Reunion Weekend Schedule:
Friday, May 18 to Sunday, May 20, 2012
Friday, May 18
3:00 – 6:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments
Reunion Form Memory Boards on display
Schoolhouse
3:30 – 5:00 p.m. Update on STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering and Math) Curriculum
STEM Classroom in Schoolhouse
5:00 – 6:30 p.m. Reception for Returning Alumni
Headmaster's House
6:30 p.m. Reunion Weekend Dinner
Tent on the Circle
Saturday, May 19
7:00 a.m. Birding Walk
David Ross, Classics faculty
Meet in front of Parents House with your binoculars
8:00 – 2:00 p.m. Registration and Refreshments
Schoolhouse
8:00 – 10:00 a.m. Athletic Center Open
Track, fitness center, tennis and squash courts, basketball courts, and shower facilities available
8:00 – 11:00 a.m. Classes Open
Alumni and Families Welcome
Schoolhouse and The Dillon Art Center
9:35 a.m. Roll Call
Schoolhouse
9:45 - 11:00 a.m. Discuss the Search for Groton’s Next Head of School
The Leadership Succession Committee of the Board of Trustees and the search firm Spencer Stuart would like to learn more from alumni about the key qualities, skills, and attributes of the next head of school.
Schoolhouse, Gammons Recital Hall
9:50 – 10:40 a.m. Roving Mars
Award-winning documentary, directed by
George Butler '62 presented in High Definition
9:50 – 11:15 a.m. How Groton Works: A Behind the Scenes Walking Tour of Buildings and Grounds
Starts at the Schoolhouse
10:45 – 11:25 a.m. Open Choir Rehearsal
11:30 a.m. Headmaster’s Meeting Headmaster's address and presentation the Distinguished Grotonian and Cui Servire Est Regnare awards to Dr. Ward Goodenough '37 and Alyce Jones Lee '77
Schoolhouse Hall
12:15 p.m. Lunch for Alumni and Families
Tent on the Circle
12:45 – 1:45 p.m. Reunion Form Photos Taken
The Circle
2:00 p.m. Alumni School (more info to come)
The Looting of Thomas Hutchinson's House at the Time of the Stamp Act Riots
An alumni class led by Dr. John Tyler
Schoolhouse, Room 23
2:00 p.m. Athletic Contests
Boys Junior Varsity Baseball vs. Rivers
Boys Varsity Crew vs. Nobles
Girls Varsity Crew vs. Nobles
Boys Junior Varsity Lacrosse vs. Rivers
Boys Varsity Lacrosse vs. Rivers
Girls Junior Varsity Lacrosse vs. Rivers
Girls Varsity Tennis vs. Rivers
Girls Junior Varsity Tennis vs. Rivers
2:00 – 5:00 p.m. Refreshments and Registration
Athletic Center Terrace
3:00 p.m. Triangle Run
Meet in front of the Athletic Center3:15 p.m. Gallery Talk Gordon Gund '57 discusses his wood and bronze sculpture captuirng the natural world Schoolhouse Hall
3:00 p.m. Bell Ringing
St. John’s Chapel
4:00 p.m. Friends of Bill Wilson
Schoolhouse, Room 23
4:00 p.m. Edward B. Gammons Memorial Recital
Edward B. Gammons Recital Hall
5:00 p.m. Athletic Hall of Fame Ceremony
The inaugural class: Percy Haughton 1895, Charles Devens '28, Endicott "Chub" Peabody '38, Hugh "Scotty" Scott '57, Sixth Form Members of the 1962 Basketball Team, William Larkin '72, Charlotte Joslin '85, Margaret Metz '95, Henry Nuzum '95,
the Reverend Endicott Peabody, and R. Jake Congleton
Athletic Center Lobby
5:30 – 6:30 p.m. Reception
Athletic Center Terrace
6:30 p.m. and later Reunion Form Dinners
Planned by Individual Forms
Sunday, May 20
9:00 – 11:00 a.m. Breakfast
Dining Hall
9:30 a.m. Open Choir Rehearsal
St. John’s Chapel
11:00 a.m. Reunion Weekend Chapel Service
St. John’s Chapel
Noon Lunch
Dining Hall
By phone at 1-800-396-6866
By email at receptions@groton.org
Childcare
Childcare will be provided for children of alumni from 6-10 p.m. on Friday and Saturday nights at The Children’s Center at Groton School on Joy Lane. Parents must pre-register their child online or by calling Terry Anderson at the number below.
Childcare will be supervised by adults. The Children's Center is equipped to handle infants. However, if your child has any age specific needs or supplies such as diapers, formula, etc., please be sure to leave these with the staff at the Children's Center. Additionally, please be sure to include a change of clothes. Toys, snacks, and movies will be provided. Pizza will be served for dinner.
Please alert the childcare supervisors of any allergies or special needs that your child may have.
Contact Terry Anderson at 978-448-7522 or tanderson@groton.org with any questions.
Other Activities
Schoolhouse Hall Wood and bronze sculpture by
Gordon Gund ’57
Capturing the natural world
The de Menil Gallery “Works of Passion” by Nancy Ellen Craig
Large (8x10 and larger) canvases of
Mythological, biblical, and political themes
Christopher Carey “Fish Tales”
Brodigan Gallery Mixed-media paintings on the theme of fish
by Marblehead artist MaryJo McConnell
School Memorabilia Groton School Bookstore
Selected Lodging
Other lodging is available in the area. Please call the Alumni Office at 800.396.6866 for more information.
SpringHill Suites by Marriott
Devens Common Center
27 Andrews Parkway, Devens
978-772-3030
Hilton Garden Inn
59 Andrews Parkway
Devens, MA 01434
978.772.0600
Westford Hampton Inn and Suites
9 Nixon Rd.
Westford, MA 01886
978-392-1555
Westford Regency Inn
I-495, Exit 32, Westford
978-692-8200
Colonial Inn
48 Monument Square, Concord
978-369-9200
Stonehedge Inn
160 Pawtucket Boulevard, Tyngsboro
978-649-4400
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