Upper School
At Gilmour Academy’s Upper School, curriculum is designed to prepare students for college-level work, with 90-minute class periods and a Socratic instructional style based on the concept of student as worker and teacher as coach. Four Gilmour Upper School students have been listed as co-authors of scientific papers and another presented a scientific paper and won an award held by the American Chemical Society. All five students were part of Gilmour’s Catalyst program, an extracurricular mentorship program that connects students with experts in industry, government, and academia.
At the conclusion of their education at Gilmour, students devote their final month to a senior project. They identify an area of interest and design an internship around it followed by a final presentation about how Gilmour’s essential goals and objectives relate to their internship experience.
Gilmour places a great deal of value on service to the community, and participation in a community service program is requisite for graduation. Students must meet a 60-hour standard to graduate, and many students surpass the requirement.
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