The Gloucester Education Foundation drives innovation, encourages creativity, expands student opportunities, and empowers educators to strengthen teaching and learning in the Gloucester Public School District. Since 2005, we have raised over $10 million to support thousands of students in the Gloucester Schools.

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GEF FY25 Impact Report celebrates hands-on learning!
GEF FY25 Impact Report celebrates hands-on learning!
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Arts Fest 2025: a grand success!
Arts Fest 2025: a grand success!

A recap of GEF and GPS’s annual celebration of arts and creativity!

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Power of Play Returns in 2025!
Power of Play Returns in 2025!

Everyone’s favorite “Day of Play” is back!

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2024 was a big year - check out some highlights!
2024 was a big year - check out some highlights!

Our annual Year-in-Review

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Come on down to the Main Street Block Party and look for the GEF table across from Brass Monkey! You can learn about our work, get some GEF swag, and make a keychain with our amazing volunteers.
Come on down to the Main Street Block Party and look for the GEF table across from Brass Monkey! You can learn about our work, get some GEF swag, and make a keychain with our amazing volunteers.
Happy LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to Gloucester kids, families, teachers and staff! It was a long year, and everyone is ready for a glorious summer - and this weekend, Fiesta! Please take a moment to look back at SY24-25 by thumbing through GEF's Impact Repo
Happy LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to Gloucester kids, families, teachers and staff! It was a long year, and everyone is ready for a glorious summer - and this weekend, Fiesta! Please take a moment to look back at SY24-25 by thumbing through GEF's Impact Report today. Despite the many challenges of this school year, this community has much to be proud of when it comes to supporting, challenging, and lifting up our students. GEF is thankful to play a role in that important work, and appreciative of every educator, family, donor, volunteer, elected official, and administrator that work together to make learning come alive for our kids. Link to the report in bio.
Happy first day of summer! GPS students still have a few more days of school, but it's lovely to see so many of them outside today enjoying field days, extra recess, special events, and soaking in the sunshine. We all need it. ☀☀☀ Remember to Honor-
Happy first day of summer! GPS students still have a few more days of school, but it's lovely to see so many of them outside today enjoying field days, extra recess, special events, and soaking in the sunshine. We all need it. ☀☀☀ Remember to Honor-a-Teacher before the last day of school on 6/26: a simple but impactful way to recognize the GPS staff that have educated, nurtured, and championed your kids all year long! 🏆 Link in bio.
Beautiful job by Plum Cove 4th and 5th graders in their final night of “Finding Nemo”! Congratulations to all of the students, staff, families, alumni, and partners that put on seven big productions in grades 4-12 this school year. GEF
Beautiful job by Plum Cove 4th and 5th graders in their final night of “Finding Nemo”! Congratulations to all of the students, staff, families, alumni, and partners that put on seven big productions in grades 4-12 this school year. GEF is honored to support theater in all of our schools!
Final meeting of the year for the GEF Student Advisory Committee: a celebratory dinner at The Azorean! Lauren, Liv, Hannah and Aidan are off to college at the end off the summer; Clay, Mylee and Jeferson will welcome new sophomore and junior advisor
Final meeting of the year for the GEF Student Advisory Committee: a celebratory dinner at The Azorean! Lauren, Liv, Hannah and Aidan are off to college at the end off the summer; Clay, Mylee and Jeferson will welcome new sophomore and junior advisors in the fall as they start their senior years. These kids ask tough questions, have brilliant ideas, and share perceptive insights. We’re so fortunate to have them on our team. @vermontstate_castleton, @uofsc, @webbinstitute, and @wheatoncollegeil: you’re so lucky to get these Gloucester grads!!
