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Walking Together on the Coldest Night of the Year

Zane Ahmad is a Grade 9 Class Rep and a Gryphon Leadership Certificate Candidate On February 28, 2026, students from … Continued

Meet the Team: Ms. Tanya (Bennett) Chalmers ’94

Ms. Tanya Chalmers joined the GNS community in October 2025 as our Director of Finance. As an honourary GNS alum … Continued

It Starts With a Sandwich: GNS Students Give Back

It’s Monday afternoon in the Pemberton Woods Campus Dining Hall. Small assembly lines of Social Justice 12 students circle around … Continued

Navigating the Future Together: AI Literacy at GNS and the New Family Toolkit

Artificial Intelligence (AI) is already a big part of our children’s world, quietly powering everything from their YouTube recommendations to … Continued

Two GNS Students Honoured with 2026 Oak Bay YES Awards

Every year, the District Oak Bay celebrates students in Grade 6 to 12 with the Young Exceptional Star (YES) Awards, … Continued

Courage, Heart and Community Shine in the GNS Production of The Wizard of Oz

Ready to head Somewhere Over the Rainbow? The cast and crew of the GNS production of The Wizard of Oz, … Continued

Kindergarten STEM Design Challenge: Grade 7 Mentors Help Students Defy Gravity

On Wednesday, February 25th, something special happened in our Kindergarten classrooms. Our Grade 7 Design students from the Pemberton Woods … Continued

Inspiring Innovation at the GNS Grade 9 Science Fair

On February 4, the Gudewill Learning Commons and the Thorau Gym were filled with Grade 9 students who had worked … Continued

From Local Wildfires to the Global Stage: The Remarkable Scientific Journey of Anna Iqbal ’28

From a regional science fair to two international symposium presentations and a pending research publication, this is the current reality … Continued

GNS Senior Ultimate Team Kicks Off 2026 Season with World-Class Coaching Staff

The discs are flying again! After a successful season last year—where our Senior Ultimate team placed 10th at AA Provincials—the … Continued

Graduation at GNS: the early years

The number of students graduating from GNS in recent times has been upwards of 80 students with this year being … Continued

Why My Math Students Won’t Stop Solving Problems, Even on Friday Afternoons

If you had told me thirty years ago, back when I started teaching in 1993, that I would one day … Continued

Planting the Future: Our Journey as a WWF Native Plant Seed-Sharing School

As educators at Glenlyon Norfolk School, we have always looked for ways to move beyond the walls of the classroom. … Continued

Unlocking a World of Learning: The Role of Specialist Teachers in the IB PYP

As a parent exploring an IB Primary Years Programme (PYP) school, you may wonder how subjects like Music, Physical Education, … Continued

Gryphon Gallery—Paul Scherzer ’83

By sheer chance, I watched an excellent Peabody Award winning documentary over the holiday period called Batata. It is about … Continued