PRESCOTT SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER Building Community Through Learning

WINTER / SPRING 2020 CATALOG of COMMUNITY PROGRAMS Registration Now Open Classes begin January 13, 2020 and run through May 22, 2020

145 Main Street | P.O. Box 1213 | Groton, MA 01450 | 978-877-6933 | www.prescottscc.org A MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT Pages for Peace also opens its doors to the public, located right next to Dear Community Member, the meeting rooms where over As we begin our 6th year as a non-profit organization, ninenon-profits have made use of Friends of Prescott continues to stand by its mission, to complimentary space. And very “Preserve Prescott for the Community”. At the Fall 2014 visible are the Cub Scouts selling Town Meeting, voters rejected the proposal to sell the wreaths and the high schoolers Prescott School for $35,000 and five tax-free years to washing cars on our front lawn! the owner. Since then, the Prescott School has not only The first-ever Groton Visitor been saved from private ownership but also has become Center will open in the Prescott a true community center for all. Part of that community main lobby in mid-January 2020. center is the educational offerings we’re pleased to The business community has present in this catalog. sponsored the creation of this Our fall set of offerings received rave reviews, with thirty Center and the 2020 Groton teachers donating their time and effort and over 200 Map that shows local landmarks registrations received. The previous year, we received and businesses. Information over 700 registrations. For this winter and spring, I’m materials and other specialized thrilled to announce that we have 50 offerings for you, 25 maps also will be available in the Center. Friendly that are NEW this year. From Magic to the Bible; from volunteers and our wonderful Prescott staff will Shakespeare to Travel; from Pickleball to Felt Animals; welcome visitors and answer any questions they may we will Shake Your Soul, Shine on Local Luminaries, and have, such as “what is there to do” and “where is it?” Zumba Gold you into 2020! And there is more… We have so many strong Consider how our Town to-date has invested over community institutions— $252,650 in Community Preservation Funds (CPA) for the schools, the library, the historic preservation of this 1926 building. We have senior center, and our parks. put those funds into new gymnasium fire escapes, new Now it is time for a center fire wells for front and back staircases, and into hand- that brings non-profits and icapped accessible doors and ramps. Bids are due this for-profits together; that spring for a sprinkler and fire alarm system to meet the provides intergenerational recreation and education; 2018 required building and at the same time preserves a wonderful old build- code changes. When ing. This sense of community is what keeps me and these are installed, we many others volunteering to make Prescott a success. will be able to access the Please enter our doors and feel the Community. third floor for renters and make the building Sincerely, accessible to young Mary Athey Jennings people and their families once again. President, Friends of Prescott, Inc. Along with CPA funds, individual donations of over $67,000 have been invested INSIDE: in Prescott. With these dollars, we have remodeled Art & Crafts | 3 the downstairs cafeteria and Community Education | 5 adjoining meeting rooms, allowing for wonderful community events that spill out Sports, Fitness & Wellness | 10 into our back parking lot. Witness our Fall Spooktacular! Registration Form | 15 The Community has embraced Prescott through organizations that rent the building, such as the Groton Conservation Trust and The Groton Herald newspaper. Classes are offered day and night. Rolling enrollment. Be sure to register 7 days in Throughout this catalog, this icon will appear next to some of our facilitators. We wish to recognize these advance. The sooner the better. SAVE Life Long Learning instructors who donate their time 2 and expertise as volunteers for these classes. TIME—DO IT NOW and DO IT ONLINE! ARTS & CRAFTS

DRAWING BASICS FACILITATOR: Earl Carter moved to Groton in the 1980’s Classes: 8 and since then has been collecting memorabilia related to Day/Time: Tuesdays | 6:00 PM–9:00 PM Groton. Earl now houses an extensive collection of items from Pre-Revolutionary Days to the current time. Winter: January 14–March 10 No class February 18 BASIC DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY for BEGINNERS Spring: March 24–May 26 | No classes April 21 & 28 Classes: 6 Fee:  $240 Date/ Time: Mondays, March 9–April 13 | 7:00 PM–9:00 PM Prerequisite: Willingness to learn Fee: $90 Great class for the new drawing student who has never tried Prerequisites: Participants should have a Digital SLR to draw before or for someone brushing up on their skills and camera that provides the ability to adjust returning to drawing. Students will learn how to draw with ISO, shutter speed, and aperture. line, value, shape and form using still life, landscape and por- Learn about your Digital SLR (DSLR) camera and how to shoot trait. The class will use a variety of materials including, pencil, images in the manual modes for better photographs. Topics charcoal and ink. This will be a fun and challenging class. include: Understanding DSLR features and functions; Under- FACILITATOR: Jill M. standing Exposure; Understanding Focusing and Depth of Pottle is an artist from Field, and Understanding Composition and Elements of Visual Worcester County and Design. There will be shooting homework between sessions. she exhibits her paint- Sessions will consist of lectures as well as photo critiques. ings and pastels locally FACILITATOR: Nick DePasquale is a freelance photographer and nationally. She is a located in Tyngsborough, MA, specializing in travel, fine art, graduate from Syracuse and sports action photography. Nick, a life-long photographer, University with her BFA worked for a weekly and graduated with her newspaper, a motor- MFA from the Museum cycle racing magazine, School in Boston. She is and as a event and a fine arts teacher for 35 years. Her works have been included sports photographer. in shows at Concord Art Center and the East End Gallery in Nick tutors beginner Provincetown, MA. Presently she is represented by The to advanced students Fountain Street Gallery. and teaches both BASICS of OIL and ACRYLIC PAINTING online and in-person classes. Classes: 8 Day/Time: Tuesdays | 2:00 PM–5:00 PM ADOBE LIGHTROOM and PHOTOSHOP Winter: January 14–March 10 for PHOTOGRAPHERS No class February 18 Classes: 1 Spring: March 24–May 26 | No classes April 21 & 28 Date/Time: Saturday, April 4 Fee:  $240 8:30 AM–3:00 PM (1/2 hour break) Prerequisite: A basic drawing class Fee: $85 | Material Fee: $25 This is a basic painting in either oil or Acrylics, choose one. Prerequisite: Participants must have a laptop. This class can be for the beginner or a person coming back to Learn how to use Adobe Lightroom Classic CC to organize, painting. Using the subject matter of still life, landscape and manage, edit, print and share photographs. This class is portrait, students will learn how to use a pallet, mix colors intended for photographers of all levels. You will learn and usage of the brushes. In class we will learn color theory, the best ways to import, store, organize and backup your composition, value and Chroma in color and create beautiful images; the editing tools and techniques for making great artwork. Some drawing skills preferred. images; how to export images for sharing or for printing; FACILITATOR: Jill M. Pottle (see above). and how to print directly from LR. Bring your laptop and a EARL CARTER’S GROTON MUSEUM cop y of Adobe Lightroom Classic CC if you have it, Classes: 1 but not required. A 7-day Date/ Time: Wednesday, February 5 |10:00 AM–12:00 PM evaluation version is Snow Date: Wednesday, February 12 available from Adobe.com. Fee: $10 Make sure to choose Take a tour of Earl Carter’s unique private Groton the Photography memorabilia collection, hosted by Earl himself. Meet at Plan version. Prescott School at 10:00 AM. FACILITATOR: Nick DePasquale (see above.) 3 ARTS & CRAFTS

