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Groton School

Groton, Massachusetts, USA
Co-Ed, Episcopal

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Set on a beautiful campus less than an hour's drive from Boston, Groton offers the resources of a much larger school to 380 students in grades 8 through 12. Under the leadership of Headmaster Temba Maqubela, Groton has aggressively contained the cost of attendance and increased financial aid. Over 42% of students benefit from a financial aid budget of over $7 million. Groton highlights two special programs. GEOs (Groton Educational Opportunities) allow students to explore various locations around the world during vacations. GRACE (GRoton Accelerate Challenge Enrich) accelerates students’ academic progress during the summer between grades 9 and 10 if they so desire. Founded in the Episcopal tradition, Groton offers wide-ranging art, athletic and service programs, the variety of perspectives reflected in a diverse student body, and the unique leadership opportunity of the Groton prefect year.

 

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PO Box 991, Farmers Row
Groton, Massachusetts, USA 01450

(978) 448-3363

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Director of Admissions: Ian Gracey
Admissions Phone:(978) 448-7510Fax:978-448-7510
Email: [email protected] Website:
www.groton.org


  • Application Deadline: January 15
  • Application Fee: $50
  • International Application Fee: $50
  • Accepts SSAT Standard Application Online (SAO): No
  • Accepts Gateway to Prep Schools Application: Yes
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  • Founded: 1884
  • Campus Size: 480 acres
  • Grades Offered: 8th-12th
  • Accredited by: NEASC
Student Body
Boarding
Grades 8th-12th
Day
Grades 8th-12th
Total
Girls     165 24 189
Boys     161 32 193
Total     326 56 382

Tuition and Financial Aid
  • 7-Day Boarding: $56,550
  • 5-Day Boarding: N/A
  • Day Tuition Fee: $44,050
  • Payment Plans: Offered
  • Need-Based Aid: Offered
  • Students Receiving Aid: 43.00%
  • Average Awarded: $46,003
School Finances
  • Merit Scholarships: Not Offered
  • Students Receiving Merit Scholarships: 0.00%
  • Average Merit Scholarship: $0
  • Current Endowment: $380,000,000
  • Per Student Endowment: $994,764
 

Department Director: Kathy Leggat

Average Class Size: 11

Full Time Teachers: 94

Teachers Holding Advanced Degrees: 73.00%

Student/Teacher Ratio: 5:1

Summer Programs Offered: Offered

Academic Schedule: Trimester

Saturday Classes: Most or All

Number of Advanced Placement Courses Offered: 19

Advanced/Enrichment Programs
  • AP Courses
  • Tutorials
Support Programs
  • College Counseling
  • Evening Study Assistance
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Study Skills Assistance
  • Technology Center
  • Faculty Advisor/Student Advisee relationship
English:
  • Classics
  • Creative Writing
  • Honors
  • Literature
  • Playwriting
  • Poetry
  • African American Literature
  • LGBTQ Literature
  • Literature of Resistance and Resilience
History:
  • Asian History
  • European History
  • Honors
  • United States History
  • World History
  • International Relations
  • Sacred Texts
Foreign Languages:
  • Chinese-Mandarin
  • French
  • Spanish
  • Greek
  • Latin
Religion/Philosophy:
  • The Bible
  • Ethics
  • Religious Studies
  • World Religions
  • Sacred Texts
Humanities/Social Sciences:
  • Economics
  • Sociology
Sciences:
  • Anatomy
  • Astronomy
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Earth Science
  • Ecology
  • Environmental Science
  • Physics
  • Cosmology
  • Fabrications Lab
  • Engineering
  • Biochemistry
Math:
  • Algebra
  • Calculus
  • Honors Math
  • Geometry
  • Statistics
  • Trigonometry
  • Discrete Math
  • Precalculus
Computer Studies:
  • Computer Programming
  • Computer Science
  • Web Design
  • Game Design
Music:
  • Choral Music
  • Electronic Music
  • Individual Instructions
  • Music History
  • Music Theory
  • Orchestra
  • Solfege/Ear Training
  • Songwriting
  • Voice
  • Jazz Band
  • Steel Drums
  • Music Technology
  • Song Writing
Performing/Visual Arts:
  • 3-D Design
  • Acting
  • Art
  • Art History
  • Ceramics
  • Dance
  • Debate
  • Drama
  • Drawing
  • Film and Video
  • Painting
  • Photography
  • Portfolio
  • Pottery
  • Printmaking
  • Public Speaking
  • Publications
  • Sculpture
  • Studio Art
  • Theater Arts
  • Woodworking
  • Choir
Special Programs:
  • Community Service
  • Exchange Programs
  • Independent Study
  • Semester/Year Off-Campus
Distinctive or New Programs:
  • STEM Foundations
    GRACE Scholars Summer Program
AP Courses Available:
  • Biology
  • Chemistry
  • Computer Science A
  • Environmental Science
  • French Language
  • Latin: Vergil
  • Music Theory
  • Spanish Language
  • Statistics
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Summary: Student life at Groton is planned and spontaneous, formal and casual, quiet and exciting. Programs both academic and extracurricular can foster a particular interest, but the school's intimate size always makes it easy for students to try something new.

