Talents and volunteers needed
As already announced this year’s S.H.A.R.E Day (See How the Arts Reaches Everyone) will take place on Friday, May 12. This special day, which is celebrated at the Andover Elementary Middle School since 1989, brings artists, craftspeople, and musicians from Andover and surrounding communities into the classrooms to offer workshops to the students at the […]
A way for kids to experiment and explore
As a brief overview, I would like to start with trying to define a Makerspace. A Makerspace generally means that it is a place where students meet, collaborate, or work on their own, to make things. Makerspaces might focus on electronics, programming, sewing, fly tying, 3D printing, robotics, knitting, paper circuits, marble runs, cardboard […]
The AE/MS basketball teams completed their 2016-2017 season with a great deal of excitement and fun. The girls’ team was coached by Mr. Levi Southworth. Mr. Southworth was new to the Andover coaching staff this year. The practices consisted of developing great team play for game day. Coach Southworth feels each member on the […]
The next step is to qualify for the state level
The Geography Bee is held in more than 11,000 schools across the country, inspiring students to be curious about the world. The question content is designed to increase the students’ knowledge of the world through competition and fun. The competition began in the classrooms with every student in grades five through eight competing for a […]
Each third-grade student received their own dictionary, courtesy of the Blackwater Grange. The dictionaries are personally delivered every year by Bernice Nowell. Third graders are very appreciative! The Dictionary Project happens not only in Andover. Dictionaries are given to third grade students in all fifty states, the District of Columbia, Puerto Rico, several Canadian provinces, […]
Learning skills highly used in everyday life
The Monster Exchange Project is a lesson that teaches students the importance of paying attention to detail, following and writing clear directions, all the while integrating art and technology skills. Ms. Courtney Minnehan, art teacher, and Mr. Andrew Tyler, technology teacher, worked with the 7th grade on different parts of the project. The first […]