GCS Happenings

A Chapter of Giving

Oct, 2025

Calling All Bidders! Join us in celebrating children’s literacy and supporting our nonprofit school through a “Chapter of Giving: An Online Auction to Benefit Groton Community School” event from Saturday, November 16th through Sunday, November 22nd. Participating in our Chapter of Giving auction through Bid Beacon is easy, either through a browser on your computer… Read More

Fall Fix Up 2025

Oct, 2025

Volunteers invited! Our Fall Fix Up 2025 runs from 9 AM to 1 PM.  We hope you will consider lending a hand for an hour or two! Help us maintain our beautiful GCS Playscape with landscaping and gardening tasks, and meet other GCS Parents, Staff, and Board members. Light refreshments will be served. This is an… Read More

Fall Apparel Sale 2025

Sep, 2025

Our Fall Apparel Sale is now live! It’s time to show your school spirit with new GCS gear! We have GCS T-shirts and sweatshirts for children and adults, water bottles, bags, and more. Perfect for special school-wide events and every day school pride!  New this Fall: GCS short- and long-sleeve T-shirts in your classroom color! Stop… Read More

Hello 2025-2026!

Aug, 2025

A new school year is just around the bend! We are delighted to open our doors to new and returning children and families for 2025-2026! School Year Staff return on Monday, August 25th, and we can’t wait to greet children and families for Family Orientation Day on Thursday, August 28th.  Families should have received Orientation… Read More

Happy Summer!

Jun, 2025

Howdy Campers! Yee-haw and howdy to our 2025 GCS Campers! This summer’s theme is “How the West Was Fun!” We are plum tickled to greet our tenderfoots, and tried and true cowpokes, too, and we’re fixin’ to have ace-high activities all around! Full Day Camp begins Tuesday, June 17th, followed by two-week TWTh Half Day… Read More

GCS Annual Family Picnic 2025

Jun, 2025

  We hope to see you! GCS families are encouraged to pack a picnic dinner or pick-up a pizza and join-in for an evening of friends and fun at the Lawrence Memorial Playground behind the Groton Library. BYO dinner and seating. Popsicles will be provided for all children in attendance. Playground info Here. Limited Parking at the… Read More

Spring Spruce Up 2025

May, 2025

Lend a hand and make a friend! GCS Families and Friends are invited to lend a hand to “spruce up” our GCS Playscape.  Activities include some playground, landscaping, gardening and greenhouse tasks. An hour or two with many hands makes light work! While this is a focused, “adults only” event, it is a great opportunity… Read More