Though voluntary in membership and informal in style, student organizations provide arenas for new ventures, new responsibilities, and new experiences that can profoundly change how students see themselves, their world, and their place in it.

Department Director: Michael O'Donnell

Dorm Life

Number of Dorms: 18

Average Students Per Dorm: 18

No. of Girls Dorms: 9

No. of Boys Dorms: 9

Dorm Amenities:

  • Laundry Facilities
  • Lounge
  • Wireless Internet
  • Vending Machines
  • More than 70 dormitory heads and affiliates not only supervise but also guide and support. Since the earliest days of the School Groton has ended its day with handshaking. Now over 100 years later the day at Groton ends in much the same way with each student shaking the hand of his or her dorm head. The tradition builds a sense of community just as it did more than a century ago.

Dress Code: Other

Student Life

Summary: Everyone Matters--

In a school of 382 students, everyone matters. Those who attend Groton are united by a deep commitment of one to another and of each to the whole. Integrity and civility, qualities sometimes overlooked today, remain important at Groton. The School’s intimacy and ideals foster inclusion and inspire students to understand their strengths and capabilities.

Facilities

  • 12 international squash courts
  • 12 outdoor tennis courts
  • 8 indoor tennis courts
  • 3 indoor basketball and volleyball courts
  • 2 indoor ice rinks
  • 7 athletic fields including one artificial turf
  • Boathouse serving the crew program
  • Elevated indoor running track
  • four-lane 25 yard indoor pool
  • multi-purpose room/ dance and yoga
  • weight and training rooms

Clubs and Organizations

  • Amnesty International
  • Astronomy Club
  • Chess Club
  • Community Service
  • Computer Club
  • Debate Club
  • Diversity Club
  • Dorm Proctors
  • Environmental Club
  • Foreign Language Clubs
  • Gardening
  • Honor Council
  • International Clubs
  • Investment Club
  • Jewish Student Org
  • Literary Magazine
  • Math Club
  • Mock Trial
  • Model UN
  • Newspaper
  • Outing Club
  • Peer Counseling
  • Peer Tutoring
  • Photography
  • Sexualities Club
  • Student Activities
  • Student Government
  • Student Publications
  • Theater
  • Yearbook
  • Yoga
  • Young Democrats
  • Young Republicans
  • Christian Fellowship
  • Circle Voice
  • Cultural Alliance
  • DECA
  • Economics Club
  • Engineering Club
  • Grotones
  • History Club
  • Humanism
  • Improv Club
  • The Maqu-appellas
  • Math Team
  • Model UN
  • Robotics Club
  • Spanish Club
  • Student Activities Committee
  • The Trap Shooting Club
  • Ukelele Club
  • Ultimate Frisbee Team
  • Unicef Club
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Arts Department Director: Monica Andersson and MaryAnn Lanier

Athletics Department Director: Robert Low

Arts
  • A Cappella Group
  • Art Club
  • Chamber Choir
  • Choral Music
  • Dance
  • Gospel Choir
  • Improvisation Group
  • Jazz Ensemble
  • Stage Band
  • String Ensemble
  • Tech Crew
  • Theater
  • Jazz Combo
  • Steel Drums
  • Photography
  • Digital Photography
  • Video
  • Orchestra
Interscholastic Sports
  • Baseball
  • Basketball
  • Crew
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Field Hockey
  • Football
  • Ice Hockey
  • Lacrosse
  • Soccer
  • Squash
  • Swimming
  • Tennis
  • Track and Field
  • Volleyball
  • The hallmark of a Groton education is the development of the whole person—body mind and spirit—and superior athletic facilities play a role in this process.
Recreational Sports
  • Alpine Ski Racing
  • Alpine Skiing
  • Canoeing
  • Cross-Country Running
  • Dance
  • Figure Skating
  • Golf
  • Handball
  • Hiking
  • Horseback Riding
  • Kayaking
  • Mountain Biking
  • Nordic Skiing
  • Snowboarding
  • Swimming
  • Table Tennis
  • Ultimate Frisbee
  • Weight Lifting
 

Department Director: Megan Kemp Harlan

College Information

Percentage of Graduates Who Attend College: 100.00%

Colleges attended in the past 5 years by our graduates:

