Boarding Fee: 58,260
Who Runs the Dorms
Every dormitory is led by a faculty member who lives in an apartment inside the dorm. Dorms are named after their dorm heads, who provide constant guidance and actively supervise study hours three nights a week. Virtually every faculty member who is not a dorm head is a dorm affiliate. They “affiliate” with the same dorm all year and get to know the residents well; affiliates supervise one night a week plus occasional Saturday nights. In all, more than seventy dormitory heads and affiliates supervise dorms, offering continual supervision and support.
Sixth Formers, as dorm prefects, run many aspects of the dorm, including nightly check-in. Younger students seek advice from their wiser, experienced prefects.
What are the Dorms Like?
Second Formers live in singles with curtained doors that surround a common room; Third Formers live in doubles and become accustomed to living with a roommate. Upper Schoolers live mostly in doubles, but also in singles and occasionally triples. Residents of every dorm share large living rooms called common rooms, adjacent to the resident faculty apartment. Common rooms are comfortably furnished, some with fireplaces, and have small kitchens.
At Groton, Second Formers live with Second Formers, and Third Formers live with Third Formers. These Lower Schoolers lead a more structured lifestyle, with closely supervised study halls and strictly enforced lights-out. Fourth, Fifth, and Sixth Formers live together in Upper School dorms, except for Sixth Formers who are prefects in Lower School dorms. Fourth Formers learn to handle greater freedom, but still have supervised study hall hours and must spend them in their dorm rooms. Privileges and freedom increase in Fifth Form, and Sixth Formers help run the dorms.
Structures and routines developed in the Second and Third forms help students manage their time with independence—good preparation for college.
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