Carl Russo
Carl Russo
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Andover's annual adult spelling bee was held Friday night, March 28, at the Wood Hill Middle School in support of the Andover Fund for Education, which gives money to teachers for innovative programs.
The team from Bancroft Elementary School successfully defended their title, winning in back-to-back years.
Sanborn Elementary School won the "Spirit Award," is given to the team for having the best costumes and loudest fans.
Jim Kazmer places a line-up of cars from Cub Scout Pack 77 at the starting line of the Pinewood Derby at the United Methodist Church Saturday.
Dozens of young Scouts spent an afternoon at the track on Saturday — enjoying the Pinewood Derby where they race wooden cars they created themselves.
Three Cub Scout packs from Andover were among those competing on Feb. 4. Scouts from Packs 73, 76 and 77 had cars racing from 8 a.m.to 5 p.m. on a track inside the United Methodist Church in North Andover, across from Rocky's Ace Hardware.
First grade was my critical year. I'd been deaf the year before, and my communication skills were slowed.
I'm not sure what caused the deafness, but it was probably perforated eardrums resulting from a series of ear infections that were aggravated by adenoiditis. My adenoids and tonsils were removed at age 4 and removed again when they both grew back a year later. I remember excruciating earaches, febrile hallucinations, and the eternal need to throw up. Antibiotics were beginning to be used on the civilian population following World War II, although I don't remember receiving any, but upper respiratory infections are often virus-based, against which antibiotics are useless. To treat symptoms, I received paregoric, an ancient opium-based medicine, but I soon associated its smell with throwing up and so that's what I did with it.
From left, Christina Li , Jenny Yu and Kate Ma, all third-graders at South Elementary School, show their art work from the AppleSeed magazine. Christina's work, titled, Squirrel's Dream, is on the back cover in color. Jenny and Kate's art work is on the bottom right of their pages.
Young Andover students featured in the 16th issue of AppleSeed have been enjoying attention for their written and artistic works.
The literary magazine created by the Greater Lawrence Educational Collaborative features the stories, poems and drawings of Greater Lawrence area students in grades 3 through 5.
They can be a fourth-grader's nightmare. State-mandated MCAS tests are taken for the first time by fourth-graders each spring, and topics covered by the test can fill some students with dread.
But wait. High Plain Elementary School is hosting a popular local children's author on Monday night who mixes comedy with metaphors and silly musical fun with poetry. The idea is to have kids laughing with literacy instead of freezing up when MCAS subjects are discussed.
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