We always love seeing what O’Maley 8th graders create in their printmaking unit with local artist @maryrhinelander! This annual project, where students get to print their own designs on the historic Folly Cove Acorn Press, has been funded by GE
We always love seeing what O’Maley 8th graders create in their printmaking unit with local artist @maryrhinelander! This annual project, where students get to print their own designs on the historic Folly Cove Acorn Press, has been funded by GEF for a number of years.🦓🦨🐼🎬🥋🖤🏴‍☠️♣️🕶️🐈‍⬛🐑🐇🦴🐁🤍
GEF's 2025 Impact Report "In Their Hands: The Power of Experiential Learning" is here! It highlights 30 hands-on programs led by talented Gloucester educators who go above and beyond to help students learn by doing. Shout out to GHS Class o
GEF's 2025 Impact Report "In Their Hands: The Power of Experiential Learning" is here! It highlights 30 hands-on programs led by talented Gloucester educators who go above and beyond to help students learn by doing. Shout out to GHS Class of 2019's @rebeccamdowd for her help writing this report - boy, do we love when alumni stay engaged like that 💛. With nearly $475,000 invested this school year, we see that the Gloucester community is steadfast in their support for our schools. We hope you’ll help keep that momentum going with a gift to our spring appeal, or an Honor-a-Teacher gift if you're a GPS parent looking for a creative way to thank a Gloucester teacher! Links in bio.
Happy graduation day to Gloucester High School’s talented Class of 2025! Special shout out to the four GEF Student Advisors who graduate today: Hannah, Lauren, Liv and Aidan. Your commitment to strengthening the Gloucester Schools and the imp
Happy graduation day to Gloucester High School’s talented Class of 2025! Special shout out to the four GEF Student Advisors who graduate today: Hannah, Lauren, Liv and Aidan. Your commitment to strengthening the Gloucester Schools and the impact you’ve had over the past few years on GEF’s work is remarkable. We know you’ll continue to wow us as you begin your next chapters!! 👩🏻‍🎓 👩🏼‍🎓👩🏻‍🎓👨🏼‍🎓🎓🎉
Some highlights from Saturday's Arts Festival! Check out the GEF Facebook page for many more... Thank you Marty Del Vecchio and Cade Cooper for these great shots!
Some highlights from Saturday's Arts Festival! Check out the GEF Facebook page for many more... Thank you Marty Del Vecchio and Cade Cooper for these great shots!
Plum Cove reunion alert!! Plum art teacher Lisa Groleau was so happy to run into her former students today at O’Maley while setting up her current students’ colorful self-portraits for Saturday’s Arts Festival. When we decided to mo
Plum Cove reunion alert!! Plum art teacher Lisa Groleau was so happy to run into her former students today at O’Maley while setting up her current students’ colorful self-portraits for Saturday’s Arts Festival. When we decided to move this year’s Arts Fest to O’Maley we were hoping for sweet alumni moments like these.
Arts Fest preparations are underway in the Commons at O’Maley….Gloucester PreK seascape and Beeman self portraits went up today! So much more to come… Thank you to GPS parents and superstar volunteers Kelsey McNiff and Sam Goddes
Arts Fest preparations are underway in the Commons at O’Maley….Gloucester PreK seascape and Beeman self portraits went up today! So much more to come… Thank you to GPS parents and superstar volunteers Kelsey McNiff and Sam Goddess for helping today!
GEF Student Advisor Mylee Towne made this video of GPS students telling us what they love about making art! Come see their artwork and so much more at the Gloucester Student Arts Festival this Satruday at O'Maley...
We can’t wait to taste Bruins Brownie Batter, the winning custom ice cream flavor designed by O’Maley 7th graders Caleb and Trent! They beat out 86 other entries in this contest and @holycowicecreamcafe will be producing the flavor! It wi
We can’t wait to taste Bruins Brownie Batter, the winning custom ice cream flavor designed by O’Maley 7th graders Caleb and Trent! They beat out 86 other entries in this contest and @holycowicecreamcafe will be producing the flavor! It will be exclusively available at the Arts Festival on Saturday 5/17 at O’Maley. 🤤 O’Maley Art teacher Nicole Zadykowicz and Arts Festival coordinator Toni Waldron delivered Holy Cow gift cards to the boys this morning to congratulate them on their tasty creation. 🍦
Happy Teacher Appreciation week to Gloucester educators - we love helping you make learning more vibrant, relevant, and engaging for your students, and appreciate all that you do - today and every day!
