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Interdisciplinary Learning: In conjunction with history and religion, students will be introduced to the year-long theme, “What is truth?” In religion they will devise their own creation stories, while in history they will construct their ideal civilizations. Related to this, in English they will examine a number of ideal societies and assess their merits and shortcomings. First, they will study the Communist model satirized in Animal Farm, followed by the utilitarian capitalist example ridiculed in Dickens’ Hard Times. Next, they will investigate the perfect world projected in modern advertising, and last they will examine the Utopian Christian world in Out of the Silent Planet. Exhibitions: How does personal faith interact with one’s duty to the human community? Independent Study: Students may examine contemporary moral heroes and determine if they are worthy of sainthood. |
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As a school in the Holy Cross tradition, we educate young people of all religious backgrounds to achieve the competence to see both themselves and the world in spiritual and moral terms. At Gilmour, students learn to develop the courage to dedicate their lives in pursuit of social justice and compassion. In class, students play an active role in building and honing the skills of critical reflection, speaking, writing, and research by applying what they have learned to real-life religious issues. Outside the classroom, Gilmour offers a variety of opportunities for students to develop a deeper awareness of their spiritual lives and to become lifelong learners in the area of Christian faith and service. The Service Program encourages students from preschool through grade twelve to offer their skills and talents to those who are less fortunate and to explore the Christian call to love one’s neighbor. Such school-wide campaigns as the Lower School Mitten Tree and the Upper School Harvest for Hunger represent the willingness of the entire Gilmour community to bring to life the virtue of charity. |
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