ANDOVER ELEMENTARY MIDDLE SCHOOL
April 7, 2016
Dear AEMS Family,
Thank you for your support and cooperation with our evacuation on Wednesday. All students were safe at all times. Please know that the safety of our students is our primary concern. Teachers and staff members stayed with their classes until students were picked up by parents or care providers or departed on the school buses. A threatening message was found in a school bathroom. We exercised all safety precautions and immediately evacuated the building. Emergency personnel responded quickly and fully inspected our building. After a comprehensive search of the building it was determined the threat was a hoax and our building was safe. An investigation is in process.
I know the emergency notification email/phone call/text you received yesterday regarding the evacuation was scary for many to receive. Please know that we will always keep your children safe and we will always keep you alerted of events. Please do us a favor and take the time to update your contact information, if needed, so that we are reaching you in the quickest and most efficient way possible. Receiving a text message is now an option. If you are interested in adding the text option you can activate it by simply texting the word “Alert” to 22300. This is not an automatic feature generated by the school because some calling plans are charged for incoming texts.
Join the AEMS team for the 14th Annual Merrimack County Savings Bank Rock ‘N Race on May 19th at 6:00 PM. Your participation in the 2016 Merrimack County Savings Bank Rock ‘N Race insures that cancer patients receive the highest quality medical care and treatment options they need close to home at the Concord Hospital Payson Center for Cancer Care. Registration information can be found at rocknrace.org. The registration deadline to receive an AEMS team t-shirt is April 15th. We look forward to seeing you at the starting line on May 19th!
Students have done a terrific job reciting their poetry this week. The classroom judging will be completed today. Finalists will be notified on Friday. Finalists will then recite their poems on Thursday, April 14th at Poetry Night.
Smarter Balanced Assessment continues being administered. Grades 3, 4, and 5 have completed testing. Grades 6, 7, and 8 will complete testing before April vacation.
The K-5 Concert is coming up on April 21st! Plan for an enjoyable evening!
If you have any questions or concerns please call me or stop in.
Sincerely,
Principal Jane Slayton