DRAWING PEOPLE whimsical projects. You will experi- Classes: 5 ment with both needle felting and wet felting. Students will get to Date/Time: Thursdays | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM explore many different techniques Winter: January 23–February 27 | No class February 20 while being creative with color and Spring: March 12–April 9 texture. The possibilities with fiber Fee:  $150 are endless! Register for all three for Material Fee: $24 $80 or choose to just do one for $30. This drawing class will encompass a variety of topics, all of FACILITATOR: Rachel Benson is an emerging artist, working which will lead to careful representation of the human form. primarily with fibers and watercolor. Her work focuses Proportions of the human body and head will be discussed, predominately on the subject of nature both in the form of then continuing with planes and light on the human body. landscapes and abstract designs. She captures the details and We will then move forward to studying folds and drapery, and textures found in the natural world with a whimsical twist. conclude with three sessions of drawing from a live, dressed model. No previous experience is necessary. $36 model fee INTRODUCTION to NEEDLE FELTING 2 will be collected at the first class. Classes: 3 FACILITATOR: Karine Kadiyska, a professional artist and Sleeping Fox: Wednesday | March 11 | 4:45 PM–6:15 PM instructor, studied both in Moscow, Russia, and Boston, MA, Birds’ Nests: Wednesday | March 18 | 4:45 PM–6:15 PM and has a Masters Degree in Visual Arts. Karine’s work can Wet Felted Bowls: Wednesday | March 25 | 4:45 PM–6:15 PM be seen at www.karinasculpt.com. Fee: $80/Drop-in: $30 SMALL MUSEUM GEMS Material Fee: $10 Classes: 2 Prerequisite: Beginner to Studio of Paul Matisse: Thursday, January 16 | 10:00 AM Intermediate Adult Home of Elizabeth Goldring (Otto Piene): Wednesday, April 15 Workshop 10:000 AM Looking to be creative and try something new? Do you love art Fee: FREE to Groton residents | $15 non-resident that you can touch? If so, come Prerequisite: A curious mind learn the fun possibilities of working New England is home to some of the finest small museums. with fibers! In this series we will work three dimensionally to This season Gems will visit the studio of Paul Matisse in create to create three fun whimsical projects. You will exper- Groton (grandson of French artist, Henri Matisse.) Later in iment with both needle felting and wet felting. Students will the Spring, we will visit the home of Elizabeth Goldring who get to explore many different techniques while being creative will open up her home to Gems for people to see more of with color and texture. The possibilities with fiber are endless! Otto Piene’s work. Participants provide their own transpor- Register for all three for $80 or choose to just do one for $30. tation. Carpooling is recommended. Meet at the Prescott FACILITATOR: Rachel Benson (see above.) School at 10:00 AM. Optional to join the group for a local lunch after each visit. Museum entry for Groton residents is PAINTING with WOOL paid for by the Groton Commissioner of Trust Funds. Classes: 1 FACILITATOR: Carol Canner is a graduate of Rhode Island Birch Tree Landscape: Sunday, February 23 | 3:00 PM–5:00 PM School of Design and an artist who, with her husband Carl, Night Sky with Pine Trees: Sunday, March 29 owns Carver’s Guild in Groton. Carol serves on the Board of 3:00 PM–5:00 PM Directors of the Fitchburg Art Museum. Fee: $45 per class INTRODUCTION to NEEDLE FELTING 1 Material Fee: $5 Classes: 3 Prerequisite: Beginner to Intermediate Snow Owls: Wednesday | February 5 | 1:30 PM–3:00 PM Adult Workshop Toadstools: Wednesday | February 12 | 1:30 PM–3:00 PM In this workshop you will explore Brooches: Wednesday | February 19 | 1:30 PM–3:00 PM the basics of two dimensional needle felting. You will learn to Fee:  $80/Drop-in: $30 blend and manipulate the wool Material Fee: $10 along with basic art rules and Prerequisite: Beginner to Intermediate Adult Workshop tricks for breaking down an image. Looking to be creative and try something new? Do you love We will be using these techniques art that you can touch? If so, come learn the fun while creating an 8x8 inch land- possibilities of working with fibers! In this series we scape out of colorful wool roving. 4 will work three dimensionally to create three fun FACILITATOR: Rachel Benson (see above.) COMMUNITY EDUCATION

