Softball Pitching Clinic!
Mark your Calendars!
Senior Awards Night and Graduation
The Jr/Sr PTO has teamed up with our local Happy Jack's Maple for our Fall Fundraiser!
Simply shop happyjacksmaple.com/Groton 11/6/2023-12/1/2023 to support the Jr/Sr PTO and a local business!
All orders will be picked up on 12/6/2023 at the Middle School Concert.
For questions, contact: hpto@grotoncs.org
As always, the Jr/Sr PTO thanks you all for your continued support!
Groton Junior High Drama Club Presents: Silver's Secret
As some of you may already be aware, Central New York is experiencing an unexpected shortage of the half pint milk paper cartons from our suppliers. It is anticipated this shortage will continue into January of 2024. Here at Groton, we understand the importance of our students having access to the nutritional value of a serving of milk at breakfast and at lunch. As such our plan is to continue to serve milk, using serving products we have available.
For both the elementary and Jr-Sr High, students will receive serving size milk from cooler dispensers in the cafeteria using 8 ounce cups. Students will have a choice of 1% white milk at breakfast and 1% white milk or low-fat chocolate milk at lunch.
Do you have instruments collecting dust in your attic? Donate them to the Groton Band program! We are looking specifically for flutes, clarinets, alto saxes, trumpets, french horns, baritones, or tubas. Questions? Please contact Liz Ukstins at eukstins@grotoncs.org or Liz Fuller at efuller@grotoncs.org. Thank you!
Tackle Cancer Scrimmage - Friday, October 20th from 5 PM-7 PM at Ross Field
Juniors
&
Freshman
VS
Sophomores
&
Seniors
Small town BIG pride...come cheer on some of your favorite guys!
White Jerseys: The Juniors & The Freshman
Black Jerseys: The Seniors & The Sophomores
Upcoming Spooktacular Events
This coming Friday, October 6th, 2023, during half time of the Homecoming football game at Ross Field: Naming of the Pressbox!
Capital Project Update
Capital Project UPDATE
Groton Girls JV and Varsity volleyball defeated Moravia last night at home. Great job!
Congratulations to the Groton Girls Varsity Soccer team on their shut out WIN last night!
Congratulations to the Groton Girls Varsity Soccer team on their shut out WIN last night!
Groton Elementary School is kicking off the Positivity Project this school year!
Each week teachers and staff, including our entire kitchen and daytime custodial staff, will be decked out in their blue P2 shirts to signify kicking off a new word of the week. Students across the building will be diving into 24 different character strengths, such as kindness, honesty, integrity, other people mindset, and teamwork, learning what those strengths mean and how to be their best possible selves for their own personal development as well as for their peers. Students will have the opportunity to earn character cash when they demonstrate these traits, spending it at the school store on various items. We are excited to have our preschoolers all the way up through our 5th graders speaking the same positive language!
The Groton Boys and Girls Varsity Soccer Team Store is OPEN!
The store will close on September 20, 2023. A portion of the proceeds from each purchase goes back to the program. Please know that logos, even if not pictured, will be placed on each item in a color scheme that looks best. On light colored items, the logo will include black and red. On black, the logo colors will include white and red, and on Red, the logo colors will be white and black.
Thank you for your support. Go Groton Soccer!
Groton Varsity Soccer Team Store
https://grotonsoccer.itemorder.com/shop/home/
GCS new food initiative was a success at both the Elementary School with their new salad bar and at the Jr.-Sr. High School with their new deli bar! Lots of happy, full bellies on the first day!
Sportsmanship Update
As the fall sports season kicks off for the 2023-2024 school year, the Groton CSD wants to make all spectators aware of a new regulation put in place by the New York State Public High School Athletic Association (NYSPHSAA) in an effort to make public school sporting events a safe, family-friendly environment for all. Commencing with the fall sports season, the state has instituted updated rules for spectators. Any spectator displaying unsportsmanlike conduct towards another fan, an official, a coach, or a student athlete will be given a warning by the school administrator on-site (unless the act is egregious, at which point they will be removed from the premises immediately). Continued unsportsmanlike conduct will result in removal from the contest AND a requirement the spectator complete a NYS-approved spectator conduct training before being allowed to return to public high school sporting events at any high school in New York.
As has been the case in previous years, we ask all spectators to remember that these events are high school events. As such, “we should recognize the purpose of athletics is to promote physical, mental, social and emotional well-being of individual players and their fans,” and that the games are “between high school students, not professionals.” We encourage everyone in attendance to display proper ideals of sportsmanship, ethical conduct and fair play.
Are you a Groton parent who is taking classes at TC3 or BOCES or are you interested in Adult Education? Please take this 1 minute survey to help us plan our next steps with the 21st Century Grant.
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