- March 18, 2013: The Harvard Gazette highlights the university’s partnership with GPA and the annual Gardner Champion Award presented to Lisa Moellman.
- March 1, 2013: Boston.com previews the 2nd Annual “Put Your Hands Up for GPA!” community event.
- Fall 2012: GPA special education teacher Liz Byron will run 155 miles through the Sahara next spring to raise money for classroom laptops, earning coverage in the Huffington Post, Boston.com and WBZ-TV News.
- June 9, 2012: Boston.com highlights K-8 ribbon-cutting and Friendship Feast at GPA.
- March 6, 2012: The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund announces continued funding for GPA programs. (boston.com)
- December 20, 2011: Gardner Pilot Academy is approved to become a K-8 school. (boston.com)
- October 9, 2011: Members of the Manchester United Soccer Team conduct a soccer clinic at Harvard Stadium for students in the GPA Summer Academy. (Egypt Intifada)
- May 2, 2011: New England Patriots tight end Aaron Hernandez visits GPA and the Joseph Smith Health Center to promote Latino mental health: Boston Latino TV (video) and El Mundo (PDF).
- May 2, 2011: Volunteers from Harvard University help clean up GPA grounds during Boston Shines. (Harvard Gazette)
- April 25, 2011: GPA fifth grade entrepreneurs share their innovative business ideas through the Harvard Business School Apprentice Program. (The Harbus)
- March 9, 2011: The Harvard Achievement Support Initiative supports GPA’s Math Night and other family engagement efforts. (Harvard Gazette)
- February 16, 2011: The Harvard Allston Partnership Fund awards $25,000 to support after-school and summer programs at GPA. (Harvard Gazette)
- January 19, 2011: Students from the Institute of Politics at Harvard University help spruce up Gardner Pilot Academy. (Harvard Crimson)
- December 22, 2010: A student “flash mob” dance to promote reading is covered by WCVB-TV, WHDH-TV and the Boston Globe.
- September 14, 2010: GPA makes Adequate Yearly Progress across the board, achieves “good standing” under state and federal accountability systems.
- September 11, 2009: The Allston-Brighton / Boston College Community Fund awards a grant to Gardner Pilot Academy. (Allston-Brighton TAB)
- June 25, 2008: GPA alumna and after-school teacher Keyla Veloz wins the Dr. Thomas W. Payzant Public Service in Education Scholarship.
- May 6, 2008: “Friendship Feast nets $10,000 for playground”: Friends of Gardner Pilot Academy hosts an innovative community celebration. (Allston-Brighton TAB)
- May 5, 2008: Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center highlights the opening of the Joseph M. Smith Community Health Center at GPA.
- April 15, 2008: Gardner students unpack the “Ultimate Science Classroom.”
- Fall 2008: FOSS (Full Option Science System) highlights “Science in the Schoolyard” at GPA in its newsletter.
- August 9, 2007: Gardner School and Harvard Business School team up for summer fun and learning.
- May 16, 2007: GPA science specialist Dean Martin wins the Secretary’s Award for Excellence in Environmental Education from the Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs.
- June 2, 2006: Mayor Menino announces pilot school agreement for Gardner Elementary School.
- October 16, 2002: City of Boston, Children’s Hospital, and Harvard School of Public Health present the Gardner School with the Mayor’s Award for Excellence in Children’s Health.
- February 3, 2000: The Boston College Chronicle profiles the university’s partnership with the Gardner School.



