Despite dark, threatening skies, the sun emerged as if on cue while more than
500 of Groton's alumni and friends gathered on the Circle for Reunion Weekend.
Members of the Groton family enjoyed catching up with one another during
sporting events, art exhibitions, classes, concerts, and Form dinners.
During the Groton School Alumni Association meeting on Saturday, Peter
Gammons '63 was recognized as the recipient of the Distinguished
Grotonian Award and Danielle Núñez '98 received the Cui Servire Est
Regnare Award. Four Groton faculty members received Honorary Diplomas for
their service to the School. The recipients were Dave Prockop, physics;
John Capen, English; Nishad Das, math; Sravani Sen-Das, English.
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The Cui Servire Est Regnare Award was presented to Danielle Núñez
for her exceptional contributions to the School and to the world beyond the
Circle. Danielle graduated in the Form of 1998. As a student, she was
a Chapel Prefect, a member of the Gospel Choir, and a member of the soccer,
ice hockey, and lacrosse teams.
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Groton Student at New England Young Writer's Conference
Tony Bator '07 attended the New England Young Writer's Conference at the
Middlebury College Bread Loaf campus on the weekend of May 18-21, 2006.
The conference brought together 4,000 aspiring young poets, fiction writers,
essayists, playwrights, and song lyricists to share their work with each
other. At Groton, Tony enjoys his Latin, Greek, and English...
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The Concord Review Publishes a Grotonian's Work
Congratulations go to Prang Chaturaphat '07 for the upcoming publication
of her world history term paper in the Summer 2006 issue of The Concord
Review, a quarterly journal of scholarly high school essays.
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Young Poets' Festival
On April 27, Groton School hosted the 27th annual Young Poets' Festival.
Approximately 60 students and faculty from Groton and other independent
schools attended. The event featured a reading by the poet C.D. Wright,
professor of English at Brown University and Poet Laureate of Rhode Island.
Groton students Charles Choice '06, Billy Hennrikus '07, Diana McCue '07,
and Augusta Thomson '06 read their poetry.
Jaeun Ahn '07, Caroline Boes '08, Haruka Aoki '08, Elise Kang '08,
and Ashley Kang '08 planted romaine lettuce, swiss chard, and carrots with Zachary, the
2½ year old son of a family from Lunenburg for whom three
raised-bed gardens were built on May 7th.
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Sixth Annual Spring Recital Series
Groton School is currently presenting its sixth annual Spring Recital
Series. The recitals are performed in the Gammons Recital Hall by student
musicians who study in Groton's Music Lesson Program. The recitals are
free and open to the public.
Click here for a schedule of dates and times.
Chamber Orchestra Heads for Switzerland
Members of Groton School's Chamber Orchestra and students from
the Music Lesson Program have been invited to perform as the
orchestra-in-residence at the 2006 Alpine Chamber Music Festival
in Leysin, Switzerland. Led by conductor Christopher Borg, the
musicians will spend two weeks studying works for quintets,
quartets, and trios. The Chamber Orchestra will also travel to
the base of the Matterhorn where a concert is scheduled in the
town of Zermatt. For more information about the program, visit
the Leysin American School's website at
www.las.ch/summer/acm.htm.
Spring Choir Concert
The first Craig E. Smith Spring Choral Concert was held in
St. John's Chapel on Sunday, April 23. Directed by Organist and
Director of Choral Music Michael Smith, the concert included
performances by the Choir, Madrigals, and a professional orchestra
featuring five Groton student string players.
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Instrument Petting Zoo
On May 18, the Groton School Chamber Orchestra presented a musical
instrument petting zoo in the Gammons Recital Hall for 30 children from
The Children's Center at Groton. The Groton musicians demonstrated their
instruments to the children and performed the music of Vivaldi's Four
Seasons and Mozart's Haffner Symphony.
One-Act Play Festival on May 27
Join us for an evening of theater—directed and performed by students—at
the One-Act Play Festival on Saturday, May 27 at 6:30 p.m. in the
Marion D. Campbell Performing Arts Center.
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Groton's 2006 Mudge Fellow: Liz Canner '86
Award-winning media artist and independent filmmaker, Liz Canner '86,
was Groton School's Mudge Fellow Artist-in-Residence. During her
residency, Liz worked with...
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Up and Coming Athletes
Although Kelly Cooke '09 is only in the Third Form,
she played almost every minute of every game this season as a midfielder
for girls' varsity lacrosse. Remarkably, this is only Kelly's second year
of playing lacrosse, and she has demonstrated much promise
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David Orlowitz '07 helped Groton varsity baseball defeat Noble
and Greenough by a score of 4-3 when he hit the second pitch of the eighth
inning over the left field fence.
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Sweeping Victory for Girls' Crew
The girls crew has continued its winning ways this spring, beating Deerfield
on their home course in four of five races and sweeping last year's New England
point trophy winners Brooks on Saturday, May 13 on their own waters. As the
crew heads into the New England...
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Washington, D.C. Clean Up
Four Groton Alumni participated in the Capital River Relief Clean Up.
Emily Cuthberson '99, Franny Pratt '82, Paul Council '98,
and Piper Fogg Gould '95 met at the Belle Haven Marina in Alexandria,
Virginia, where they were loaded into aluminum "john boats." They were
then whisked to a site along the Potomac River littered with trash and
debris where the group enthusiastically pitched in to clean up the shore line.
Alumni Athletes: Grotonians Win Rowing Medals
Ian MacGregor II '05, Jason Oxner '05, Amory Minot '05, and Carmel Zahran '04
all won medals rowing for Trinity College on Sunday, May 7, 2006 during the
small college New England Championships. Ian and Jason both won gold. Amory
and Carmel won silver.
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Author Jenny Minton '89 read excerpts from her first book The Early Birds
to Boston area alumni on May 9 at Booksmith in Wellesley, Massachusetts.
Minton's book was about the birth of her twin sons, Gus and Sam, who were
conceived through in vitro fertilization and born two months early. Fifty
percent of the proceeds from The Early Birds were pledged to the
March of Dimes, an organization whose mission is to improve the health
of babies by preventing birth defects, premature birth, and infant
mortality. Minton is married to Groton alumnus Dan Quigley '87. The
Early Birds was published by Random House, Inc. in April 2006.
