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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!

Gillispie School Community Wall with large colored tiles and values focused inscriptions created by students.

Gillispie Students Have a Hand in Nurturing Their Community

Entering Gillispie School’s Sandbox Lunch Deck is now a much more colorful and inspiring experience with the recent completion of […]
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Grade 6 Students Serve Community at Mount Soledad

Gillispie Students Serve Community at Mount Soledad

On Wednesday, December 4, Grade 6 students took part in a meaningful community service project at Mount Soledad National Veterans […]
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Gillispie School Preschoolers Learn About Volcanoes

Erupting Natural Curiosity

Budding paleontologists in Maple and Spruce had a dino-mite time in their Dinosaur enrichment class! The excitement erupted-literally-as the students […]
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Balloons Over Gillispie

Before the break, second graders read Balloons Over Broadway, the wondrous true story of the puppeteer behind Macy’s Thanksgiving Day […]
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Why An Outdoor Classroom?

On November 8, our Early Childhood team proudly presented at the National Association for the Education of Young Children’s (NAEYC) […]
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Imagining and Building a Fairy House

Pre-K students in Sequoia embarked on a creative project to design a treehouse for the resident fairies! Guided by Mr. […]
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Specialty Classes Get In the Spirit

Last week, Gillispie students had a fang-tastic time celebrating Halloween with our annual spooktacular parade and spent the day engaged […]
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🕷️ Spinning Curiosity into Learning!

Recently, Mrs. D’s Grade 2 class caught a serious case of arachnid enthusiasm! 🕷️ She used their interest to create […]
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Family Math Night Adds Up to Fun!

Our first Elementary Family Math Night was a hit! I thank the incredible team of teachers, staff, and parent volunteers […]
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Connecting the Dots

Grade 2 students participated in a walking field trip to the Museum of Contemporary Art San Diego (MCASD) in La […]
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Little Lanterns Light Up for the Moon Festival!

Our friends in Spruce joyfully celebrated the Moon Festival, a cherished tradition in many Asian countries, typically observed from late […]
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Revving Up Learning!

This week, we hosted our very first Grand Prix! Cypress teachers noticed that their class had developed a keen interest […]
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Natacha Hosy

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