Groton School
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282 Farmers Row Groton, Massachusetts 01450 United States |
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| Coordinates | 42°35′36.04″N 71°35′03.23″W / 42.5933444°N 71.5842306°WCoordinates: 42°35′36.04″N 71°35′03.23″W / 42.5933444°N 71.5842306°W |
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| Type | Private, day and boarding school |
| Motto |
Cui servire est regnare ("To serve is to rule") |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Episcopal |
| Established | 1884 |
| Headmaster | Temba Maqubela |
| Grades | 8–12 |
| Gender | Coeducational |
| Enrollment | 372 (2013–14) |
| Campus | Suburban/rural |
| Athletics conference | Independent School League |
| Nickname | Zebras |
| Accreditation | NEASC |
| Endowment | $305 million |
| Website | www |
Groton School is a private Episcopal college preparatory boarding school located in Groton, Massachusetts, United States. It enrolls about 370 boys and girls, from the eighth through twelfth grades. Tuition, room and board and required fees in 2014-15 amounted to $56,700 (with books extra); 38% of the students receive financial aid. The school is a member of the Independent School League. There are many famous alumni in business, government and the professions, including Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Groton School was founded in 1884 by the Rev. Endicott Peabody, a member of a prominent Massachusetts family and an Episcopal clergyman. The land for the school was donated to Peabody by two brothers, James and Prescott Lawrence, whose family home was located on Farmers Row in Groton, Massachusetts, north of Groton School's present location. Backed by affluent figures of the time, such as the Rt. Rev. Phillips Brooks, the Rev. William Lawrence, William Crowninshield Endicott, J.P. Morgan, and his father, Samuel Endicott Peabody, Peabody received pledges of $39,000 for the construction of a schoolhouse, if an additional $40,000 could be raised as an endowment. The endowment is over $330,000,000, or approximately $890,000 per student today. Groton School received early support from the Roosevelt family, including future President Theodore Roosevelt, and filled quickly.
Peabody served as headmaster of the school for over fifty years, until his retirement in 1940. He instituted a Spartan educational system that included cold showers and cubicles, subscribing to the model of "muscular Christianity" which he himself experienced at Cheltenham College in England as a boy. Peabody hoped to graduate men who would serve the public good, rather than enter professional life. The school's motto is "Cui Servire Est Regnare."
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