity since the children began experimenting with clay. With blocks of clay, rollers […]
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Building the Foundations of Learning: The Responsive Classroom Approach

Morning Meetings in Grade 5, Littles, and Grade 3 In our Gillispie classrooms, we’ve integrated the Responsive Classroom approach, which […]
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Award-winning author Mac Barnett Visits Gillispie School

Gillispie School Welcomes Award-Winning Author Mac Barnett

Gillispie School was thrilled to welcome Mac Barnett, New York Times best-selling and award-winning author of children’s literature, this week. […]
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Through Their Own Eyes: A Self-Portrait Journey

This month, our pre-school students began their self-portrait journey for the year! Self-portraits are a meaningful way for children to […]
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When History Knocks on the Classroom Door

One of the highlights of Grade 5 is when “neighbors” drop by to visit Mr. Inigo’s classroom. These special visitors […]
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Gillispie Pre-K Specialty Classes

At Gillispie, one of the many wonderful opportunities we offer our Pre-K students is a rich variety of specialty classes. […]
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Small Jobs, Meaningful Work

This week, pre-K students in Sequoia began something exciting-classroom jobs! Every child now has a role each day, and the […]
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Gillispie Grade 4 Students Learning How to Solve the Rubik's Cube

Grade 4 Starts the Year with a Rubik’s Cube 

A favorite beginning-of-the-school-year story is the introduction of the Rubik’s Cube in Grade 4. A tradition started more than 15 […]
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Gillispie Students Playing in the Mud in the Outdoor Classroom

The Joy (and Learning) of Mud

Mud days are the best days at Gillispie! Last Thursday, a rainy day brought the joy of mud to the […]
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Gillispie School Grade 3 Hopes & Dreams

Hopes and Dreams in Third Grade

As part of this year’s professional development during Prep Week, all Gillispie teachers explored Hopes and Dreams, a key practice […]
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Gillispie PreK student reading a Dr. Seuss book

Books Take Kids Places

A great book can turn an ordinary summer day into an unforgettable adventure. When children open a book, they open […]
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Natacha Hosy
Natacha Hosy

Marketing Communications Lead
info@gillispie.org
(858) 459-3773

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