Fast Times at Gann Academy: Annika Gompers Joins the D1 Club
The last thing Annika Gompers ’14 wants is to be the subject of this article. As her teachers at Gann attest: humility is one of her standout qualities. Speed is another.
The three-season runner has clocked an impressive 9:54 for the 3,000-meter race, and an even more impressive 4:36 for the 1,500 meter. It’s one reason three prestigious schools—Harvard, Princeton, and Yale—came courting her this year. More

Gann Goes High-Tech and High-Tech Goes for Gann Grads
In a world where high-tech is the new normal, core competencies in STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) have never been more critical. STEM disciplines at Gann Academy have a friend in high-tech entrepreneur Jon Hirschtick, parent of Will Hirschtick ’13 and creator of SolidWorks, the go-to 3D CAD (Computer Aided Design) program for some two million users worldwide. Chances are, everything from your cell phone to the cup holding your coffee was designed in SolidWorks—today a $600 million subsidiary of Dassault Systèmes. More