IN PARTNERSHIP with NATURE: ECOLOGICAL SPANISH for THOSE with NEW APPROACHES to HOME LANDSCAPES NEW PREVIOUS KNOWLEDGE Classes: 1 Classes: 8 Date/Time: Saturday, March 28 | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Date/Time: Thursdays, January 16–March 12 Fee:  $45 6:00 PM–7:15 PM | No class Feb 20 Your home landscape Fee:  $160 can do more than just Prerequisite: Some knowledge of Spanish look good. It can This class will focus on verbal communication for people who support biodiversity, have some previous knowledge of the language. The class will cleanse storm water, emphasize the use of proper grammar in conversation. and build healthy soils. FACILITATOR: Veronica Mazzo (see previous column.) In this workshop, we will explore ways to FOSTERING SOCIAL DIALOGUE through POETRY make every landscape Classes: 6 more sustainable and more beautiful. Date/Time: Wednesdays, April 1–May 13 NEW FACILITATOR: Toby Wolf owns Wolf Landscape Architecture 7:00 PM–9:00 PM | No class April 22 in Groton, where he develops master plans and designs for Fee:  $55 parks, campuses, botanical gardens, and home landscapes. For millennia, people have turned to poetry in search of WRITING: A PLACE TO BEGIN comfort, wisdom, and compassion. In the last four years, Classes: 8 sales of poetry books have risen significantly as people Date/Time: Thursdays | 9:00 AM–11:00 AM continue to read and write poems in these tense social times. If you are interested in reading poets who model empathy Winter: January 16–March 12 | No class February 20 and compassionate inquiry, or if you are interested in writing Spring: March 26–May 21 | No class April 23 poetry of your own that asks big questions, this is the course Fee:  $45 for you. What does it mean to be a patriot? A citizen of this Whether you want to develop a consistent discipline or country? Of this world? How do we talk to each other about are struggling to break “writer’s block,” this is a safe and these questions? This course is appropriate for all people non-judgmental space for both beginning and experienced who want to engage in social dialogue through poetry. writers. We will write to prompts and read work created in Participants will read and write poetry weekly. No experience class. Listening to others creates a writing community where with poetry is necessary, just curiosity and interest. we can learn from each other’s strengths. Come and play FACILITATOR: Meghan Trask Smith is a poet and English with words. (This class is NOT a place to bring on-going projects teacher at Lawrence Academy whose works have appeared for editing and/or revision.) in the American Journal of Poetry, Nonbinary Review, FACILITATOR: Niki Rockwell has a Certificate of Advanced Mom Egg Review as well as other publications. She has Graduate Study in Writing, Boston Writer’s Project. been teaching for 17 years and holds an MFA in Writing She has taught for 30+ years. from Vermont College of Fine Arts as well as a certification in Mindfulness. SPANISH for BEGINNERS NEW Classes: 8 GET a HEAD START on SELLING YOUR HOME Date/Time: Mondays, January 13–March 9 Classes: 2 5:30 PM–6:45 PM | No class February 17 Date/Time: Tuesdays, Feb 4–Feb 11 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Fee:  $160 Fee: $30 This is an introduction to the Spanish language. Students will Have you been thinking about moving learn some basic Spanish using real life conversation. The class and want to make your plans a reality? will focus on verbal communication with foundation of the This workshop might be for you! Spanish grammar. Learn about current market conditions, discuss where sellers move to, consider potential pitfalls, explore the question of “what to do with all the stuff”, and and more. Guest speakers include a “home editor” and a real estate attorney. FACILITATOR: Veronica Mazzo is a native speaker from Chile. FACILITATOR: Ursula Flury is a local Broker/Realtor. She has a Master’s Degree in Education with a concentration She has successfully assisted hundreds of satisfied in Spanish and is a certified Spanish teacher in the state of Buyers and Sellers for 25 years. MA. Veronica teaches at Southborough Middle School. 5 COMMUNITY EDUCATION

GIFTS of the GLACIER: HEALTHCARE and YOUR RETIREMENT CONNECTING with LAND and COMMUNITY Classes: 1 Classes: 6 Date/Time: Tuesday, April 14 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Date/Time: Thursdays | April 2, 9, 30, May 7 & 14 Fee: $20 7:00 AM to 8:30 PM This seminar addresses what steps investors should take to Field Trip: Saturday, May 2, 9 | 9:00 AM–11:30 AM prepare for health care costs (including Medicare and long- Fee: $50 term care costs) to help ensure that their retirement savings This five-session class plus eldfi trip will tell the story of how stay healthy. a glacier bestowed an amazing landscape and abundant bio- FACILITATOR: Benjamin Woolfrey (see above). diversity on Groton and steered its human and conservation history. The class will also explore how ‘nature connection’ and ‘sense of place’ affect our relationship with our landscape and community. GCT members get a $15 discount. Please email [email protected] details. FACILITATOR: Bob Pine, a Landscape Architect and Envi- ronmental Consultant, has, for more than 40 years, observed, studied and been fascinated by Groton’s geology, ecology and history, the ways they are integrated, and the strong feelings of connection people express for Groton. STANDING GUARD: GROTON’S ARCHITECTURE: FROM the PROTECT WHAT YOU’VE WORKED FOR COLONIAL PERIOD to the TWENTIETH CENTURY Classes: 1 Classes: 4 Date/Time: Tuesday, April 28 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM Date/Time: Wednesdays, April 29–May 20 Fee: $20 7:00 PM–8:30 PM You’ve worked hard to provide for your family. Whether Fee: $60 you’re approaching retirement or have recently retired, Learn how Groton’s architecture evolved and changed over your focus may begin to shift from building your financial the centuries. This class will spotlight important Groton foundation to protecting the financial resources you’ve buildings, mostly historic houses, and set them against the created for you and your family. This presentation discusses social and architectural trends of their periods. active ways to address key risks you may encounter and FACILITATOR: Joshua Vollmar is a lifelong resident of Groton strategies to help prepare for the unexpected. and a scholar of architectural history. He has produced FACILITATOR: Benjamin Woolfrey is an experienced several scholarly works on Groton’s history while working at Financial Advisor with Edward Jones. He is dedicated to the Groton History Center over the past couple of years. He helping his clients understand and meet their serious also leads tours at the Boutwell House of the Groton History long-term financial goals. As a Groton resident, Ben is Center and at the Old Manse in Concord. He is nearly finished passionate about giving back to the community. with his first book,“The Great Houses of Groton,” on which this course is based. This is the third time Joshua has taught this course. He is currently studying at UMass Lowell. Social Security: REVIEW of INTRODUCTION to BRIDGE YOUR Classes: 6 QUESTIONS Date/Time: Thursdays, January 16–February 27 ANSWERED 1:30 PM–3:30 PM | No class February 20 Classes: 1 Fee: $95 Date/Time: Tuesday, April 7 | 6:00 PM–8:00 PM If you took Introduction to Bridge, or if Fee:  $20 you learned the rules of the game but Social Security will likely be the foundation of your retirement think of yourself as a beginner, this is the income. Before you retire, understand your options and the course for you. We will review the basics impact your decisions have on your retirement. Your questions of bidding, play of the hand and defense. can be better resolved after a presentation that discusses We will strike a balance between instruction and card play how Social Security fits into oury retirement under experienced supervision. You will acquire new skills, income plan, when you should start taking become more confident and have fun. benefits, and tax considerations. FACILITATOR: Alan Horvitz is a retired clinical social worker, 6 FACILITATOR: Benjamin Woolfrey (see above). a Bronze Life Master, and an experienced bridge teacher. COMMUNITY EDUCATION LOVE IT or LEAVE IT! NEW elbows with some of magic’s greatest to sharpen her own PROFESSIONAL ADVICE on performance and teaching skills. WISE HOME RENOVATION DECISIONS A FEW WRITE MEN to STAY, or to SELL! Classes: 8 NEW Classes: 1 Date/Time: Monday, January 13–March 9 Date/Time: Thursday, January 30 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM No class February 17 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Fee: $20 Fee:  $45 You have a book or article you mean to write. But you’re This one night seminar will offer professional advice from a stalled. Lines of poetry come to you while you’re driving. But local interior designer and a Groton-based realtor with 20 you leave them in the car. This is an all-male group for those years of combined experience. We will review a thoughtful who like to write and would enjoy the fellowship of a few approach to evaluating your home’s hidden potential for a like-minded bothers-in-ink. At each meeting, we’ll get the cost-effective and beautiful renovation that will encourage gears turning by writing to some unique prompts. We’ll share you to stay. Learn the best investment moves to make in your tips on how to write more effectively and untangle questions home to compete in the local real estate marketplace should about grammar. And we’ll absolutely move those personal you wish to sell. Learn how to see the potential in your home inspirations to the page. and how to invest wisely to protect your largest asset. FACILITATOR: David Smith has been a writing teacher and coach for over 40 years. A published script writer with credits for stage, television and promotional video, he has recently turned his efforts toward fiction. Above all, he enjoys the camaraderie of others who like to write, no matter where they are on their creative paths. A BIT o’ the BARD for TODAY Classes: 5 NEW Date/Time: Thursday, January 23, February 6, 13, 27 & March 5 | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Fee:  $45 One reason Shakespeare’s plays endure is they capture FACILITATORS: Patricia Upton & Cheryl Janko King Tricia classic social themes. We’ll look at two plays that resonate Upton Interiors is a Groton based, full service, interior design strongly for a contemporary reader: “Julius Caesar” (the rise company. She collaborates with architects, general contractors, of a would-be monarch) and “The Merchant of Venice” (the custom cabinet makers, project managers and all related trades plight of “the other”). The group will meet twice, to discuss from design inception to project completion. She has been im- each play. Participants will have two weeks to read before mersed in the full creative design process and the hard work of each discussion. Helpful background information will be dis- bringing a design concept to fruition. Cheryl King is co-owner tributed to enrich the reading experience. NOTE: Those who are of MRM Associates and a life-long area resident. Her experi- unsure about reading Shakespeare in the original are encouraged ence includes custom building, home rehabilitation and design. to use the No Fear Shakespeare series available at Barnes and Noble or on amazon.com. This series has the original language on MAGIC WORKSHOP the left page and a modernized version on the facing page. Classes: 1 NEW FACILITATOR: David Smith taught English at Lawrence Date/Time: Wednesday, February 26 | 7:00PM–8:00 PM Academy for over 40 years. He has written and directed plays Fee:  $35 for schools and community theater. His play “A Flurry of Birds” Material:  $5 won the Town of Concord Bicentennial Award and his stage Have you ever wanted to do wonders with a deck of cards? adaptation of Alcott’s “Little Women” has been produced by Find coins in improbable places at the dinner table... or melt the Concord Players since 1982. He looks forward to sharing one right through? Make sponge balls come and go with a these two rich Shakespearean plays with others. mind of their own? In this workshop, you will peek behind that magician’s veil of secrets to learn and practice basic skills UPCOMING EVENT to perform some of magic’s classic illusions. For adults 18 and older. Prescott Community Center FACILITATOR: Local magician Stephanie Beach has Spring Egg Hunt entertained audiences of all ages at schools, at parties and professional events, and on the stage for over seven years. Check our website for a date to be She has recently returned from Las Vegas, where she rubbed announced for this fun family event. 7 COMMUNITY EDUCATION

