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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

The Wonderful Wizards of Oz at GNS

The upcoming School production of The Wizard of Oz on March 4 to 7, is the fourth time the school … 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

Why Choose an Independent School? The GNS Effect

I started my career in the classroom teaching band, film-making and, believe it or not, typing. I have worn many … 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

GNS Students Bring the Pacific Temperate Rainforest to Royal BC Museum

On Friday, February 13, 2026, the Victoria at Dusk festival will light up the city’s downtown core, inviting both residents … Continued

A Life in Focus: How Jessica Earnshaw ’02 Captures the Human Experience

Growing up in Victoria, Jessica Earnshaw was drawn to capturing the quiet moments around her: a passion sparked when her … Continued