[The following is quoted directly from an announcement signed by Richard B. Commons, Headmaster of the Groton School, and received here in September 2003.]

Groton School, a coeducational boarding school of 356 students in grades 8 to 12, is offering for the twenty-seventh year a Teacher-Intern Program for recent college graduates interested in working under supervision to develop the varied skills required of secondary boarding school teachers. The program offers as wide an exposure as possible to all aspects of a secondary boarding school.

The intern's responsibilities will include supervised teaching under the guidance of an experienced member of the department, observation of other classes, and teaching or assisting in at least one other class. The fields open to interns are English, Mathematics, History, Classics, French, German, Spanish, Biology, Physics, Chemistry, Religion, and the Arts (not Art History). Interns also help coach athletics during at least two but preferably three seasons, assist in dormitory supervision one evening per week and every fourth Saturday evening or as needed, and participate in other areas of school life commensurate with their interests and talents.

Teacher-intern appointments are for one year and carry a salary of $20,600 plus living quarters, meals in the School Dining Hall, and full utilities except for telephone. Medical insurance is offered, with interns paying 25% of the premium for whichever plan is chosen.

College seniors and recent graduates interested in applying for a Groton School teaching internship should write to Groton School, Teacher-Intern Program, Farmers Row, P.O. Box 991, Groton, Massachusettts 01450-0991, before January 1, 2004. Applicants should enclose a cover letter; a résumé indicating previous employment, education, interests, and athletic experience; their college transcript; and three letters of recommendation. Candidates whom we wish to interview at Groton will be so informed by early February.