Welcome to the Andover Public Schools Science and Engineering blog, a new effort designed to share with our community news and information about some of the programs, projects, initiatives, accomplishments, and resources associated with our science and engineering education programs from Pre-Kindergarden through 12th grade. APS students are presented with many exciting, innovative, challenging, and engaging learning opportunities in the sciences and engineering - the primary purpose of this blog is to provide the reader with a window into our schools and our programs in order to share what our students and teachers are up to and perhaps to trigger some ideas from among our community members for creating new and extended opportunities for all of our students.
The primary blogger here is me, Steve Sanborn, PreK-12 Science Program Coordinator for Andover Public Schools. The district-wide science program coordinator position was established by Superintendent Marinel McGrath in 2012 by modifying the role of the former 9-12 Science Program Advisor position. The responsibilities of Science Program Coordinator now include leadership and supervision of the Andover High School Science Department as well as coordination and support of science and engineering curriculum and instruction at all grade levels. This is an exciting time for science and engineering programs in our schools. Having completed a district-wide program review of our science and engineering program last year, we are looking ahead to a busy 2014-2015 as we work to implement recommendations resulting from the program review. The content of these commendations will make for good blog entries in the coming weeks - stay tuned!
For now, I simply wish to welcome you to this blog and hope that you will check in occasionally to see what our students and teachers are up to. If you have any suggestions for blog entries or if something you read raises a question, raises an idea, or suggests an opportunity, please feel welcome to contact me at ssanborn@aps1.net. While there is a lot of great stuff already happening in the sciences for Andover students, we've only scratched the surface of the resources and opportunities that exist within our community. I'm hoping this blog can serve to communicate where we are and where we hope to be in the future. Welcome!
Steve Sanborn
PreK-12 Science Program Coordinator
Andover Public Schools
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