Kindergarten Class Learns about Community Helpers
Kindergarteners are learning about Community Helpers. Lesley Clark and Tugboat taught us about what veterinarians do and how to give a dog a check-up. The class also walked over to see Michaela Hoover at the Andover Town Library. We learned about what a librarian does, listened to a story, and took a tour […]
AE/MS Music Program Makes A Comeback with Band and Chorus
Second-place award won for Trills and Thrills
Music programs can help kids learn to collaborate, gain self-esteem, make quality work, and have determination. Mikayla Colburn is the Andover Elementary/Middle School music teacher for all grades K–8. She also runs Chorus and Band programs that let kids experience all the different ways to use music, from singing to playing instruments. She wants her […]
Environmental Camp Continues to be an Opportunity at AE/MS
Eighth grade students attended "Nature's Classroom"
Once again, the Eighth Grade class at AE/MS was given an opportunity to attend Nature’s Classroom in Massachusetts. From September 18-22, students experienced a fully immersive and highly engaging environmental education program (coupled with a strong team-building and character development component) that makes Nature’s Classroom a very meaningful and powerful experience for students. Last year […]
The Awesomeness of Teenagers
To work with them is to know them
Most people who don’t work with teenagers have a preconceived notion of who they are and what they are. In other words, they don’t really know them. At Proctor, we celebrate the awesomeness of teenagers every day and in every way. In fact, in the most mundane and ordinary of places — at the airport, […]
Proctor Sends Five Students for Study Abroad
Destinations include European Art, Spain, and Ocean Classrooms
Each trimester, more than 30 Proctor students take part in the school’s off-campus programs around the globe. This fall, Andover’s Norah Carlson ‘24 (European Art Classroom), Jason Koziol ‘24 (Proctor en Segovia, Spain), Paige Makechnie ‘25 (Ocean Classroom), Liam Murphy ‘25 (Ocean Classroom), and Addie Pine ‘25 (European Art Classroom) are all thriving abroad. Here’s […]
Proctor Academy Athletics Schedule — November
Proctor Academy’s athletic department is excited to host a full schedule of fall athletic contests in November. An updated schedule for all teams can be found on Proctor’s athletic website (www.proctoracademy.org/athletics). Scheduled home varsity games for the month of November are listed below. All games are open to the public free of charge. Varsity Football […]
Proctor Teachers Engage in Professional Development
Allison Posey held workshops for faculty
Whether we have taught for one year or 30 years, there is a newness that accompanies cool August nights. We enter our first meetings and professional development training with anticipation of the yet-to-be-written prose of the school year, wondering how we, and our students, will contribute to the narrative that unfolds over the next10 months. […]
Proctor Varsity Home Athletic Schedule — October
Proctor Academy’s athletic department is excited to host a full schedule of fall athletic contests in October. An updated schedule for all teams can be found on Proctor’s athletic website (www.proctoracademy.org/athletics). Scheduled home varsity games for the month of October are listed below. All games are open to the public free of charge. Cross Country […]
Proctor’s Ocean Classroom Celebrates 30 Years
Program launched by former faculty David Pilla
In the fall of 1994, former faculty member David Pilla launched a trimester-at-sea program at Proctor called Ocean Classroom. His bold vision set the course for an evolution in Proctor’s off-campus program offerings that has since changed the lives of more than 400 Proctor alumni. The goal of the program was, and is, simple: expose […]