b'GREENSBORO DAY SCHOOL ANNOUNCED GDS ONLINEGreensboro Day SchoolGDS is celebrating 50 years since announced that its 2020-2021its founding. Our relative youth is school year will offer onlinebest demonstrated by the cutting-enrollment open to studentsedge nature of this program and our around the globeGDS Online.response to the COVID-19 pandemic The online comprehensivethat began in March.college preparatory academic program is available for qualifiedFind more information, including how to apply students in grades 7-12. Theand to access the GDS Online handbook, visit program can be taken as a full- www.greensboroday.org/gdsonline.time student, as a part-time student seeking to supplement a current program of study or a single course.The launch of GDS Online is made possible by the schools recent acquisition of iPads and Swivl devices that will allow teachers to seamlessly stream classes and include classroom interactions. The Swivl device acts as a dock for the iPad, following the speaker around the room, and uploading recordings to the web. Faculty will begin Swivl training this summer.Outside of the recent COVID - 19 interruption to on campus-learning, we recognize a great demand for online courses, said Head of School Tracie Catlett. This new program allows GDS to greatly broaden its reach. Students outside of North Carolina and the United States can apply for admission to GDS Online. Naturally, GDS Online means that we will be fully prepared should a resurgence of COVID-19 occur this fall. 22 | Summer 2020'