WHAT DOES the BIBLE REALLY SAY? GROTON ARCHITECTURE SERIES NEW Reading the Bible with Mind and Heart Classes: 3 Classes: 6 Date/Time: Sundays | March 22, April 19, May 17 Date/Time: Thursdays, February 27–April 2 2:00 PM–4:00 PM 1:00 PM–3:00 PM Fee:  3-Part Series $50/Individual Presentation: $20 Fee: $60 Learn how Groton’s architecture evolved and changed over The Bible is a treasure. And it is also a the years: the Colonial and Federal eras (1660-1845), public book. It belongs to the community the Victorian Era (1837-1901), and the Historical Revival of all believers, not to just a part of that era (1885-1935). This class will spotlight important Groton community, and our understanding of buildings, mostly historic houses, and set them against the what is written in its pages can change social and architectural trends of their periods. Come to any and evolve along with us. In this group, one or all three. we will discuss what the Bible says and Colonial and Federal eras (1660-1845): March 22 means about such difficult and contro- Victorian Era (1837-1901): April 19 versial topics as the role of women, Historical Revival era (1885-1935): May 17 homosexuality, anti-Semitism, evil and FACILITATOR: Joshua Vollmar is a lifelong resident of Groton suffering, and how to live a good life. and a scholar of architectural history. He has produced several Seekers and skeptics both will come away with a richer scholarly works on Groton’s history while working at the understanding of this treasured text. Groton History Center over the past couple of years. He also FACILITATOR: Rev. Elea Kemler is the minister of First leads tours at the Boutwell House of the Groton History Parish Church of Groton, a Unitarian Universalist congregation. Center and at the Old Manse in Concord. He is nearly finished She is a graduate of Harvard Divinity School with a special with his first book, “The Great Houses of Groton,” on which this interest in Judaism. Elea loves to help people find new meaning course is based. This is the third time Joshua has taught this in the Bible, which is full of surprises and often far more radical course. He is currently studying at UMass Lowell. than what we learned in Sunday School. ARMCHAIR ADVENTURE TRAVEL SAVE the POLLINATORS! SAVE the PLANET! Classes: 5 NEW Classes: 1 NEW Date/Time: Sundays, January 19, February 16, Date/Time: Saturday, April 11 | 9:00 AM–11:00 AM March 8, April 5, April 26 | 2:00 PM–3:30 PM Fee:  $35 Fee:  $60/Drop-in: $15 Pollinator gardens are about a lot more than bees and Take a trip with your Groton neighbors to places you’ve never butterflies. Regenerative landscape designer Trevor Smith visited or places you’d like to re-visit...all from the comfort will discuss everything you need to know when it comes to of a Prescott armchair. These seminars are NOT endless designing and planting a pollinator garden. Trevor will also slideshows of someone’s trip but presentations of the share how your garden can play a huge role in rebuilding countries, customs, and approaches taken to visiting different the local ecosystem and help create climate resilience. Start regions of the world. Enroll for the entire Sunday series, or planning your spring garden with pollinators in mind. by specific topics. Plan your next trip. January 19: P atagonia & Antarctica with Mary Jennings and Jim Simko February 16: Laos, Cambodia & Vietnam with Ted and Connie Lapres March 8: Egypt with Bob and Becky Pine April 5: Walking the Cottwolds with Diane Hewitt FACILITATOR: Trevor Smith is owner and lead designer of Land April 26: Peru & Bolivia Escapes Designs, a landscape firm in Belmont specializing in with Pat Hartvigsen and regenerative land care. For the past 20 years he has focused Chuck VanderLinden on improving planet and community through his projects and educational outreach. As past president of the Ecological Land- scape Alliance, he worked to bring vital information, resources and educational materials to the landscape design community. Trevor is a recipient of the Greenovate Boston Award as well well as the EPA Environmental Merit Award. He is a reg- ular contributor to landscape magazines and newsletters and a regular speaker at industry events. FACILITATORS: Local Groton residents who enjoy the 8 adventure in travel. COMMUNITY EDUCATION

