This year, several students from Andover Elementary Middle School will be the Eagle Eyes of the Andover Beacon. Students will be gathering photos and writing captions for events and activities that are going on at AE/MS.  They will also be writing articles about student activities and accomplishments.

This idea came to fruition when remembering my time in middle school.  We had a school paper full of pictures, stories, superlatives, and advertisements. When I look back on it today, I think of that time as full of community involvement and friendship with the other student reporters. I want to bring that experience to the students and AE/MS, and there were a good number of students that expressed an interest in being involved. Since our school isn’t large enough for a full-sized school newspaper, I decided to join the interested students with The Andover Beacon and create their own section in the town paper.

Students will be able to join the Eagle Eyes at any point in the year so that it will work around their extra-curricular activities. While it is a small group now, hopefully it will grow to a larger club in years to come. Keep an eye out for pictures and stories written by local students each month.