Each year GMHS participates in the St. Mary's County Fair Speech Contest. This year's contest will be held on Friday, September 19, 2025. Student participants need to arrive by 1:45pm.
We will host an in-house competition to determine our representatives during Nest Hour the week of September 8. Stay tuned for more information.
What does the U.S. Constitution mean to you? Our local American Legion Auxiliary in Ridge is seeing how many students would be interested in their oratorical contest. The purpose of the contest is to develop knowledge and appreciation of the United States Constitution, the ability to think and speak clearly and critically, and the acceptance of the duties, responsibilities, rights and privileges of American citizenship. Please complete this Google Form to share your interest by Wednesday, October 15.
Stay tuned for more information!
Each year, we have the opportunity to see a variety of plays by the Shakespeare Theatre Company in Washington D.C..
William Shakespeare’s farce gets a joyful spin from Jocelyn Bioh (Jaja’s African Hair Braiding), dropping the debaucherous Falstaff into the melting pot of modern Harlem. Short on cash, Falstaff pursues the purses of two sharp-witted West African wives. As their proud husbands’ suspicions rise, the wives cook up a scheme to shame the would-be homewrecker and prove that “wives may be merry, and yet honest too” in this “spirited, sharp, and silly” (Variety) celebration. Taylor Reynolds (Fat Ham) makes her STC directorial debut in the play’s regional premiere.
The oldest established permanent floating crap game in New York just got busted and Nathan Detroit needs cold hard cash to get it up and running again. Enter high-roller Sky Masterson, who Nathan wagers can’t get a date with the straightlaced Sarah Brown, a Salvation Army missionary trying to save them all from sin. Directed by Washington National Opera Artistic Director Francesca Zambello and choreographed by Joshua Bergasse (Smash, Bull Durham), dance the night away to “Luck Be a Lady,” “Sit Down, You’re Rockin’ the Boat,” “A Bushel and a Peck,” and more classic tunes in the must-see show of the holiday season.
In 2025, we took students to see two performances at The National Theatre. These tickets were $65 and had to be purchased 6 weeks in advance.
Thursday, March 19, 2026
Friday, May 22, 2026