School Calendar for 2014-2015

On April 3rd the School Committee approved the school calendar for 2014-2015. Please note that professional development will take place regularly with one-hour early releases on Wednesdays throughout the school year. Professional development half days as we have done in the past have been eliminated from the calendar. The goal of this new model is to increase frequency and timeliness of teacher collaboration and assessment of student work to improve learning.

On student early release days, each level will work with staff and participate in horizontal and vertical curriculum articulation meetings, program and activity planning, team data meetings, curriculum development and assessment, and the creation and sharing of lessons to meet the needs of all students.

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District Performance Report

The North Andover Public Schools’ District Performance Report provides the community with an annual summary of the work accomplished by the students and staff in our schools.   Please use the following link to view the 2012 Performance Report.

All State Music Festival

On March 22 three North Andover High School students, Terry Hearst, Jesse Colford and Emilier Gil, performed in concert on the stage of Symphony Hall in Boston as part of the All-State Music Festival.  Read the full story at North Andover Wicked Local.

Kindergarten

North Andover Public Schools will be implementing free full-day kindergarten for all students beginning in the 2014-2015 school year.  For more information about this change, please click on this link:  http://www.northandoverpublicschools.com/kindergarten/index.cfm

North Andover Special Olympics Track and Field School Day Games

The 13th Annual North Andover Special Olympics Track and Field School Day Games will be held on Wednesday, May 21st at the High School Track from 9:00 am to 12:00 pm.  Parents and friends are welcome to attend this fun-filled event to cheer on our very special North Andover athletes! This event is sponsored by the Town of North Andover, the Special Olympics of Massachusetts and the North Andover Parent Advisory Council for Children with Special Needs. For more information on the North Andover Special Olympics Track and Field Games or if you would like to volunteer to help out at this event contact: Kathy Keith at northandovercrusaders@gmail.com.  To learn more about the North Andover Parent Advisory Council for Children with Special Needs or to get involved in initiatives to create extra-curricular activities for children with special needs in North Andover, contact NorthAndoverPAC@gmail.com.

R.A.I.S.E Commercial

This RAISE commercial was filmed and produced by 7th graders Billy Curley and Sam Wright. It describes our values of Respect, Achievement, Inclusion, Service, and Empathy from different students' perspectives and displays the sense of community they bring to North Andover. 

Ms. Callagy and Ms. Ericson Selected to Educator Hall of Fame

In 2009, the North Andover School Committee established an Educators’ Hall of Fame to recognize North Andover educators for their dedicated service teaching, inspiring and challenging North Andover students.  To qualify for the Hall of Fame, an educator must be retired from full-time teaching for at least five years, be recognized as an academician who consistently set very high standards and expectations and was effective in encouraging students to achieve those standards and expectations. Also, the educator would have spent a majority of their career teaching in North Andover and would be remembered by students as a teacher that led them to achieve more than they thought possible.

Congratulations to this year's Educator Hall of Fame inductees Kathleen Callagy and Anne Ericson! 

Ms. Callagy served the students of North Andover from 1969 to 2003.  During her time in North Andover Ms. Callagy taught elementary school and was the Principal of the Bradstreet School.

Ms. Ericson served the students of North Andover from 1964 to 2001.  During her time in North Andover Ms. Ericson taught 8th grade English Language Arts.     

Past Educator Hall of Fame Inductees include:

2013       Ms. Mary Lou Lynch                            2012 Mr. John Minihan                             2011  Ms Judith Hillner

2011       Mr. Gerald Sandford                            2009 Mr. Arthur Forgetta

Congratulations Massachusetts Music Educators' Association Participants!

Three NAHS students were selected to the Massachusetts Music Educators' Association  All State Group.  Congratulations to Emilier Gil, Tenor Voice; Jesse Colford, Alto Saxophone; and Terry Hearst, Snare Drum!  

Congratulations also to the Massachusetts Music Educators' Association Junior District Participants Samuel Wright, Voice; Hannah Carroll,Voice;  Adit Baruah, Trumpet;  Mark Klose, Trumpet;  William Lauzon, Trumpet;  Rohan Shukla, Tenor Sax;  Abigail Tannatt, Voice; and Hanna Park, Cello!

NAHS Singers Commended - 12 Musicians to Participate in MMEA Festival

2013 MCAS Results

The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) has released the 2013 MCAS results and North Andover Public Schools demonstrated improvement in all three key MCAS measurements:

• In Percentage of Students Scoring Advanced or Proficient, the percentage rose from 79 percent to 80 percent in English (ELA) and from 67 percent to 73 percent in Math.
• In Student Growth Percentile, the district improved from 55 percent to 56.5 percent in English and from 52 percent to 56 percent in Math.
• In the Cumulative Performance Index the district improved from 91.9 percent to 92.5 percent in English and from 85.7 percent to 88.1 percent in Math.
• In addition, Science (which is only tested in grades 5, 8 and 9) saw an increase in the Cumulative Performance Index from 84.1 percent to 84.3 percent.

For additional information, please visit the district's Teaching & Learning webpage and click on the link to the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education's Accountability Data for each school.  Over the next several weeks, the district will continue to analyze the various data on student performance.

Individual student results from spring 2013 MCAS testing will be distributed to parents during the week of September 23.  Parents can find additional information regarding MCAS testing by visiting the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education’s website.   

Read North Andover Patch article North Andover MCAS Scores Show Improvement 

NESBA Marching Band Competition