EXPLORING GROTON: an art lecture at the Groton Public Library, explore the WHAT MAKES OUR TOWN UNIQUE? architecture at the Groton School, visit the Kalliroscope Gallery for a tour of art by Paul Matisse, learn about Groton’s Classes: 5 treasures of land and water at the Nashua River Watershed Day/Time: Wednesdays, April 1, 8, 15, 29 and May 6 Assoc., and visit the newly renovated George S. Boutwell 1:00 PM–3:00 PM | No visit April 22 home and the beautifully transformed Groton Inn. For our first Fee: $45 / Drop-in Fee: $10 outing, meet at the Prescott School. Participants provide their Whether you are new to Groton or have lived here many own transportation/carpooling recommended. years, you will enjoy spending time “behind the scenes” of FACILITATORS: Pat Hartvigsen and Owen Shuman have many Groton institutions and landmarks. Join a group of fellow lived and worked in Groton for many years. They take great travelers to visit several places of Groton’s history, music, art pride in the town and look forward to showing it off! and literature, education, land and waterways. You will attend LOCAL LUMINARIES SERIES 3. “Illness and Community: An Inclusive Classes: 4 NEW Concept of Treatment for Breast Cancer” Betsy Tyson-Smith MA, LMHC, is Date/Time: Sundays, February 9, March 1, 15, 29 co-founder and past Director of The 2:00 PM–4:00 PM Virginia Thurston Healing Garden in Fee:  4-Part Presentation $60/Drop-in: $20 Harvard, MA. “The diagnosis and Prescott introduces you to four of the many talented individuals treatment of breast cancer is a who live or work in the Groton area and invites you to spend formidable experience both physically time with them on a Sunday afternoon. Each is a “star” in their and mentally. In order to manage the area of expertise. Come relax with coffee and refreshments as side effects of difficult medicinal care, we learn from their experiences. Presentations with time for emotional stress, and post-treatment questions and discussion. anxiety, those with breast cancer should be provided with February 9: Era of Persistent Conflict, focused coping therapies and psycho-social support to MG(Ret) Bruce Zukauskas help them heal outside the hospital setting. A supportive community, adjacent to the outdoors, offering integrative March 1: Groton Medicine, Dr. David Spielgleman therapies and group support provides healing, connection March 15: Illness and Community: An Inclusive Concept of and interaction with others.” Treatment for Breast Cancer, Betsy Tyson-Smith 4. “How We Govern Ourselves: The Past, March 29: How We Govern Ourselves: The Past, Present Present and Future of Town Meeting” and Future of Town Meeting, Jason Kauppi —Jason Kauppi. For more than three centuries, Groton citizens have voted 1. “Era of Persistent Conflict from the at town meeting where rules and Vietnam War to Today’s Complex traditions have adapted to changes World” MG(Ret) Bruce Zukauskas in society, but the changes keep will present a lecture on the coming faster and faster. Can Town dynamics of the US Army and the Meeting keep up, or is “the oldest use of military power over the expression of democracy in the Western last 50 years. He will also discuss Hemisphere” just too old? In this lecture, Groton Town some of the challenges facing our Moderator Jason Kauppi will discuss the past and present military in the next decade. He of Town Meeting and offer insights into the future of how will draw upon his own personal we govern ourselves. experiences and insight from his Army career that spanned over 40 years from the Vietnam War Era to the recent conflicts in the Middle East. Classes are offered day and 2. “Medicine—a 50 year perspective night. Rolling enrollment. plus updated Medical Malaprops”— Dr. David Spiegleman. A story of Be sure to register a personal journey from medical 7 days in advance. school, to Indian reservation, to rural Massachusetts, to illustrate The sooner the better. the dramatic change in the practice of medicine over the last 50 years. SAVE TIME—DO IT NOW In addition, updates to the collection of medical malaprops. and DO IT ONLINE!? Free copies of the 2005 (now out of print) book Medical Malaprops will be given to attendees. prescottscc.org 9 COMMUNITY EDUCATION

INTRODUCTION TO DRONES systems, sensors, telemetry, and cameras. Classes: 1 This is a single session overview of drones for the curious. Day/Time: Saturday, May 9 | 10:00 AM–12:00 PM Fee: $20 FACILITATOR: John Ellenberger is a retired high tech executive and researcher who has This is an introduction to commercially available drones: been a drone hobbyist for 15 years or more. the various types of drones available and what makes them His drone photography has appeared in the fly. Various drones will be on display but actual flying will be local paper and is in use by various local groups limited for safety reasons. Topics include drone/robot control for planning purposes. SPORTS, FITNESS & WELLNESS

