AE/MS News for February 2013

By Jane Slayton, AE/MS Principal
AE/MS News for February 2013

I love our school! Where else can you start the morning at the Healthy Heart Restaurant run by second graders, then enjoy a Chinese New Year Dragon parade featuring fourth grade students with their elaborate, handmade, festive dragons accompanied by our talented band and teachers in ornamental garb, then enjoy an incredible Asian buffet in […]

AE/MS Drama Club Raises Money for “Alice in Wonderland”

AE/MS Drama Club Raises Money for “Alice in Wonderland”

The Andover Players, the AE/MS drama club, spent a Saturday running a bake sale at the AE/MS Basketball Tournament to make money for supplies and props for their upcoming play, Alice in Wonderland. The Andover Players are appreciative of all those who donated baked goods and time for the bake sale. Pictured are: (front) Ryelle […]

AE/MS Celebrates Helen Keller With Cupcakes

AE/MS Celebrates Helen Keller With Cupcakes

The third grade students at AE/MS have been reading a biography on Helen Keller and discussing her life. Activities have included written responses such as creating journals that record events from her perspective, experiencing what it feels like to be blind or deaf, and studying Braille. One group frosted cupcakes and then decorated them with […]

AE/MS Drama Club to Present “Alice in Wonderland”

Looking for help from the community

Press release
AE/MS Drama Club to Present “Alice in Wonderland”

The Andover Players, members of the Andover Elementary/Middle School Drama Club, will perform Alice in Wonderland at the school on Thursday and Friday, March 28 and 29, and the involvement of the greater community is anticipated. Led by English teachers Sarah Edmunds and Molly Kidane, students in grades five through eight have been preparing since […]

AE/MS News, January 2013

By Jane Slayton, AE/MS Principal

We love January and February. We return from Christmas vacation and enjoy the long, uninterrupted (mostly) stretch of academically productive weeks leading up to February vacation. We have an ideal situation at AE/MS. Our students work hard all week and then thoroughly enjoy winter recreation options on Friday afternoons. We are fortunate that our community […]

AE/MS Students Launch Air-Powered Rockets

Next up: the outer planets and beyond

By Ryan Murphy, AE/MS Science Teacher
AE/MS Students Launch Air-Powered Rockets

Middle school students took advantage of relatively mild January temperatures to launch their homemade rockets. The rockets were constructed at home using recycled soda bottles as the fuel tank. Cardboard, paint, duct tape, and other materials were used to create the fins and the nosecone, which held some type of payload. Students were instructed to […]

AE/MS Basketball Shows Heart Against Tough Opponents

Lady Eagles’ teamwork beats Plainfield Tigers

By Jim Tucker, AE/MS Athletic Department

The basketball season is well underway at AE/MS. The boys and girls teams have begun the season with a lot of excitement and enjoyment in the games so far. Along with hustle and heart, the teams have taken the court with Eagle pride. The teams have played a few games to start the season, including […]

AE/MS 2013 First Trimester Honor Roll

5th Grade Honors Hannah Asbury Hannah Babbitt Madisyn Brayshaw Clay Farley Will Furtkamp Hunter Hawks Ryelle Jenifer Riley Keezer Chase Keyser Vienna Marcus Garrett Munson Dillan Reed Brianna Tilton 6th Grade High Honors Lexi Emeny Britta Johnson 6th Grade Honors Matt Bent Alexis Cate Ezra Jenifer Aidan Kellogg Nelson Makechnie Jack Newton Samantha Parkman DJ […]