Save the date, tell everyone, and please participate
On Friday, June 12, there will be a vehicle parade honoring five beloved professionals who are retiring from Andover Elementary/Middle School at the end of this term. All vehicles will assemble at Proctor Academy’s dining hall (Field House/Hockey rink) parking lot between 5:30 and 5:55 PM. We encourage you to decorate your vehicle; honking horns […]
The rooms were like a time capsule; nothing was changed
While I knew it was coming, the e-mail hit me right in the heart. Teachers were given assigned days on a calendar to return to their classrooms and clean out for the end of the year. It happens every year. Teachers pack things safely away until fall, take down their bulletin boards to make room […]
The best thing is the ability to control the pace of learning
Recently, due to COVID-19, students at AE/MS have started an online learning system. When the epidemic reached the point where we were sent home, I felt nervous and excited to be doing the work at home. I was mainly excited because of the idea of being able to work at my own pace, but I […]
AE/MS ELA teacher misses the face-to-face interactions
On Friday, March 13, as we were informing our students that there would be no school on Monday so that teachers could plan for “just in case,” I truly believed I would see all of my students back in class on Tuesday, the 17th of March. That belief quickly vanished (and my stomach dropped) when […]
Elizabeth Henderson will be graduating with the class of 2020
Time is something we should never take for granted. We never realize it but time is moving fast and the years are piling onto us. We don’t think about these things, but what if we did? It’s crazy isn’t it? To think in five to seven years you and your friends will be having their […]