EAVP Spaghetti Fundraiser Features a Huge Raffle

Saturday, November 16 at AE/MS

By Elizabeth Janvrin, EAVP
EAVP Spaghetti Fundraiser Features a Huge Raffle

Recently, you may have seen East Andover Village Preschool walking around the community. One day, we joined Firefighter Tim Eltzroth and Firefighter Jake Johnson at the East Andover Fire Station to learn all about Fire Safety Week. We saw and tested out some of the tools that keep our firefighters safe and explored the “Big […]

Imagination Inn Collecting Food for Andover’s Food Pantry

By Doreen Perreault, Imagination Inn
Imagination Inn Collecting Food for Andover’s Food Pantry

October was a spook-tacular month filled with spiders, slimy science creations, and a few ghosts and goblins. This year’s Halloween Family Night was a great success. Our little princesses, pirates, Power Rangers, skeletons, and fairies wandered our haunted halls. The spooky walk led them throughout all our classrooms where they “bowled” the ghostly pins, reached […]

Two Fundraisers This Month for AASP

A chili cook-off on November 9

By Diane Adams, AASP
Two Fundraisers This Month for AASP

Happy Thanksgiving, everyone! It’s hard to believe we are already into November. October at the Andover After School Program (AASP) was filled with autumn and Halloween fun. We hunted for leaves and searched for acorns. We counted the acorns and had a friendly competition. The buckets were placed outside where we could observe the squirrels […]

EAVP Plans its Harvest Bake and Pumpkin Sale

October 19 and 20 at Jake's Market

By Elizabeth Janvrin, EAVP Director and Lead Teacher
EAVP Plans its Harvest Bake and Pumpkin Sale

We have welcomed a new group of students and welcomed back many others at East Andover Village Preschool (EAVP) for our 2013-2014 school year. Over the past few weeks, we have gotten to know our new environment, new friends, and, for some, our new teachers. Our activities have allowed us to explore the literacy concepts […]

AASP Welcomes Changes for the New School Year

Kenice Barton and Brianna Keniston join the staff

By Diane Adams, AASP

Happy Fall, everyone! We have had a great beginning of a new year. I’d like to welcome Kenice Barton and Brianna Keniston to our program. They are both enthusiastic and excited to join our team. I would like to take a moment to thank everyone who helped me out this summer to change things around. […]

Imagination Inn: August 2013

New friends welcomed for the fall

By Doreen Perreault, Imagination Inn
Imagination Inn: August 2013

As I write this article, visions of fall leaves and apple picking are far from my mind. The windows are open and a warm breeze is blowing through. It’s 80 degrees out, and the scent of sunscreen fills the classroom. Outside my “office” window, the sun is shining and the sound of laughter fills the […]

Imagination Inn, July 2013

Santa Claus in July?

By Doreen Perreault, Imagination Inn
Imagination Inn, July 2013

It’s been a busy summer here at Imagination Inn. Whether we are dancing in the raindrops, jumping puddles, running through the sprinklers, or splashing in the water, it’s always a sunny day here at the Inn. We enjoyed celebrating Independence Day and decorating stars and stripes. Our classrooms were red, white, and blue along with […]

Andover Boy Scouts Earn Shooting Badges

Camping out and Wilderness Survival badge, too

By Doug Bent, Assistant Scoutmaster
Andover Boy Scouts Earn Shooting Badges

As the end of school nears, the Boy Scouts also begin to gear down. However, the Boy Scouts still keep busy. We would like to thank everyone who participated in the Firecracker 5K footrace on the Fourth of July and who bought kettle corn – both are fundraisers for the Boy Scouts. The past spring […]

East Andover Village Preschool, July 2013

First prize in the Fourth of July parade!

By Alicia Colby, EAVP teacher
East Andover Village Preschool, July 2013

Did you know that our Big Bad Wolf was the one and only Joanne Jones? With her assistance and the teamwork of our families, East Andover Village Preschool (EAVP) won first place for our float in Andover’s annual Fourth of July parade. Thank you, Jill Jones Grotnes for your creativity and leadership as we prepared […]

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