Dear Geneva School Community, In the previous update, I indicated that we planned to suspend all school activity on Monday, March 16, but that classes would resume Tuesday with the qualifier that “we may need to reconsider this plan” given the continual flow of information and changing landscape. After a day of email and text…
Dear Geneva School Community, All school activity for Monday, March 16 has been canceled. This includes all classes, meetings, athletic practices, etc. We are canceling activity in order to allow school employees to meet and work through important details. At present, we plan to resume classes on Tuesday. However, please know that with the continual…
The Eighth Grade Oratory Contest is a highlight of Geneva’s Logic School experience. This competition began in 2007 and has become a tradition in which each student memorizes a piece from a selection of historic poems and speeches and delivers his prepared recitation in front of a panel of judges. It is a precursor to the Senior…
The Geneva Fine Arts Department recently finished its production of The Hound of the Baskervilles, a classic whodunnit play adapted from the Sherlock Holmes’ novel of the same name. This production takes literature’s most spine-chilling mystery and turns it into a story of suspense, humor and ultimate terror. “I am overwhelmed by the complex story these…
Geneva kindergarten students and teachers celebrated the 100th day of school recently by dressing as 100-year-olds to commemorate this milestone. This day is always a highlight of the year as students don curlers, canes, walkers and gray hair as they celebrate all things 100. Teachers led their students in multiple activities which included drawing 100-year-old…
The Geneva Grammar School hosted authors Meredith Davis and Rebeka Uwitonze on campus recently to discuss the book they co-authored titled “Her Own Two Feet.” This book tells Rebeka’s amazing story from Rwanda and was introduced to the Grammar School students during Book Week in January when Davis first visited campus. Davis and Uwitonze shared…
The Medieval Feast and Faire is a Geneva fourth-grade highlight as the students make history come to life. Integrated with their study of history, each student portrays a role of serf, monk, nun, chandler, cook, jester, knight, lady in waiting, nobility or royalty from their study of the feudal system and conducts research on the…
Geneva high school art students competed in the Region 20W VASE (Visual Art Scholastic Event) Contest at Stevens High School in San Antonio recently. All four Geneva students who participated in this contest received the highest marks. These students were Sophia Baldwin, Alexa Georgelos, Julianna Goodman and Quincie Hartman. The art created by Sophia and…
Geneva Grammar students, faculty and parents descended on Boerne last Friday for the school’s annual “Love Thy Neighbor Day.” This is a day set aside near Valentine’s Day each year as the Grammar School looks for practical ways to serve the Boerne community. Students visited city and county officials as well as police, fire, sheriff…
The Geneva speech and debate team competed in recent events both locally and nationally. Freshman Mia Wilson placed first in Dramatic Interpretation in the San Antonio Johnson High School Tournament over the weekend. This is the first time a Geneva freshman has won a tournament. Advanced debate team members including Phillip Ackermann, Garrett Fritcher, Luke…