ANDOVER ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL www.aemseagles.org March 26, 2014 Dear AEMS Family, The show I have been waiting for all year is finally here! Opening night for HONK is Thursday night at 6:30. HONK will also be performed on Friday night at 6:30. I am so impressed with the amount of time and work the […]
Paper plates build pi one digit at a time
Pi Day is celebrated on March 14th (3-14) around the world. Pi (Greek letter “π”) is the symbol used in mathematics to represent a constant — the ratio of the circumference of a circle to its diameter — which is approximately 3.14159. Most textbooks however only use 3.14 or 22/7 to calculate the circumference and […]
First graders try to catch 'em every year.
King Arthur Flour shows them how
During the second weekend of March you could smell bread baking throughout Andover. Students in grades four through seven baked bread and returned to school with fresh, homemade bread after the weekend. Most of the bread loaves were delivered to the Bread and Roses Soup Kitchen in Franklin, where it was part of the supper, […]
It took 14 rounds to pick the winner
On March 7, 33 AE/MS students in grades four through eight participated in the school spelling bee. This year’s bee was full of challenging words such as omniscient and cajolery. Our AE/MS 2014 Spelling Bee Champion is seventh grader Lexi Emeny. Her winning championship round word was pharmacy. This year’s runner up was another seventh […]
Fourth graders welcomed into school band
Excitement abounds in the AE/MS Music Department! March is Music in Our Schools month, and in celebration of that fact we are rolling out two major portions of our new music curriculum. You may have already heard the melodious squeak of a recorder from a neighbor nearby as our third graders have begun learning the […]
Family Night on April 10
Come celebrate reading! The Andover Elementary/Middle School Spring Book Fair will be held on Monday, April 7 through Friday, April 11. The book fair is a wonderful way to help children get excited about reading by giving them the opportunity to choose reading materials they are interested in that they can use to create or […]
ANDOVER ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL www.aemseagles.org March 13, 2014 Dear AEMS Family, Congratulations Lexi Emeny and Jack Newton! Lexi is our 2013-14 AEMS Spelling Champion and Jack is our runner-up. Many grueling rounds of spelling was endured before we had a winner. All students in grades 4-8 who participated should be proud of their effort. […]
ANDOVER ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL www.aemseagles.org March 6, 2014 Dear AEMS Family, We’re back….! I hope everyone had a great vacation! Students in grades 4 – 8 will learn bread baking skills in an assembly this afternoon. A representative from King Arthur Flour will also supply the students with the flour and tools needed to […]
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The second grade classes opened their always-popular Healthy Heart Restaurant before vacation. Third graders and staff members were very happy customers. All diners reported their hearts felt healthy and happy after eating the nutritious breakfast. Second graders learned organization skills, math skills, and how to serve the public. There was an extraordinary display of healthy […]