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The Circle Voice

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The Circle Voice

The Schoolhouse in 2019. Courtesy of Groton Flickr.

New Year, New School: Student Life Under Covid-19

Amelia Lee '22, Assistant News Editor September 13, 2020

No dances, no off-campus trips, and no interscholastic games. Social distancing measures have eliminated the possibility of many activities we previously enjoyed. Students moving in on campus or preparing...

Wilson Thors in middle. Courtesy of Wilson Thors '21.

Committed Fall Athletes

Christina Oelhafen '21, Features Editor September 13, 2020

While most seniors will retire their sticks, helmets, and cleats at the end of this not so normal fall season, four will continue their high school sports careers to the collegiate level. This season,...

Courtesy of Creative Commons.

Want Safer Cities? Defund the Police

Zola Sayers-Fay '22, Staff Writer September 13, 2020

The views of the American people regarding racism and police brutality have shifted dramatically over the summer. According to the Pew Research Center, the Black Lives Matter (BLM) movement has become...

Courtesy of Hannah Wise '21

The Uncertainty of Sports Leagues Returning

Tyler Weisberg '22, Sports Editor May 31, 2020

Groton students are consumers of sports entertainment like millions of other people around the world. Due to the coronavirus, many sports leagues globally have either “shutdown,” “paused,” or “delayed”...

Why Numbers Matter

Leah Pothel '21, Opinions Editor May 31, 2020

When the coronavirus ramped up, schools across the country had no choice but to shut down. They did, however, face an important and contentious decision about how students would be assessed for spring...

A Letter from Your Former Editor

Cara Chang '20 May 31, 2020

To our community:  Re the Fiftieth Volume of The Circle Voice, 2019-20: I write, first and foremost, to congratulate the new Board on their first issue together. I am happy to see familiar and new...

Synchronous Classes: When Less is More

Zoe Colloredo-Mansfeld ’21, Editor in Chief May 31, 2020

When Mr. Anderson dedicated his chapel talk to the interesting history of time zones across the world, nobody seated in the chapel that morning could have predicted that those very time zones would come...

Courtesy of Noemi Iwasaki '22

The Case for a Fall Return

The Editorial Board May 31, 2020

With Prize Day looming and summer stretching beyond it, attention is shifting towards the single most important question of the next year: should students return to campus in the fall? If we look to the...

Online APs: The Wrong Enemy

Evan Cheigh '22 and Jiacheng Kang '22 May 31, 2020

Due to COVID-19, the nature of the Advanced Placement (AP) exams had to change — the alternative being the entire cancellation of the program. In a survey conducted by the College Board (CB) in early...

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