Athletics

At Grier, girls work to achieve a balance of analytical thinking, creative expression, and physical fitness. Students are required to participate in physical activities four times per week, during the afternoon hours. Grier offers a variety of sports, including competitive varsity sports and recreational sports which include options of team sports and individual sports. Our facilities include a gymnasium, studio spaces, soccer and tennis fields, riding rings, heated outdoor swimming pool, and extensive grounds. Grier provides transportation to off-campus locations for skiing and bowling.

Year-Round Varsity Sports

Dancing
IEA Horseback Riding

Fall / Winter Varsity Sports

Students may try out for a place on Grier’s competitive varsity sports teams. Members of varsity sports teams enjoy recognition in seasonal Varsity Sports Banquets. Fall/Winter Varsity teams include:

Basketball
Fencing
Soccer
Tennis
Volleyball
Archery

Recreational Sports

Grier offers many recreational sports that encourage a healthy, active lifestyle for everyone. Students participating in these sports can gain confidence and relaxation through these social and leisure sports, which include:

Archery
Badminton
Basketball
Body Sculpting
Boot Camp
Creative Sport
Dance
Fitness Walking
Golf
Karate/Self-Defense
Personal Fitness
Riding
Running
Skiing
Snowboarding
Soccer
Table Tennis
Tennis
Volleyball
Yoga
Zumba

Faculty

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Cherie Gates

Athletic Director

Bio
Offering more than 25 years of fitness related experience, Cherie Gates brings a true passion for health and wellness to her position as Athletic Director for Grier School. She strives to instill this same passion in the Grier students and staff with whom she works daily. Cherie previously owned and operated her own business, Gates to Fitness, and has worked as a trainer in several fitness clubs and facilities. Cherie teaches many styles of group fitness classes and has instructed in martial arts classes. She is a certified ACE, AFFA Personal Trainer and is certified through Coopers Institute in Dallas, Texas as an Advanced Fitness Specialist. Cherie attended Central Pennsylvania School of Massage and is also a certified Red Cross CPR trainer.

Fitness Center

Students who are interested in additional personal fitness can benefit from Grier’s on-site fitness center. The fitness center features cardio equipment, such as treadmills and elliptical machines, as well as circuit weight-training machines, free weights, and additional equipment for stretching and resistance-training. The fitness center is open seven days of the week.

News

Virtual Tour
3/4/2021
Now, you can experience the Grier Campus from wherever you are. Our Virtual Tour allows visitors to tour the vibrant and engaging campus where girls from many nations and academic backgrounds thrive, learn, and succeed.

Virtual Tour
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Ice Skating at Grier
2/23/2021
This winter, Grier girls are having a blast skating on the newly installed outdoor ice rink! The temporary rink was erected on the level surface of the lower tennis courts. Girls were invited to bring their ice skates from home upon their January return or to purchase skates through the Grier Store.
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Skill Development and Camaraderie for Grier Volleyball
2/9/2021
This winter, Grier volleyball players have returned to the court where they are running drills and facing off in scrimmages in place of interscholastic competition. Experienced players, such as Abby S., perennial member of Grier’s Varsity Volleyball team, are happy to help the newest members of the group improve their techniques. The group has a great time burning off some steam, having fun, and staying fit.
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Edie M. XC Queen
10/28/2020
Grier sophomore Edie M. won the Blair-Huntingdon Day Cross-Country girls’ race. With a time of 20:19:60, she had more than a 30 second lead over the second place finisher. While Grier Varsity sports are officially on hiatus this fall, as a day student, Edie represented the school in local competitions by wearing her Green and Gold proudly! Congrats, Edie!
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Yearbook Dedication to a Teacher Who Crushes It!
6/11/2020
Every year, the staff of Grier’s Pineneedle yearbook dedicates the yearbook to a faculty member or two. This year, the staff chose the energetic Athletic Director, Mrs. Cherie Gates for one of the dedications.
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Get Moving With Grier!
4/28/2020
Grier has an array of athletic offerings when school is in session, including varsity and recreational sports, personal fitness, yoga, horseback riding, and dance. While social distancing has limited what can safely take place, Grier is upholding its commitment to the physical well-being of students by offering daily virtual fitness opportunities in dance, yoga, and body sculpting classes.
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Students Challenge Faculty to Basketball Game
2/26/2020
To celebrate the end of their season, the Grier Varsity Basketball team challenged the Faculty to a game after school. Both teams played hard. The students took pity on their senior counterparts who were playing dirty in their desparation for a win. It was a fun and fierce time for all the players and the cheering audience. Thanks to the fantastic faculty players who volunteered for this face-off!
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Fencers Face-Off Against Rival Bishop Guilfoyle
2/21/2020
The 2019-2020 Fencing season has begun. Grier fencers had an amazing first match against rival Bishop Guilfoyle Catholic School. The Grier team fought a hard battle, with Amber L, Chaewon L, LIsa T, Judy L, Jasmine L, and Athena J. earning winning points for the Grier team. In their second match of the season, also versus Bishop Guilfoyle, bout winners included: Athena J, Lizzie P, Nguyen V, and Sylvia Y. Go foxes!
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Grier's 2019-20 Varsity Basketball Team Hits the Court
12/10/2019
Grier's Varsity Basketball team played their first game of the season earlier this month when they faced off against Blair County Christian School at home. The winter holidays give the players a chance to train and to rest before the season resumes in January.
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Faculty vs. Students in Tennis, Volleyball
11/4/2019
As their 2019 varsity season concludes, players from Grier’s Tennis and Volleyball teams challenged faculty members to face off against the students. Faculty members and parents of tennis players played doubles match against the students on Monday last week. The weather was perfect and the score was a tie of 2-2. Volleyball players faced the faculty after school on Friday. The students beat the teachers 2-1, It was amusing to see the teachers and students interact outside of the classroom with a lively audience rooting for the players!
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Looking Back: Athletics at Grier
10/25/2018
Like Grier School itself, athletics at Grier have evolved over the years, always supporting Grier’s motto Sana Mens In Corpore Sano (a Sound Mind in a Sound Body) and providing Grier girls with opportunities to strengthen their self-confidence, maintain a healthy lifestyle, foster a competitive spirit, and more. Glancing through yearbooks of the past reveals the rich history of the school’s athletics and spirit.
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Lauren to Compete in State Level Archery
3/1/2018
Following her performance at the Trojan Archery Tournament, Lauren S. has qualified to compete in the Pennsylvania National Archery in Schools Program tournament at Penn State University during Grier’s Spring Break. Come out and cheer on Lauren!
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