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 Prinicpal 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 Lanugage 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!

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

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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 

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