ZUMBA/TONE with Janine Myers PILATES with Janine Myers Classes: 8 Classes: 8 Day/Time: Wednesdays | 6:15 PM–7:00 PM Day/Time: Wednesdays | 12:00 PM–12:45 PM Winter: January 15–March 11 | No Class Feb 19 Winter: January 15–March 11 | No Class Feb 19 Spring: March 25–May 27 | No Class Apr 22, 29 Spring: March 25–May 27 | No Class Apr 22, 29 Fee:  $100 / Drop in Fee: $15 Fee:  $100 / Drop in Fee: $15 Zumba/Tone is a Latin-inspired, easy- The routine will lengthen to-follow, calorie-burning, dance fitness- and tone your muscles, party. Feel the music and let loose for improve strength, this 45-minute class. Zumba Toning flexibility, balance and takes regular Zumba to a new level as it stamina. It will develop incorporates light-weight, maraca-like your body as it sharpens toning sticks to enhance your and tone and tones each muscle. your body. Zumba Toning sticks will be FACILITATOR: Janine Myers (see above.) available for sale from the instructor, or registrants may use their own 1 or SHAKE YOUR SOUL®: THE ENERGY of DANCE 2 lb. weights. Classes: 7 FACILITATOR: Janine Myers is a Day/Time: Mondays | 9:30 AM–10:30 AM certified fitness instructor and personal trainer. Winter: January 13–March 9 | No class Jan 20 & Feb 17 ZUMBA GOLD with Janine Myers Spring: March 23–May 18 | No class April 20, 27 Classes: 8 NEW Class Fee:  $90 / Drop-in Fee: $15 Day/Time: Fridays | 12:15 PM–12:45 PM Want to free your inner dancer? Not a dancer but you love to ® Winter: January 17–March 13 | No Class Feb 21 dance? Shake Your Soul will allow you to move, groove, and Spring: March 27 - May 22 | No Class Apr 24 get creative in a fun, open, and supportive environment with different types of music to inspire you. Get a workout at your Fee:  $100 / Drop in Fee: $15 own pace and rediscover how fun it can be to move your body. Zumba Gold is for active older adults who are looking for a modified Zumba class that recreates the original moves you love at a lower-intensity. The design of the class introduces easy-to-follow Zumba choreography that focuses on balance, range of motion and coordination. Come ready to sweat, and prepare to leave empowered and feeling strong. Zumba Gold class focuses on all elements of fitness: cardiovascular, muscular FACILITATOR: Deb Busser grew up dancing and after a very conditioning, flexibility and balance! long hiatus became a certified Shake Your Soul® instructor 10 FACILITATOR: Janine Myers (see above.) in 2016. SPORTS, FITNESS & WELLNESS

STRESS-PROOF YOURSELF: YOGA FUSION EMOTIONAL FIRST AID AND BEYOND NEW Classes: 8 Classes: 1 Winter: Wednesdays | January 15–March 11 Date/Time: Tuesday, March 31 | 7:00 - 9:00 PM Day/Time: No class Feb 19 | 9:00 AM–10:15 AM Fee: $20 Winter: Fridays | January 17–March 13 Looking for ways to relieve stress and to shift yourself out Day/Time: No class Feb 21 | 9:00 AM–10:15 AM of a bad mood and feel more energized? Energy Medicine Spring: Wednesdays | March 25–May 20 empowers you to stop your stress reaction in its tracks. In Day/Time: No class Apr 22 | 9:00 AM–10:15 AM this class you will learn quick and powerful techniques to Spring: Fridays | March 27–May 22 calm anxiety and reduce negative feelings. Learn to feel Day/Time: No class Apr 24 | 9:00 AM–10:15 AM better in the moment and use these exercises to reprogram Fee:  $120 | Drop-in Fee: $18 your nervous system for greater ease and resilience. Learn the WHY and HOW of eight empowering techniques and leave A slow flow/Hatha style yoga that combines the active Yang with a handout of exercises to put into action right away. form to build strength with the longer held poses of Yin to increase flexibility and focus. We will begin and end each class with a meditation practice. FACILITATOR: A yogi for 16 years, Jackie Frey became a certified yoga teacher in May 2017. Her practice has been influenced by local instructors, and she has trained at the Kripalu Center. Her primary work as a Physician Assistant helps to inform this healthful physical practice into full body and spirit integration. CBD: WHAT IS IT ALL ABOUT? Classes: 1 Day/Time: Thursdays | 6:30 PM–8:30 PM FACILITATOR: Louisa Mattson is a Clinical Practitioner Winter: February 6 of Eden Energy Medicine as well as a licensed psychologist Spring: April 2 holding a Diplomate in Comprehensive Energy Psychology. Fee:  $30 She has studied a variety of mind/body healing modalities through the years and is fascinated by the power of energy CBD is everywhere now! Can it really help you? medicine to impact health and happiness. Or is it hype? Does it really help reduce inflam- mation, pain, sleep disorders, anxiety and more? MEDITATION in COMMUNITY This course will help you understand what this Classes: 6 natural anti-inflammatory phytocannabinoid is, Date/Time: Mondays | January 13–February 24 why it doesn’t get you high, what it can do for 9:00AM–10:15AM | No class Feb 17 you, and how to know how to navigate through all the different products, confusing terms, labels, and the legalities. Fee: $45 Learn how it can help you (and your pet!) Literature and Prerequisites: Willingness to be curious samples will be available. We will free ourselves from the 60,000-80,000 thoughts we FACILITATOR: Sheri Bojanowski is a Certified Integrative think each day by learning to welcome them in, considering if Nutrition Health Coach. She has been involved in heath they are true, useful, or kind and by developing non-judgmental coaching, course leadership, and involved in natural life strategies to live our one, wild and precious lives in the here choices, wellness, and prevention for many years. She is a and now. Meditation in Community gives us the chance to be Buyer at The Natural Market in Groton. with each other in safety, in silence and in conversation. FACILITATOR: Barbara Rich Classes are offered day and night. has lived in Groton since 1991. Rolling enrollment. Be sure to register 7 She is a full time Special Education Advocate/ days in advance. The sooner the better. Consultant, a part-time Yoga teacher, and the grandmother SAVE TIME—DO IT NOW of 10 grandchildren. She has done volunteer work in Ghana, West Africa, Costa Rica, and DO IT ONLINE! Pelican Rapids, Minnesota, and New Orleans. She gardens, prescottscc.org sings, and writes poetry. 11 SPORTS, FITNESS & WELLNESS

