Remembering Suzy Norris: Blowing Dandelion Seeds into the Wind

Longtime educator passed away on January 2, 2024

By Scott Allenby
Remembering Suzy Norris: Blowing Dandelion Seeds into the Wind

In a 2016 interview with Suzy, Tim, Kit, and Chris Norris about their collective 140+ years of teaching at Proctor, Suzy shared her perspective on being a lifelong educator, “Teaching kids is like blowing dandelion seeds into the wind. You never know what is going to happen, where your words will land, or what direction […]

Play Based Learning

Day to day activity

By Stephanie D’Amour

Happy New Year from EAVP! As we embrace the winter months ahead, we wanted to take this opportunity to let you in on our day to day. As teachers, we often get the question, “what do you do all day?” My favorite answer is always PLAY! We believe that play is the best way to […]

Proctor Rekindles Liaison Committee with Andover

The Academy and town are linked together

By Scott Allenby

Since its inception in 1848, Proctor Academy and the Town of Andover have been inextricably linked together. Over the past few decades, a liaison committee between the school leaders and town officials has helped share information, collaborate, and troubleshoot issues that arise between the two entities in town. After a hiatus during COVID-19, the Committee […]

Winter Athletic Schedules at Proctor Academy

Games are open to public at no charge

By Scott Allenby
Winter Athletic Schedules at Proctor Academy

Academy’s winter athletic season is underway! All home games are open to the public for no charge. Check out a list of December and January varsity home games below: Varsity Boys Basketball: 12/6 vs Kimball Union Academy 5:00 PM 1/6 vs Phillips Exeter Academy 4:00 PM 1/12 vs CATS Academy 5:00 PM 1/13 vs Hyde […]

AE/MS Earns High Marks in National Report

Andover ranked #47 out of 270 Middle Schools

By Kasey Schoch

Each year, US News and World Report releases its list of best schools in each state. The reports are broken up by age groupings (preschool, elementary, middle school, and high school), and schools are judged on a number of factors including state test scores. The report was released in November, and the middle school staff […]

AE/MS Student Writes: Elementary Spotlight on Fifth Grade

Mrs. Kazemi brings lots of experiences to AE/MS

Laili Kazemi is the proud fifth grade teacher of our wonderful school, AE/MS. Mrs. Kazemi has had a lot of experience with teaching. Before teaching at AE/MS, she taught at St. Benedict Academy, Kearsarge Regional Middle School, Compass Classical Academy, and Maple Street School. In all, she has been teaching for 12 years and counting! […]