The history of our House name:

William Symmes

William Symmes was the son of a minister of the North Parish church and lived in the Parson Barnard House on Osgood Street. He grew up to be the first lawyer of the Parish of Andover.

In 1789, Symmes, along with two other men, Kittredge and Osgood, went to the State House in Boston as representatives of Andover. They were instructed to vote against the ratification of the U.S. Constitution. Since Massachusetts was the first state to consider ratifying the Constitution, other states would likely follow its lead. Most people in Massachusetts wanted to vote against ratification because Massachusetts was an important and rich state that did not want to lose its power. Massachusetts was against Federalism. Also, there was no Bill of Rights in the Constitution yet.

On the last day of the debate, William Symmes announced that he was changing his mind and would vote what his conscience told him which was to favor ratification. A vote was taken and the Federalists won by one vote, that being the one cast by William Symmes.

Many people in Andover were angry with him so upon his return, they hounded him out of town. He moved to Portland, Maine where he became a very successful lawyer. Later he became a U.S. Congressman. It is because of William Symmes that we have a U.S. Constitution today.

Our Teams: 

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Alligators

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S101 Carrie LaPierre

Math/Science
S102 Marsha McManus

Bulldogs

Science/LanguageArts
S203 Maryann Platt

Math/SocialStudies
S208 Deb Gurry

Chillin' Cheetahs

Math/Science
S201 Kacie Zahoruiko

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S202 Robert Poirier

Wildcats

Math/Science
S204 Kathy Poor

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S205 Dan Wrigley

Eagles

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S106 Patricia Brayden

Math/Science
S107 Nancy Chandler

Falcons

Math/Science
S103 Greg Pascoe

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S104 Brenda Shanley

Generals

SocialStudies/LanguageArts
S206 Andrea Fargen

Math/Science
S207 Steve Wrigley

Special Ed

Susan Catalogna
Laurie Petto