Reviewing Models, Timeline
Make sure to check out the Canvas page that contains proposed schedule and calendar models from faculty members who submitted ideas to the Schedule and Calendar Task Force.
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Interdisciplinary Studies at Andover
On Monday, October 16, Head of School John Palfrey wrote to the Phillips Academy community with news that Andover will establish a new Department of Interdisciplinary Studies, with a chair and a seat on the Academic Council, effective no later than the...
Update from the Schedule & Calendar Task Force
All are encouraged to check out the latest updates on the Canvas page that serves as a repository for faculty members’ proposed schedule and calendar models. This page is a work in progress, thus far containing the models that have been submitted to...
Join In: Schedule & Calendar Planning
The Schedule & Calendar Task Force is putting together a plan for the fall trimester that will enable faculty to discuss possible models for a new schedule and calendar.
Strategic Plan Update
The past year was an exciting one for the Strategic Plan. In the spring we presented the “Andover Endeavor Update and Look Ahead,” an overview on the implementation work our community has accomplished for the Strategic Plan during the last two-and-a-half...
Strengthening the Whole Student
“A central concern for schools should be finding approaches that bring empathy and balance to students’ lives,” said David L Gleason, PsyD, a clinical psychologist and author of At What Cost?: Defending Adolescent Development in Fiercely Competitive...
Planting Seeds for Social Progress
During the recent symposium, “Stand Up! Student Activism at Independent Schools,” a panel of Andover students explored what it means for their school to be “equally open to Youth, of requisite qualifications from every quarter” and the plenary...
New Schedule & Calendar Task Force
We are pleased to announce that the new Schedule & Calendar Task Force will include the following seven member of our community: Kevin Cardozo, chemistry instructor Marcelle Doheny, history and social science instructor David Fox, instructor in English...