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
Monthly Archives: February 2014
Keep Senior Privileges
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
Introverts and Extroverts
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
Winter FSA’s
Every term, Upper School students with a specialized skill or interest in trying something new spend their afternoons working to develop their passions. FSAs vary from the arts and sports not offered at Groton to projects which don’t fall into … Read More
Simon Johnson’s Return to the Circle
This weekend, Groton had the pleasure of welcoming a world-class organist to the Circle. Simon Johnson, the presiding organist at St. Paul’s Cathedral in London for the past six years, began his visit by giving a master class to the … Read More
St. Mark’s Day Recap
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
Artist of the Issue: Alex Folts
As both a music prefect and a drama prefect, Alex Folts undoubtedly makes a large contribution to the arts at Groton this year. A talented musician, Alex has been playing the guitar since fourth grade, when he fostered an interest … Read More
Recreational Swimming or Varsity Sport?
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
Alumna Diana McCue Talks WISE
On February 20th, Diana McCue, a former Groton student of the Class of 2007, revisited the Circle in order to deliver a talk about her involvement in the Workforce Investment for Successful Employment (WISE) program at the Latin American Youth … Read More
PTSD
Richard Brewer, a former Marine, combat veteran and Purple Heart recipient, came to give a talk last Monday evening in the Webb Marshall Room about Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD) and its effects on today’s veterans. The focus of his talk … Read More