Happy Teacher Appreciation week to Gloucester educators - we love helping you make learning more vibrant, relevant, and engaging for your students, and appreciate all that you do - today and every day!
Gloucester families: these Arts Fest flyers should be in your kids’ backpacks this week! Make sure you take a look, and also fish around in there for a permission slip if your child is performing (music and/or theater). Those need to be returne
Gloucester families: these Arts Fest flyers should be in your kids’ backpacks this week! Make sure you take a look, and also fish around in there for a permission slip if your child is performing (music and/or theater). Those need to be returned to their music and theater teachers! All the festival details, including the performance schedule in three languages, are on the GEF website: www.thinkthebest.org. Can’t wait! Art credit to Keira (grade 9-cake painting), Lexi (grade 13-festival logo), and Thomas (grade 4-I♥️Art)
Come on down to the Main Street Block Party and look for the GEF table across from Brass Monkey! You can learn about our work, get some GEF swag, and make a keychain with our amazing volunteers. Happy LAST DAY OF SCHOOL to Gloucester kids, families, teachers and staff! It was a long year, and everyone is ready for a glorious summer - and this weekend, Fiesta! Please take a moment to look back at SY24-25 by thumbing through GEF's Impact Repo Happy first day of summer! GPS students still have a few more days of school, but it's lovely to see so many of them outside today enjoying field days, extra recess, special events, and soaking in the sunshine. We all need it. ☀☀☀ Remember to Honor- Beautiful job by Plum Cove 4th and 5th graders in their final night of “Finding Nemo”! Congratulations to all of the students, staff, families, alumni, and partners that put on seven big productions in grades 4-12 this school year. GEF Final meeting of the year for the GEF Student Advisory Committee: a celebratory dinner at The Azorean! Lauren, Liv, Hannah and Aidan are off to college at the end off the summer; Clay, Mylee and Jeferson will welcome new sophomore and junior advisor We always love seeing what O’Maley 8th graders create in their printmaking unit with local artist @maryrhinelander! This annual project, where students get to print their own designs on the historic Folly Cove Acorn Press, has been funded by GE GEF's 2025 Impact Report "In Their Hands: The Power of Experiential Learning" is here! It highlights 30 hands-on programs led by talented Gloucester educators who go above and beyond to help students learn by doing. Shout out to GHS Class o Happy graduation day to Gloucester High School’s talented Class of 2025! Special shout out to the four GEF Student Advisors who graduate today: Hannah, Lauren, Liv and Aidan. Your commitment to strengthening the Gloucester Schools and the imp Some highlights from Saturday's Arts Festival! Check out the GEF Facebook page for many more... Thank you Marty Del Vecchio and Cade Cooper for these great shots! Plum Cove reunion alert!! Plum art teacher Lisa Groleau was so happy to run into her former students today at O’Maley while setting up her current students’ colorful self-portraits for Saturday’s Arts Festival. When we decided to mo Arts Fest preparations are underway in the Commons at O’Maley….Gloucester PreK seascape and Beeman self portraits went up today! So much more to come… Thank you to GPS parents and superstar volunteers Kelsey McNiff and Sam Goddes
GEF Student Advisor Mylee Towne made this video of GPS students telling us what they love about making art! Come see their artwork and so much more at the Gloucester Student Arts Festival this Satruday at O'Maley...
We can’t wait to taste Bruins Brownie Batter, the winning custom ice cream flavor designed by O’Maley 7th graders Caleb and Trent! They beat out 86 other entries in this contest and @holycowicecreamcafe will be producing the flavor! It wi Happy Teacher Appreciation week to Gloucester educators - we love helping you make learning more vibrant, relevant, and engaging for your students, and appreciate all that you do - today and every day! Gloucester families: these Arts Fest flyers should be in your kids’ backpacks this week! Make sure you take a look, and also fish around in there for a permission slip if your child is performing (music and/or theater). Those need to be returne