b'ATTRACTIONSLed by Sandra Dumbill and Aditi Deshpande, the Attractions Book Fundraiser was a huge success this year! This effort raised nearly $12,000 to support the PA budget and allows us to allocate funds to special projects on campus.This is hard work and most of it begins at the end of summer and beginning of school, so we are especially grateful to our leaders and their committee for volunteering during this busy time of year.BUILDING COMMUNITYTHROUGH THE PARENTS ASSOCIATIONEmilie Samet, 2020-21 Parents Association PresidentGDS SPIRITCOMMUNITY This year, we launched the Spirit Committee to help build community and promote spirit A s parents, we come togetherwithin the GDS. This committee, led by Holly Jones, helped plan two all school pep rallies, arranged surprises that were handed out in the carpool line twice during the year, and helped in so many ways to helporganize and promote Fridays at Freddys, which was a huge hit for Bengals, big and small! support and celebrate theOther spirit events included Shopping Days at Kendra Scott, Art and Soul, and Polliwogs, great work of our Facultyas well as a yoga/goal setting event at Dancing Dogs Yoga. These fun events raised money for the Parents Association, as a percentage ofsales were donated back to us. Thank you to these and Staff. Many of you haveGDS family owned businesses for their support.contributed countless hours of your time this year and for that,EVENTS I am grateful. Even though ourWith the help of Rachel year was cut short and due toPercival, Holly Jones, COVID-19, did not end the wayLayne King and Gaynor we had planned, I am so proud ofLauchlan, we hosted all that we accomplished together.the first Bengal Bash on September 27. With soccer, Throughout this pandemic, onevolleyball, field hockey, thing that became abundantly clearFiddle Fusion, activities for was that we are an incredibly strongthe younger Bengals, and community. It has been amazingStameys Barbeque, it was to see parents, faculty, staff anda great way to kick off the school year!alumni come together in unique ways. I was truly honored to have the opportunity to lead the PA this year and hope that you enjoy some of our 2019-20 highlights. 54 | Summer 2020'