Boston College 7 graduates
Bowdoin College 12 graduates
Brown University 19 graduates
College of William and Mary 5 graduates
Columbia University 6 graduates
Cornell University 4 graduates
Dartmouth College 12 graduates
Duke Unversity 5 graduates
Georgetown University 26 graduates
Hamilton College 9 graduates
Harvard University 22 graduates
Massachusetts Institute of Technology 4 graduates
Middlebury College 7 graduates
New York University 13 graduates
Northeastern University 7 graduates
Northwestern University 7 graduates
Princeton University 12 graduates
Scripps College 7 graduates
Stanford University 4 graduates
Trinity College 5 graduates
Tufts University 8 graduates
University of Chicago 21 graduates
The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill 7 graduates
University of St. Andrews 6 graduates
University of Virginia 11 graduates
Villanova University 4 graduates
Williams College 7 graduates
Yale University 11 graduates

Middle Percentile of SAT Scores

25th percentile 75th percentile
Critical Reading 740 660
Mathematics 750 660
Writing 0 0

Notable Alumni

Franklin Delano Roosevelt (Class of 1900) 32nd President of the United States

Sam Waterston (Class of 1958) Actor

Tom Rush (Class of 1959) Singer songwriter

Averell Harriman (Class of 1909) Governor of New York

Peter Gammons (Class of 1963) Baseball Hall of Fame Inductee

Sarah Sewall (Class of 1979) Director of the Carr Center for Human Rights

Stephen Hill (Class of 1980) Black Entertainment Television, Executive Vice-President

Jim Cooper (Class of 1972) U.S. Representative, Tennessee

Dean Acheson (Class of 1939) Secretary of State, Truman Administration

Douglas Dillon (Class of 1927) Secretary of the Treasury, Kennedy Administration


Quotes from Alumni

"Happiness lies in the joy of achievement and the thrill of creative effort."

-Franklin Delano Roosevelt, Class of 1900, 32nd President of the United States


"Always remember that the future comes one day at a time."

-Dean Acheson, Class of 1939, Secretary of State, Truman Administration


 

Summary: GRACE (GRoton Accelerate Challenge Enrich) provides an opportunity for current Groton students to use the summer after Third Form (9th grade) to accelerate their academic progress.
GRACE promotes flexibility within the Groton curriculum and ensures that every student reaches his or her full potential in the subjects of math, chemistry, English, and Latin. For some, GRACE will accelerate access to the most advanced courses; for others, it will fill a preparation gap and provide a foundation for success. Participants, known as GRACE Scholars, are selected through teacher and academic department recommendations, with input from students' advisors.
The four-week program prepares all GRACE Scholars for the rigors of Upper School (10th–12th grade), while also recognizing the importance of summer recreation, enrichment, and fun.

Department Director: David Prockop

GRACE (for boarding students)

July 01, 2020 to July 28, 2020

GRACE is open to currently enrolled Groton students.

Registration Deadline: April 01, 2020
Tuition: $-8000
Financial Aid Available:  Yes
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GRACE (for day students)

July 01, 2020 to July 28, 2020

GRACE is open to currently enrolled Groton students.

Registration Deadline: April 01, 2020
Tuition: $-6400
Financial Aid Available:  Yes
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Summary: The Advisor/Advisee relationship, Chapel, Global Education and Community Engagement

Advising and Counseling: Among the most important ways the faculty works with students is through the advisor system. In the first year, each student is assigned a faculty advisor who will counsel that student on virtually any question or problem. After the first year, students choose their own advisors.

Chapel: On four weekday mornings, the School begins its day in the Chapel, strengthening the sense of community and offering stillness and refreshment before a busy day. Students, faculty, alumni, or guests deliver powerful Chapel Talks. Whether funny, insightful, challenging, or touching, the talks provide a window to the deeper presence that daily routines sometimes obscure. Many find their time in Chapel among their most cherished daily moments at Groton, a time of comfort, challenge, peace, and rejuvenation.

Global Education: Our mission is to help Groton School students become caring, ethical, and knowledgeable citizens of the world through service learning, cultural exchanges, and travel. Our students participate in global programs that are ethically, intellectually, emotionally, and physically challenging and rewarding. Currently, Groton School has programs in China, the Dominican Republic, France, India, Italy, Peru, Tanzania, and Uganda.

Community Engagement: Current students serve locally and globally through their engagements around the Groton Circle, outside of it, and beyond it. Students learn what it means to serve and how to rise to the challenges of leadership, which such service demands, through various aspects of our program—from the Chapel, to the dorm, to the playing fields, to a local shelter, and even to a rural school in Tanzania.

 
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