http://www.andovertownsman.com en-us Copyright CNHI All Rights Reserved. 5 Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174439.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174439.html To whittle down the state budget, Gov. Deval Patrick, made cuts this week that hit Andover. Money pledged for the aging Bancroft Elementary School was cut from $200,000 to $150,000, and a $150,000 budget appropriation for Andover Youth Services was cut entirely. Thu, 24 Jul 2008 05:20:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174410.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174410.html Caryn R. Espy of Andover, a supply chain and retail management major in the Martin J. Whitman School of Management at Syracuse University, has been named a 2008-09 Remembrance Scholar. The scholarships, among the most prestigious awarded by the university, were founded as a tribute to and mdash; and means of remembrance for and mdash; the 270 people who were killed in the Dec. 21, 1988, bombing of Pan Am Flight 103, 20 years ago this year. Thirty-five students studying through SU's Division of International Programs Abroad died as they were returning from a semester of study in London and Florence, Italy. Wed, 23 Jul 2008 17:43:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174317.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_205174317.html Online shopping is possibly my biggest vice. I find myself on my laptop for hours going from store to store, lost in the endless maze. During one of my recent online shopping excursions I happened upon the New York Times best-seller list. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_198151504.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_198151504.html A number of Andover middle-schoolers should have no trouble tracking down frisbees this summer. More than 10 percent of Doherty Middle School students earned the highest possible status in the Presidential Fitness Testing for 2007-08, according to physical education teachers Phil Capodilupo and Katie Rurak. Thu, 17 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_198154425.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_198154425.html Two West Middle School students have earned top honors in a statewide contest encouraging students to learn about the latest medical research. Bridget Morris and Max Li, who will enter eighth grade this fall, were honored last month by the Massachusetts Society for Medical Research for poster presentations outlining ongoing advances in medical research. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160839.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160839.html Maryellen Iannibelli will help lead Doherty Middle School next fall as its new assistant principal. She arrives in Andover for Wilmington Middle School, a school with 400 or more students than Doherty, where she has served as assistant principal since 2002. The Stoneham resident also has taught at both the middle school and high school levels. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:29:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191172042.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191172042.html The Andover Coalition for Education, a nonprofit group, has announced that primary focus next school year will be to help pay for a new Andover High School foreign language lab. The group believes an upgrade to Web-based software will enable the town's more than 1,400 language students to develop strong skills. In addition to the lab, ACE will contribute a small percentage to the third year salary for the school grants coordinator, and, "continue its overall support of other innovative K-12 programs." Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:28:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160808.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160808.html Two teams represented Andover in the Global Finals competition of Destination Imagination at the end of this school year. At global finals, a team of five Andover middle-schoolers placed in the top third of their division, and another team of four Andover High School students placed 14th out of 58 teams from around the country competing at their level. Thu, 10 Jul 2008 05:26:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160926.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_191160926.html The Fourth of July is a time when all Americans gather to commemorate the Declaration of Independence on July 4, 1776. And unlike the holidays of Christmas, Hanukkah and Easter, the Fourth of July is a purely American tradition. For Independence Day celebrates not only the creation of the United States, but also American history and culture. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170408.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170408.html Alexandra Hsu checks the daily bulletin at Andover High School once in a while. One particular time she saw two award contests that grabbed her interest. She entered both, but did not think she would win. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:32:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170334.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170334.html "Stories are light," Gregory the jailor tells Despereaux, a misfit, daring and heroic mouse. In fact, "The Tale of Despereaux: Being the Story of a Mouse, a Princess, Some Soup, and a Spool of Thread" by Kate DiCamillo, is a story of light. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170203.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170203.html Members of the St. Augustine School Class of 2008 received their diplomas recently during the school's 90th commencement. Valedictorian Jeremy Fague of Andover delivered a speech on responsibility and taking an active role in changing the world. Salutatorian Julia Quinn, also of Andover, reflected on fond school memories and wished her classmates much luck in their future endeavors. Thu, 03 Jul 2008 05:25:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170300.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_184170300.html The Rotary Club of Andover has awarded scholarships to three Andover High School students. Each was selected for his or her academic and volunteer achievements. They were: r John Baroni, who received the Barbara Duran Scholarship Award. It is given annually to a person who personifies the dedication to community service that Duran, a bank vice president involved in philanthropic works, was committed to providing. Baroni's volunteerism included a trip he made with Andover Youth Services to New Orleans to work on the hurricane recovery effort. He will attend Massachusetts Bay Community College. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:35:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_177165829.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_177165829.html From chicks and a chinchilla to frogs and fish, every full-day kindergarten class got up close with a collection of animals at Andover High School before the school year ended. Between June 2 and 17, kindergartners were invited into high school science teacher Laura Hajdukiewicz's zoology classroom to learn more about the creatures, which are kept in tanks and cages in an area shared with the school's marine biology instructor. Thu, 26 Jun 2008 05:30:00 +0000 http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_177165538.html http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/local_story_177165538.html West Middle School spent a week this month going green, culminating in a group of teachers and administrators trading their automobiles for bicycles during their commute to work. Spearheaded by five eighth-grade girls, the first Green Week at West Middle School was a success, according to Assistant Principal Deborah Downs.