Starting June 22nd, EduCraft will be holding a wide variety of STEM-based summer camps at Garden Street Academy for kids aged 7-15 years old. These fun and engaging weeklong camps focus on 3D printing, robotics, programming, and circuitry. Each camp is a half day session that runs from 9am-12pm or 1pm-4pm. Visit EduCraft’s Summer Camps page to view […]
Success for GSA Robotics Team
Congratulations to our new GSA Robotics team! This past Saturday they traveled to south Pasadena and competed in the 2015 Greater Los Angeles Botball® Tournament. See photos and read more about it on our GSA Makerspace blog.
Art Sculpture Unveiled
Earlier this month we unveiled a fourteen foot high sculpture designed and created by students in the High School Sculpture class. Entitled ‘Reverse Entropy’, the giant art piece is made from cardboard, Tyvek tape, liquid nails, polyurethane and exterior paint, measuring 14’ X 12’ X 9’. Eleven sculpture students at Garden Street Academy have been absorbed in the […]
Monarch Caterpillars Growing in Our Garden
A few weeks ago, Leane and her gardening elective students noticed a Monarch butterfly laying eggs on our garden’s newly potted milkweed plants. Then on the 18th, the students noticed that some of the eggs had already hatched. Check back here for daily updates and watch them grow and hopefully turn into butterflies. March 6 – Day 17 […]
Amazing Performance of Disney’s “Alladin KIDS” Production
Congratulations to our fourth and fifth graders for their wonderful performance of Disney’s Alladin last week. Family and friends packed the Black Box theater for both performances, and most of our staff and students got to see their dress rehearsal. Thanks to our talented and dedicated staff for helping our students bring this story to […]
Middle School Play March 25th and 26th
Our Middle School students will be performing Bye Bye Birdie in the Black Box theater on March 25th and 26th. Showtimes are 2:00pm Wednesday, and 5:00pm Thursday. Tickets are on sale now at the check-in/out table.
Casino Royale Annual Auction, March 14 at El Encanto
Our annual Gala and Auction promises to be a glittering event and takes place at the world-renowned El Encanto hotel. This black-tie affair includes silent and live auctions as well as music, cocktails and a four course dinner. We hope you join us! For tickets and silent auction visit biddingforgood/GSA2015. More information can be found […]
Lower School Play Feb. 11th and 12th
The 4/5 class will be performing Disney’s “Alladin” in the Black Box theater immediately after school on Feb. 11th at 1:45 pm and again on the 12th at 3:45 pm. Tickets are $5. Look for them at the check-in/out table before and after school.
Professional Cellist John Sant’ Ambrogio Speaks to GSA Students
Last Friday, our students packed the black box theater and listened to John Sant’ Ambrogio talk about his love of music and his life as a classical cellist. With his 300-year-old cello alongside, John discussed how the sounds of nature, for example birds, were largely inspirational to the development of sounds on the cello in the early days. He […]
8th Grade Entrepreneurs Raise Over $400 for SB Foodbank and Wounded Warrior Project
Congratulations to our eighth graders who raised over $400 for charity at last week’s Holiday Boutique by selling products they designed in our makerspace. This project was part of their entrepreneur unit in language arts, and a wonderful example of the project based learning we offer our students. In just five weeks they learned how to […]