SPRINGTIME AT MASS AUDUBON’S QIGONG and OTHER HEALING ROCKY HILL WILDLIFE SANCTUARY ENGERGY PRACTICES NEW Classes: 1 Classes: 8 Day/Time: Tuesday | April 14, 9:00AM–11:30 AM Day/Time: Wednesdays | 7:00PM–8:30 PM (rain or shine) Winter: January 15–March 11 | No Class Feb 19 Tuesday | April 28, 9:00AM–11:30 AM Spring: March 25–May 20 | No Class Apr 22 (for severe weather only) Fee:  $100 Fee:  $20 Qi/Chi/Ki is the central underlying princi- This beautiful Mass Audubon ple in Chinese traditional medicine. What sanctuary lies within a state- is it? Is it real? Can you feel it? Can you designated Area of Critical move it with your mind? Judge for yourself Environmental Concern. It in this introductory course that blends supports nearly 100 species easy to perform Qi-based exercises and of birds and more than 240 foundational theory. Most exercises can plant species, as well as the be done seated, so they are accessible to most everyone. state-listed Blanding’s and FACILITATOR: Pat Parker-Roach has been studying Eastern Box turtles. Explore Tai Chi, Qi Gong and other energy practices with John P. the spring ecology of this Milton for more than 20 years. See DancingTheFlow.com sanctuary as birds migrate, for more information. insects respond and mammals prepare for the new season. AI CHI CH’UAN for HEALTH We’ll pass by rocky terrain perfect for resident porcupines, Classes: 8 and enjoy an eye-level view of now-empty nests in an active Winter: January 16–March 12 | No Class Feb 20 heron rookery. Expect to walk about 2 miles over irregular Day/Time: Thursdays | 7:15 PM–8:45 PM terrain. Wear proper walking shoes, carry water, and feel free to Spring: March 26–May 21 | No Class Apr 23 brng binoculars if you have them. Meet at Rocky Hill Wildlife Day/Time: Thursdays | 7:00 PM–8:30 PM Sanctuary, Cardinal Lane, Groton. Directions and more Fee:  $100 / Drop-in Fee: $15 information can be found at www.massaudubon.org/rockyhill. Learn Chen Man Ching’s short form of Tai FACILITATOR: Ron Wolanin is Rocky Hill’s Property Chi Chuan focusing on health benefits, both Manager, the Mass Audubon Central/West Regional mental and physical. The first hour of class Property Director, and a long-time naturalist. is devoted to newer students studying the CPR TRAINING first half of the 37-step short form. The second hour is devoted to more advanced Classes: 1 students studying the second half. All levels Day/Time: Tuesday | 7:00 PM–9:00 PM are welcome to attend both hours. Option 1: January 21 FACILITATOR: Pat Parker-Roach (see above.) Option 2: TBD Fee: $60 This is a “Heartsaver” certification from the American Heart Visit Prescott School Community Center Association in the technique of CPR for adults and children and see the: and use of a defibrillator. This course does not cover pediatric CPR and is NOT a high enough level of training for healthcare professionals or lifeguards. Cost includes a workbook and 2-year certification. FACILITATOR: Tony Hawgood is a high school science teacher and has been teaching CPR and First Aid for over 25 years with various organizations including the American Heart Association, American Red Cross, and Wilderness Medical Associates. Tony is also an Emergency Medical Technician and officer on Big Book: Pages for Peace is on display at the the local Fire Department. He has a lot of experience in the Prescott School Community Center until June 2020. practical application of this skill as well as the theory behind it. The exhibit is free and open to the public on Be sure to register 7 days in advance. Tuesdays–Fridays, 2 pm–5 pm and Saturdays, The sooner the better. 10 am–1pm and by appointment. Come visit soon! 12 SAVE TIME—DO IT NOW ONLINE! https://www.pagesforpeace.org/home/ SPORTS, FITNESS & WELLNESS

SNOWSHOEING—LIKE NIGHT and DAY! LEARN to PLAY PICKLEBALL Classes: 4 NEW Classes: 4 Daytime: Mondays | January 13, February 3 OPTION 1: Wednesdays | January 8–29 9:00 AM–11:30 AM 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Nighttime: Mondays | January 27, February 10 OPTION 2: Mondays 7:00 PM–9:30 PM January 27–February 24 Fee:  $45 / Drop-in Fee: $15 No class February 17 | 6:00 PM–7:30 PM PreReq: Must have snowshoes and microspikes (e.g., OPTION 3: Wednesdays, March 4–March 25, Kahtoola) and must have used them previously. 10:30 AM–12:00 PM Trekking poles optional but encouraged. Must Fee:  $50 have headlamp. Must be able to climb Groton’s Pickleball is one of the most popular sports today and is so hills on snowshoes. much fun to play! Learn how to play the game through drills Experience the special beauty of Groton’s trails in the winter, and instruction. In each class, you will learn a new stroke that both day and night. Snowshoeing or hikes will be on Mondays, will help you play the game more effectively. The last thirty Jan. 13 (day), 27 (night), Feb 3 (day), 10 (night). The daytime minutes of class will be devoted to game play. hikes will start at 9:00 AM, and the two nighttime hikes FACILITATOR: Sue Adams is a 3.5 Rated Pickleball and tennis at 7:00 PM. Weather will determine whether we use snow- player. She has been teaching Pickleball for one and a half shoes, microspikes, or hiking boots, and the location will be years. She teaches after school tennis to elementary aged announced a few days before each event. children (Groton, Dunstable and Littleton) and coaches girls tennis at Groton Dunstable Regional High School. PICKLEBALL POLISHER Classes: 3 Day/Time: Wednesdays | 10:30 AM–12:00 PM OPTION 1: February 5–26 | No class February 19 OPTION 2: April 1–15 Fee: $38 Prerequisite: Beginner pickleball class Do you know the rules—where to stand, how to score, etc. —but sometimes forget which server number you are? This course is for you. The class is designed for players who have already taken a beginner class. This class will help you hit the ball more effectively while helping you get to where you need to be for FACILITATOR: Paul Funch is Chairman of Groton Trails best court coverage. Time will be spent drilling and playing Committee; Vice Chairman of Montachusett Regional Trails games with player rotation. Coalition; Advisor to Stewardship Committee of Groton FACILITATOR: Sue Adams (see above.) Conservation Trust; and a Road, Trail, and Snowshoe Racer.

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BOARD MEMBERSHIP Friends of Prescott is a 501(c )(3) non-profit organization. The Prescott School Community Center Board has existed since 2014. The current membership is below. Please email [email protected] if you are interested in joining and helping to preserve Prescott for the community.

Mary Jennings, President Andy George, member Stephen Lane, member Carl Canner, Vice President Jeff Gordon, member Liz Pawlak, member Virginia Wood, Secretary Kathleen Harwood, member Lynn Spadone, member Bruce H. Eason, Treasurer Jeff Kubick, member Benjamin Woolfrey, member 13 Make PSCC Groton’s Premier Business and Co-work Space

HELP BRING SMALL BUSINESS CO-WORK SPACE TO GROTON

This comfortable, smartly-furnished office with Wifi Access is now available for business. Prescott needs a leader to transform this space into hourly and monthly shared office space. Contact: 978-877-6933 or: [email protected]

BILL KATTER Friends of Prescott gratefully remembers Bill Katter, volunteer extraordinaire and member of our Friends Board of Directors. Bill passed away unexpectedly in his home October 19, 2019 shortly after leaving the board to return from his brief, but busy, retirement. Bill and his wife Marty moved to Groton from Harvard, MA to be near his daughter and family. He left his name in the Prescott hallway “volunteer box” and soon could be found in his huge black truck lugging donated furniture, painting classrooms and installing light fixtures. He joined the Board in 2017. His legal background as in-house counsel to various national personnel firms proved invaluable to Friends as we grew. We think of him often and hold him as a model citizen and volunteer… one who provides expertise where needed with humor and humility. We miss you Bill.

