Groton Times

FHS

Interactive Desk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:42:38 GMT

FHS

The Fitch High School Class of 2009 marches onto the FHS football field at the start of graduation ceremonies on June 19. Photo by Tim Cook/The Day

FHS

Interactive Desk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:40:35 GMT

FHS

Members of Fitch High class of 2009 celebrate just before marching into commencement ceremonies. Photo by Tim Cook/The Day

FHS

Interactive Desk — Thu, 02 Jul 2009 16:33:48 GMT

FHS

Aaron Bailey laughs with friends before graduation ceremonies at Fitch High School. Photo by Tim Cook/The Day

Groton teen beats the odds

Interactive Desk — Thu, 25 Jun 2009 19:18:33 GMT

Groton teen beats the odds

Fitch High School senior AmyMaury stands in the school's main corridor June 5. Photo by Sean D. Elliot/The Day

Jonathan Barstow

Interactive Desk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 18:12:08 GMT

Jonathan Barstow

Immersed in Education

Interactive Desk — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 19:43:49 GMT

Immersed in Education

Project Oceanology director Thaxter Tewksbury, right, explains the workings of a lobster trap to the cast of the syndicated show “Aqua Kids” as they film a segment of the show on board the Project O research vessel “Enviro-Lab II” June 4 in the waters off Avery Point. Photo by Sean D. Elliot/The Day

Hitting the Trail

Interactive Desk — Thu, 04 Jun 2009 19:46:59 GMT

Hitting the Trail

Eighth-grade math teacher Seth Danner prepares his class for a five-day hiking trip in Maine. He is shown here showing then how to cook quick meals on portable propane stoves.

Photo by Peter M. Weber

Community Casting

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 17:02:27 GMT

Community Casting

Brandon Getter, 9, of Griswold gets his 15-ounce bass weighed in by Groton Town Police Officer Randy Winkleman during the Kids Fishing Derby in Ledyard. Photo by Tim Cook/The Day

Katie Ellis

Interactive Desk — Tue, 26 May 2009 16:57:17 GMT

Katie Ellis

Photo courtesy of the City of Groton Police Department

A Scene Unfolds

Interactive Desk — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:38:57 GMT

A Scene Unfolds

Brenna Sansom of Fitch High School oversees a rehearsal of her play, “The Bus Stop Chronicles.”
Photo by Sophia Chapadjiev

A Scene Unfolds

Interactive Desk — Wed, 20 May 2009 13:37:44 GMT

A Scene Unfolds

Pictured here are the students whose plays were selected for performance in the Young Playwrights Festival (from left), Emily Patten, Brenna Sansom, Erik Crouch, Tyler McCarthy, and Abby Corrado. Photo by Sophia Chapadjiev

Touring the Tide Pools

Interactive Desk — Tue, 12 May 2009 14:37:33 GMT

Touring the Tide Pools

Gary A. Poe of Mystic, founder/executive director of Windows of Our Waters Environmental Education Program, exhibits a Bat Star from the Pacific Ocean to fourth graders in Lizanne Johnson’s class at S.B. Butler Elementary School. Photo by Tim Martin/The Day

A Growing Community

Interactive Desk — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:58:31 GMT

A Growing Community

Ellie Morgan, 5, of Mystic, removes small stones from the garden’s soil. Photo by Cheryl Albaine

A Growing Community

Interactive Desk — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:57:20 GMT

A Growing Community

Warren Burrows, owner of The Groton Family Farm, drives a tractor through the soil of the Groton community garden.

Photo by Cheryl Albaine

A Growing Community

Interactive Desk — Thu, 07 May 2009 19:55:53 GMT

A Growing Community

Bill Sawicky of Groton uses a gardening tool to check the soil for stones.
Photos by Cheryl Albaine

TLC For a Special Tree

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:26:00 GMT

TLC For a Special Tree

Fifth graders Derek Waitters and Billy Ray Goff say the Pledge of Allegiance with their fellow Claude Chester Elementary School students. Photos by Dana Jensen/The Day

TLC For a Special Tree

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 17:23:58 GMT

TLC For a Special Tree

Claude Chester Elementary School students from Mrs. Dale Rahl’s fifth grade class and members of the Groton Senior Center take turns tossing dirt on the newly planted tree during the annual Town of Groton Arbor Day celebration. Photo by Dana Jensen/The Day

Making Their Voices Heard

Interactive Desk — Thu, 30 Apr 2009 16:28:34 GMT

Making Their Voices Heard

(From left) Corina Morel, Anna Martinez, Besty Andramuno, Adreanna Santana, and Diego Adrianzen practice their dance routine. Photo by Peter M. Weber

Filling the Vessel

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:43:26 GMT

Filling the Vessel

Deanna Stocker, coeditor of the magazine, makes a note on one of the pages while working on a mockup of Amphora after school March 30.
Photo Dana Jensen/The Day

Filling the Vessel

Interactive Desk — Fri, 17 Apr 2009 18:42:28 GMT

Filling the Vessel

Jamal France and coeditors Deanna Stocker and Erica Antoine look at art submissions for the Fitch H.S. literary magazine Amphora. Photo by Dana Jensen/The Day