On October 16, Proctor welcomed guest speaker Michael Kimmel to campus to address the community. In an on-going effort to educate students and faculty on the challenges of adolescent relationships in today’s society, Kimmel’s expertise as one of the preeminent voices in engaging men to support gender equality around the world was much appreciated. Kimmel […]
Substitute last year, paraprofessional this year
I have lived in Andover my whole life and graduated from AE/MS in 2007. After graduating from MVHS in 2011, I studied elementary education at Emmanuel College in Boston, Massachusetts. Upon graduating with a BA in December 2014, I returned to Andover and became a substitute teacher at AE/MS. I now work there full time […]
Three Andover students are aboard
While aboard Proctor Academy’s Ocean Classroom program, students have limited contact with family and friends on the mainland. A few letters home and one phone call from Cumberland Island, Georgia are a drastic change from the normal day-to-day conversations students and parents have become accustomed to. Student journals are a powerful window into the […]
Hit its stride by mid-season
The seventh and eighth grade Andover Eagles co-ed soccer team finished a winning season on October 21 with a big win over Franklin, a team that had previously beaten us twice. Our first match-up against Franklin Middle School was early in September, on a frigid Saturday morning during an AE/MS-hosted jamboree on Carr Field at Proctor […]
Post #101 donates Remembrance Caps
Students, in grades 6-8, at AE/MS participated in the annual Day of Remembrance. In all Social Studies classes, the students discussed the importance of remembering 9/11 and December 7, 1941 the attack on Pearl Harbor. The students developed an understanding of the events of 9/11 and compared them to the attack on Pearl Harbor. […]
Help collect Box Tops for Education for the playground
AE/MS is already at the halfway point of the first trimester. Progress Reports have been sent home and parent/teacher conferences are underway. AE/MS students are very busy! Students play soccer, run cross country, play football, and play field hockey. This fall they have visited the Andover Fire Station, the New Hampshire Statehouse, Highland Lake Apple […]
They vote "No!" on year-round school
On September 28, 2015, twenty-eight fourth grade students from Andover Elementary School visited the New Hampshire State House. After a brief stop in the visitor’s center, where they met Andover’s Representative, Mario Ratzki, they made their way to Representatives Hall, where the Representatives meet and vote. Our tour guide, Debbie, described how they receive, […]