On the evening of the Saturday of Spring Long Weekend, while others will hopefully be devouring either their first long-awaited home-cooked meal or their favorite dish at their favorite restaurant, Headmaster Temba Maqubela, who has dedicated his life to pursuing … Read More
In the past few weeks, the Groton community made a tough switch from the dependable email provider First Class (after its nineteen years of service) to the newfangled Microsoft system “Outlook.” This change has not been a smooth one, and … Read More
The focus of the year is on inclusion, and as such, everyone is on the lookout for exclusion to obliterate. From obliquely classist political cartoons to unfair distribution of parlor cookies, any source of possible exclusion has been callously obliterated, … Read More
When a little girl, about nine years old, went off to summer camp for the first time, her mother packed her a suitcase full of books. To her, it seemed like a perfectly natural thing to do because in her … Read More
Boys Basketball (3-14) Even with a disappointing record, boy’s varsity basketball is hard at work rebuilding their team after losing only four seniors from a very young team. The group worked hard all season, and the battle against … Read More
The swimming program at Groton School started a mere seven years ago, when Coach Carol Smith asked whether she was allowed to borrow the recreational pool—built in 1998 with the intent that it be used solely for recreation, as it … Read More
Ask Groton students what they are up to at 3:15 PM on any given weekday afternoon, and their answers will most likely vary widely. Some might be just settling in with a bag of popcorn and Netflix up on their … Read More
This fall, Charlotte Mellgard’s FSA has taken the school by storm by introducing a photography project entitled Humans of Groton. This project is based off of Humans of New York, a photography project run by Brandon Stanton, whose main objective … Read More
We are living in the generation where technology is constantly evolving. Every year, new gadgets are produced and old theories are challenged. One of the many new experiments that people take interest in is how to increase one’s IQ through … Read More
A new pop music sextet ensemble is emerging on campus. Peter Nam, a current member of Fifth Form and the principal cellist in the Groton Chamber Orchestra, decided to organize this group to communicate with and serve others through music. … Read More