Second Graders Release Monarch Butterflies for Journey to Mexico
Second Grade Goes on Insect Hunt, Finds Lots of Wildlife
New Proctor Students Complete 52nd Wilderness Orientation
Opportunity to learn about independence
From the earliest moments of parenthood, we learn that life will be filled with contradictions of independence. We simultaneously want our children to stay little forever, and we want them to see the world. Competing emotions weave themselves together into an irreplicable sort of love that helps us find a place like Proctor where our […]
Proctor Faculty Experiences Learning Differences Through Simulations
Faculty gained new perspectives and empathy
When we peel back the layers of Proctor’s educational model – the programs, buildings, and people who make up our community – we find a shared understanding that, at its core, our work is to create, sustain, and teach young people how to live in a meaningful relationship with others. Recently, two days of faculty […]
Here Comes the Sun: Proctor Continues to Invest in Solar
12 solar arrays will produce over 800 megawatts yearly
In the spring of 2012, Josh Norris and Alan McIntyre’s Project Period challenged students to calculate the potential solar production possible on rooftops around campus. The assignment eventually morphed into a larger scale project for a handful of students that would lay the groundwork for Proctor’s first solar array installed on the Wilkins Meeting House […]
September Sees Start of School Year and Getting Acquainted
Mum fundraiser was very successful. 378 sold!
The first month of school has flown by already, and what a busy month it has been. The first few weeks of school are all about getting to know each other and the daily routine. The children have enjoyed coming together at circle time where we might sing a name song, have a question of […]
Proctor Academy Welcomes New Faculty and Staff
Scott Allenby
As Proctor prepares to welcome new and returning students to campus for the start of the academic year, our community also welcomes new faculty and staff to Andover. This group of educators has been working hard to get to know Proctor over the past few weeks. Please welcome these new faculty and staff members to […]
A New Year Brings New Opportunities at AE/MS
Return of traditional events; new teachers
There is a lot to be excited about at the start of a typical school year. Many of us remember our first day of school as being full of nervous excitement. It was a clean slate; a fresh start. This year at AE/MS promises to be all that and more. With the worst of COVID […]
Resourceful Staff Uses Skills to Update AE/MS Entrance Sign
School's 3D software and machines put into use
You may have noticed something new at the corner of Main Street and School Street in Andover. The AE/MS sign has been updated, thanks to the skills and resources of three members of the AE/MS staff. The bright new sign is the handiwork of AE/MS art teacher Courtney Minnehan, technology teacher Alex Bramley, and property […]