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Strategic Plan Update

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Jun 08Categories: Blog No Comments

Strategic Plan Update

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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...

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Strengthening the Whole Student

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: May 28Categories: Blog, Creativity & Innovation, Empathy & Balance, Equity & Inclusion No Comments

Strengthening the Whole Student

Blog, Creativity & Innovation, Empathy & Balance, Equity & Inclusion

“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...

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Planting Seeds for Social Progress

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: May 08Categories: Blog, Equity & Inclusion, Global Citizenship, Professional Development No Comments

Planting Seeds for Social Progress

Blog, Equity & Inclusion, Global Citizenship, Professional Development

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...

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New Schedule & Calendar Task Force

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Apr 26Categories: Blog, New Schedule No Comments

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...

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New Schedule, Calendar: Starting with Common Ground

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Mar 30Categories: Blog, New Schedule No Comments

During Faculty Meeting on March 27, we continued our community conversation about what we desire to see in a future academic day and calendar year at Andover. We considered what we like about the current schedule and reviewed areas of consensus for reimagining...

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“Friday Frees,” Interdisciplinary Updates

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Feb 28Categories: Blog, Empathy & Balance No Comments

At the most recent faculty meeting, the faculty discussed and considered scheduling for the Foundations and Endeavors pilots in 2017–2018. The schedule option with the most overall support in Academic Council is the creation of “Friday Frees,”...

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Empathy & Balance: Considering “Friday Frees”

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Feb 22Categories: Blog, Empathy & Balance No Comments

New courses are being developed for students in grades 9 and 10, as part of the Strategic Plan’s Empathy & Balance initiatives. The Foundations course for 9th graders is currently being piloted in 2016–2017, and the 10th grade Endeavors course...

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Spotlight on Learning in the World

Author: Jenny BarkerOn: Feb 03Categories: Blog, Equity & Inclusion, Global Citizenship No Comments

The Tang Institute's Learning in the World programming is a core priority at Andover—with ties to the Strategic Plan.

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