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Spring at Groton

A group of people stand on a grassy field in front of a stone church with stained-glass windows glowing in the sunset.
A pink and white ball rests in lush green grass in the foreground, with a blurred stone building and trees in the background.
Four people play a game on a grassy field in front of a large, classical building with a white clock tower.
People sit on a grassy lawn in the foreground, with a large stone church and trees in the background under a clear blue sky.
Spring at Groton
William '27

Spring at Groton School feels like the whole campus wakes up again. After months of cold weather and rushing from building to building, everyone finally heads back outside. The Circle fills up almost instantly with people lying in the grass, throwing footballs around, listening to music, and staying outside as long as possible before dinner and even after.

This spring, hackey sack came back across many different schools. The schools even have a league called the NEPSACK (a pun on our actual sports league NEPSAC). Someone pulls one out, a few people join in, and suddenly there’s a whole group trying to keep it going without letting it hit the ground. Nobody takes it too seriously, which is what makes it fun. Some people are surprisingly good, others completely miss the ball, and everyone ends up laughing either way. Spikeball nets start appearing everywhere too. On warm afternoons, it feels like every open patch of grass has a game going. Some games get competitive fast, while others turn into more diving around and laughing than actual points being scored. And then there’s roofball, one of the funniest spring traditions. The idea is simple: throw a tennis ball onto a roof and try to catch it when it comes down. The problem is that the bounce is never predictable. One second the ball looks easy to catch, and the next it’s flying twenty feet in the opposite direction while everyone sprints after it.

What makes spring on the Circle special isn’t just how beautiful campus looks when everything turns green again. It’s how everyone ends up together outside. Even during the busiest weeks of the year, there’s always time for a hackey sack circle, a quick spikeball game, or just sitting in the grass with friends while the Sun goes down.