WE NEED YOU! Become a Prescott Volunteer. Here are ways you can help: • MARKETING (get the word out) • PROGRAMMING (plan courses, develop catalog) • EVENTS (plan small & large community events) • DEVELOPMENT (help fundraise, write grants) • OPERATIONS (open & close building, PSCC Board Members provide technical support) Celebrating with Nick • OTHER DePasquale who volunteered his band, BootScam. If you have time and or skill to share, let us know by calling today at Nick has been PSCC’s photo 14978-877-6933, or [email protected] teacher for the past three years. PRESCOTT SCHOOL COMMUNITY CENTER— REGISTRATION FORM Save Time-Register Online: www.prescottscc.org CLASS PARTICIPANT INFORMATION Name: Primary Phone:

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Email: Subscribe to our email list EMERGENCY CONTACT INFORMATION must be provided below Name: Email: Phone: **** Classes may be cancelled due to low enrollment. Register early, at least 7 days in advance! **** CLASS REGISTRATION Class Name Class Date Class Fee

Non-Refundable Registration Fee $5.00 Optional tax-deductible donation to help preserve Prescott $ TOTAL $ MAKE CHECKS PAYABLE TO: Friends of Prescott, Inc. | Payment must be received with the Registration Form Find out more and register: prescottscc.org v08142019

GENERAL INFORMATION/POLICIES AND PROCEDURES INSTRUCTORS: Most are independent contractors or volunteers; curriculum is their responsibility and learning rests with the teacher/facilitator and students. REGISTRATION FEES: Registration fees allow us to maintain Groton’s historic building as well to offer diverse classes, educational workshops and special events. Your support of the Prescott School Community Center (PSCC) through registration is greatly appreciated! If a class is cancelled, your registration fee will be refunded. CLASS LOCATION: All classes to be held at the Prescott Center, 145 Main Street, unless otherwise noted in the class description. HOLIDAYS, CANCELLATIONS, MAKE UP CLASSES: Classes are not held on legal holidays except where noted. PSCC reserves the right to cancel any course with insufficient enrollment within 5 days prior to the first date of the class offering. In the event of a class cancellation or make-up class we notify participants using phone numbers or emails provided to us. To avoid cancellations, we urge registrations be completed 7 days before the start date of a class. REFUND POLICY: Registration Fee of $5.00 is non-refundable unless all courses on registration form are cancelled. There are no refunds on withdrawals once a class has begun. In the event your class is cancelled due to low enrollment you will receive a full refund. PSCC reserves the right to change the program location and/or programming staff if needed. Refunds will not be given if this occurs. SNOW DAYS: PSCC follows snow day cancellations/announcements, unless we notify you otherwise, of the Groton Dunstable Regional School District for DAY CLASSES. Evening classes may be held on GDRSD Snow Days. No delayed classes on GDRSD delayed openings. Check www.prescottscc.org for announcements. Make-ups for classes cancelled due to weather are coordinated by facilitator. CLASS WITHDRAWALS: No refunds will be made for withdrawals once a class has begun. SPECIAL NEEDS: Prescott School building is universally accessible. We are committed to serving the needs and interests of everyone in the community—adults, children, seniors and individuals with disabilities. If you need special accommodations, please email the office at [email protected] or call 978-877-6933.

LIABILITY WAIVER: Participation in the programs offered at Prescott School Community Center may involve risk of injury. As a participant, I am aware of these hazards and dangers and of my ability to participate. In consideration for participation in the programs at Prescott School Community Center, I hereby for myself, my heirs, executors and administrators waive and release the Friends of Prescott, Inc. and all of its employees, volunteers, officers, directors, con- tractors and other agents or representatives and their successors and assigns (“the Fully Released Parties”) from any and all actions, causes of action and claims on account of or in any way growing out of, directly, or indirectly, all known and unknown personal injuries, including but not limited to personal injury, property damage and death suffered by myself while participating in this activity. I further agree, on behalf of myself and my heirs, administrators and assigns to indem- nify, defend and hold harmless the Fully Released Parties in the event that any claim or cause of action of any type whatsoever is asserted against any one or more of the Fully Released Parties on account of or arising out of any harm, damage, injury or death resulting from any participation in the above-described program by myself, said indemnification to cover both the costs of defense and any sum of money that any Fully Released Party may be compelled to pay. By signing this form, I consent to the liability waiver and I give Prescott School Community Center permission to use photographs of the class participant by Friends of Prescott, Inc. in their social media content, promotional materials and publicity efforts. 15 Signature: ______Date: ______NON-PROFIT ORG. U.S. POSTAGE PAID GROTON, MA PERMIT NO. 8 PO BOX 1213 GROTON, MA 01450 POSTAL PATRON GROTON, MA

GROTON VISITOR CENTER The first-ever Groton Visitor Center will open in the main lobby in mid-January 2020. We sincerely appreciate the generous support from Business Associations to create the Groton Visitor Center Map that showcases our Town. Groton Level $2000 and Above Prescott Level $1500 Deluxe Business Operations* Body Mind Spirit Salon & Day Spa Platt Builders Inc. Moison Ace Hardware Boutwell Level $1000 The Groton Inn and Forge & Vine EXIT Assurance Realty Workers Credit Union Main Street Bank Tarbell Level $500 Autumn Hill Orchards Lavender Blackbird Cafe MRM Realty Blood Farm Nashoba Breen Dentistry Paddler LLC Carvers’ Guild RiverCourt Edward Jones Residences Investment Rollstone Bank FACETSetc & Trust Gibbet Hill Grill Salt and Light Groton Market Café Boutique Groton Publick House Slavin in the Johnson’s Restaurant Kitchen Catering *Special Thanks to & Dairy Bar & Event Planning Deluxe Business Operation for printing the map

Friends of Prescott, a 501 (c) 3 non-profit organization, was formed by a group of concerned citizens to preserve Prescott School as a community asset for community use. Our goal is to have a centrally located gathering place that:

• Keeps the building as a • Provides space for non-profit • Creates educational historic town asset and for-profit organizations programming

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