Busy, Fun and Memorable | Groton Community School

Director Kitelet May 2026

Dear GCS Families,

Time is passing by rapidly, and we’re winding down the college yr with many particular occasions. It has been busy, enjoyable, and memorable… all whereas studying and rising collectively. There remains to be a lot to do in only one brief week. Hold on and benefit from the trip!

 

MEMORIAL DAY REMEMBRANCE

If you had been in a position to attend, I feel you’d agree that our Memorial Day Ceremony was a particular time, even for our youngest youngsters, as they start to find out about our nation together with gratitude, remembrance, and sacrifice. We had been in a position to come collectively as a faculty neighborhood for particular songs, the inserting of flags in our Memory Garden, and the transferring sound of Taps performed by our particular visitor, Mike Penney. We had been honored to have retired Master Sergeant Michael Kennedy share the significant story of the “poppy”, serving to youngsters perceive the significance of honoring and remembering others in a considerate and age-appropriate manner.

CHILDREN’S OBSERVATIONS

We hope you loved studying about your little one’s improvement on their Year-End Observation.  While it looks as if the college yr simply started, there have been so many moments of studying, making an attempt and experimenting, and reflecting.  These experiences supply a snapshot of the wonderful progress that occurs within the lives of younger youngsters and the developmental milestones which can be reached all through one brief college yr.   They additionally function a reminder of how a lot youngsters can accomplish when nurtured by caring and skilled lecturers, supportive households, and a powerful/collaborating neighborhood.

 

SPRING SPRUCE-UP

The success of Groton Community School extends far past the partitions of our lecture rooms. Countless volunteer hours and acts of generosity assist assist the bigger mission of our college and make sure that our campus stays a secure, welcoming, and fascinating place for youngsters to be taught and develop. On a chilly and uncooked Saturday morning in May, many serving to palms gathered to donate their time and vitality for a playground upkeep and restore morning. Volunteers prepped raised backyard beds, raked mulch, swept sand, prepped to restore climbing buildings, and hauled numerous a great deal of stone mud to revive our strolling path. Some of those similar volunteers got here again this previous weekend to restore our greenhouse after it endured a harsh New England winter.

BOARD GOOD-BYES

And talking of volunteers, we wished to supply our immense gratitude to those who serve on our Board of Directors, serving to to supervise the day-to-day happenings of the college and providing their time and assist in so some ways.  It is all the time so troublesome to say goodbye however perceive that point does move and folks do transfer on.  We are so grateful to Catherine West (Fundraising Co-Chair), Samantha Wall (Parent Rep Co-Chair), Mai Tirella (Member at Large), Justine Mannix (Secretary) and Bri Borek (Public Relations) for his or her dedication, service and dedication to serving to to form and information our college.  Fortunately, they depart behind many succesful palms to proceed their work.

These collective efforts are a strong reminder that Groton Community School is strengthened by a neighborhood that generously contributes their time and abilities to assist the huge image of our college.

A SPECIAL GUEST THROUGHOUT THE YEAR

All of our lecture rooms loved literacy-based visits from retired GCS Teacher Inga Nuccio all through the college yr! Inga shared unimaginable youngsters’s books, on a wide range of matters, together with associated STEM, music and motion actions. Of course, she additionally had options to increase the training and enjoyable within the classroom and at dwelling. We are so grateful for all the time and abilities that Inga shared with us. In May we realized all about mushrooms and danced with “mushroom caps”!

GCS SPIRIT DAYS/  FAMILY PICNIC

GCS is celebrating Spirit Days on Thursday & Friday of this week. Dress your little one in his/her favourite GCS attire or in pink, white & blue. GCS attire can be on sale within the foyer. We will proceed our college spirit with our annual GCS Family Picnic on Friday night starting at 5 PM. This occasion will happen on the Groton Playground & Gazebo. Hope to see you there!

 

GCS CAMP

We are busy getting ready for GCS Camp – Oh what enjoyable we’ve in retailer for you! Be looking out for camp welcome packets subsequent week to arrange to your little one’s Safari Adventure. There are nonetheless just a few openings in our “older” half day periods if anybody is . Please inquire on the entrance desk.

THANK YOU

A giant “Thank You” to our Spring Spruce-Up volunteers: Kaitlyn Brokaw, David Bushery, Jack Carlson, Jesi Clinton, Matt DiNofrio, Kristina Hepburn, Wayne Johnson, Jason Lambert, Justine Mannix, Brian Simakauskas, and Lisa Stafford.  A really particular thanks to Jesi Clinton, Building & Grounds Chair, for spearheading this endeavor. And an infinite thanks to the next who gave up their Sunday to collect right here at GCS for a lot wanted greenhouse restore…Jesi Clinton, Wayne Johnson, Jack Carlson, Matt DiNofrio and Zach Reis.

Thanks to the Yellow Room for our Fun Friday luncheon.  As with all of our Fun Fridays all through the college yr, it was very a lot appreciated by the Staff.  Thank you!

The Staff have actually appreciated all of our “Stock the Staff Room” volunteers. This month we’d prefer to thank Katie Carey, Sarah Cleary, Gloria Johnson, Bethany McGuiggan, Adriana Sanchez-Correa, Stephanie Scampini & Erica Tamlyn.

We’d additionally prefer to thank the next for his or her donations to the college in May: The Abraham household for soda for the Staff;Kate Connolly for curriculum supplies; the Doyle household for “teacher appreciation” donuts; the Quigley household for an artwork smock, to Betsey Reeves for curriculum supplies; the Steiss household for flowering planters;  Mary Wills for varied Kindergarten curriculum supplies.

Until Next time…

Linda Kosinski, Director

 

DATES TO REMEMBER:

 

Monday, June 8^th

Board Meeting – 7:30 PM

 

Wednesday, June 10^th

Last Day of School

 

Tuesday, June 16^th

Full Day Camp Begins

 

Tuesday, July 7^th – Thursday, July 16^th

Half Day Camp Session 1

 

Tuesday, July 21^st to Thursday, July 30^th

Half Day Camp Session 2