Over the course of two revisit days—April 2 and 5—the Groton
School community welcomed approximately 100 accepted students to experience
a day in the life of the School. Our hope was that a personal taste of life
on the Circle would secure their enrollment. The days were an unequivocal
success! Of the students who came to take a second look, 69% enrolled.
John Niles, director of admission, states that Groton School currently holds
355 enrollment contracts for the 2007-2008 school year.
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Chemistry Students Vie for a Spot
in National Chemistry Olympiad
One of the top scorers in this spring's Ashdown High School Chemistry
Examination Contest, an annual event held in the Greater Boston area by the
northeast chapter of the American Chemical Society (ACS), Elise Kang '08
has earned the right to compete for a spot on the ACS's National Chemistry
Olympiad Team. Members of the national Olympiad team go on to represent the
United States in the International Chemistry Olympiad, a competition among
high school students representing almost 70 countries.
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Nicotine Meets Its Match
On April 4th, all chemistry and AP biology students attended an evening
lecture by Pfizer Research Fellow Jotham Coe, Ph.D. Dr. Coe holds Coe holds
more than 25 patents, including Chantix, a new anti-smoking drug.
In his introduction, Brock Reeve P'07, '09 described Jotham as a friend, a
motorcyclist, and one of a handful of people in the world with the
distinction of creating a unique molecule that has made it through the
rigorous phases required in the pharmaceutical industry to bring a product
to the market.
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Madrigals Perform in a Choral Festival
On Friday, April 13, the Madrigals went to St. Mark's School to participate
in a choral festival. Other choirs present were from Fay School, St. Mark's
School, and Williams College. Each group performed individually and then all
sang one final piece together. The Madrigals represented the school well;
each piece was sung with authority, and the program ranged from a madrigal
written by the 16th century composer Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina to
Russian folk music to an African-American gospel selection, with everything
in between. Groton School was complimented not only for their fine singing
but for their affable manner, both as spectators and performers.
Please listen to portions of the performances:
Sicut cervus and True Light
Epiphany School: the Summer Intensive
This summer the Groton School community will again welcome to the Circle
40 rising 7th and 8th graders from
Epiphany School in Dorchester, MA.
The faculty for the program is in place. Epiphany graduates along with Groton
School students Inan Barrett '09, Will Stankiewicz '10, Sam Minife '08,
Laura Naraguma '09, and Chris Graham '06 will serve as counselors in
the program. continued
Washington, D.C. Reception
Molly and Fred Kellogg '60 welcomed 124 members of the Groton family
to the Sulgrave Club of Washington, D.C., on a beautiful April evening for
Groton School's annual reception. Located in the Wadsworth House, an elegant
early 20th-century home on Dupont Circle that is listed in the National Register
of Historic Places, the Sulgrave Club provided an elegant setting for the
lively gathering. A wide range of the Groton community attended, with
Headmaster Rick Commons and Chairman of the Board of Trustees Jamie Higgins
joining recent graduates, more seasoned alumni, current and past parents and
grandparents, and other friends. In place for more than two decades, Groton's D.C.
reception is now a well-established spring tradition, and all Washington-area
Grotonians are encouraged to watch for notices of next year's event.
Middlebury Dinner
On a chilly winter evening, Middlebury College students Pat Mott '03,
Tripp Burwell '05, Jack Lysohir '04, and Chip Sherwood '04
gathered at Tully and Marie's, a popular Middlebury hangout, to discuss the
joys of life in northern Vermont, reminisce about their days on the Circle,
and share their plans for the future. Mott had much to celebrate as he had
just received acceptances from his top law school choices, and Lysohir, who
is the opinion editor of Middlebury's student-run weekly, the Middlebury
Campus, kept everyone laughing with newspaper stories. The evening was
delightful, and the calamari excellent!
Georgetown Dinner
The Washington, D.C., reception proved the perfect opportunity for Georgetown University
Grotonians—Jason Gannet '03, Mark Butler '03, Hunter Lloyd '05,
Lourdes Fernandez '03, and Caroline Hoch '03—to get
together and share a meal. Joining them was Katie Gannet '06, who was in
town interning for
Results, a non-profit group dedicated to ending hunger
in the United States and around the globe. continued
Please help us reach our goal
by giving to the
Annual Fund today.
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