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Courageous learners. Compassionate leaders.

Child by child, the Gordon School community cultivates successful students by inspiring joyful learning, encouraging intellectual leadership, fostering an empathic spirit and stimulating a drive for positive societal impact.

The outdoor classroom

Gordon was founded in 1910 by pediatrician Dr. Helen West Cooke as an Open Air School. Windows were kept open year round to encourage good health, clear thinking and a strong relationship to nature. This connection to nature remains an essential part of the Gordon experience today.

EXPERIENCE GORDON OUTDOORS

Experiences with lifelong impact

Since 2002, the eighth grade has traveled to Georgia and Alabama to conclude their study of the Civil Rights Movement. They visit historical sites, but it is the people they meet that have the biggest impact; students spend time with veterans of the 1950s and 1960s efforts, and meet community activists working for change in the present day.

LEARN ABOUT THE CIVIL RIGHTS TRIP

Words matter

The default language at Gordon should affirm each and every member of the community. In order to do this, people must recognize that they don’t know everything
about the people they meet, that the way people identify can shift over time, and that language needs to adjust accordingly.

INCLUSIVITY AT GORDON

Confident risk-taking

Gordon’s inclusive mission and community spirit allow students stretch themselves and test their own boundaries in new and often public ways. These moments happen every day, from challenging classroom conversations and deeply felt writing projects to the open mics, athletics fields, and service projects that fill the Middle School calendar.

PUBLIC SPEAKING AT GORDON

Tuition reimagined

Gordon’s tuition system has equity and inclusion at its core. Launched in 2018, Gordon's Family Individualized Tuition completely rebuilds the financial relationship between a school and its families, making the process of paying tuition simpler, more transparent, more equitable and more predictable.

LEARN MORE ABOUT FAMILY INDIVIDUALIZED TUITION

A celebration at the Joukowsky Family Library

Publishing pioneers Wade and Cheryl Hudson will give a public presentation as part of their visit to Gordon on Wednesday, December 7th at 6:30pm. The visit coincides with the school’s annual book fair and the twentieth anniversary of the school’s library. Under the leadership of librarian Frances Martindale, Gordon’s Joukowsky Family Library has grown into a world-class collection of young people’s literature that includes a rich range of multicultural perspectives.

RSVP NOW FOR THE DECEMBER 7TH EVENT

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3 The Gordon community

Gordon‘s strength lies in its community: the families and professionals who are drawn to its mission, and the graduates whose live out that mission every day. Get a sample of their stories here.

Assi Coulibaly ’08

Assi is one of five founding members of the five-person Glitter Goddess Collective, a queer, feminist performance group led by Black and indigenous people and people of color.

Tavie Abell ’06

The co-founder and CEO of Govern for America was on the podcast Radical Ones talking about how to make the US government younger and smarter.

Leadership voices

At Gordon, the leaders include the students as well as the Head of School and her team.

The Gordon community

Gordon’s strength lies in its community: the families and professionals who are drawn to its mission, and the graduates whose live out that mission every day. Read their stories here.