APS superintendent Dr. Parvey and Assistant Superintendent of Finance and Administration Keith Taverna will host a virtual Let’s Talk! on the FY26 Budget on Monday, March 3, 2025 from 6:30-7:30 p.m. to discuss the FY 26 Budget process and answer questions.

The FY26 Budget process began in fall 2024 and has been shaped over the past few months. Dr. Parvey will present the final preliminary budget with updated information at the February 27, 2025 School Committee meeting. The Let's Talk! FY26 Budget session on March 3rd provides an opportunity for the community to learn more about the budget prior to the public hearing and School Committee vote on March 6th.

The fiscal challenges the district faced last year continue for FY26 and beyond. Key factors contributing to these challenges include rising costs in transportation, salaries, special education tuitions, and utilities.

Registration for this session is required and can be done at any time. Once you register at this link, you will receive a Zoom link to the meeting via email.

Warm greetings to our friends and colleagues as the embark on the month-long celebration of Ramadan. As some children will be fasting during the daylights hours (Sawm), our school community has offered space away from the cafeteria during the lunch hours. This is not required, however please know it is an option for the children. Wishing you and yours a happy and healthy fast, opportunities to practice charity ( Zakat) and well-being for your family.

Please remember to keep your pick up patrol up to date, including changes in dismissal, early dismissal, late arrival and absence.

On Tuesday, March 4, 2025, we will have an author visiting with grades 3, 4, and 5. Multi-award-winning author Rajani Larocca (https://www.rajanilarocca.com/) is coming! Rajani Larocca is the author of many books, everything from picture-book fiction and non-fiction to young reader chapter books and older reader chapter books. She writes non-fiction, realistic fiction, heart-gripping older reader fiction, and fantasy. In her daily work life, she is a doctor!

Some of her books include: upper elementary fantasy, Sona and the Golden Beasts; upper elementary realistic fiction Red, White, and Whole; picture book non-fiction A Vaccine is like a promise; elementary non-fiction The Secret Code inside you all about your DNA; elementary realistic fiction The Kids in Mrs. Z’s Class Rohan Murthy has a plan; and many more.

She has won many awards for her books. For Red, White and Whole, she won the Newbery Honor Medal, New England Book Award, MA Book Award for middle school fiction, Washington Post Best Children’s Book, New York Public Library Best Book, School Library Journal Best Middle Grade, any others. For Where Three Oceans Meet, she won 2021 Nerdy Book Award Winner, CCBC (Cooperative Children’s Book Council) Choices 2022 Award, South Asia Book Award Honor, and many others. This is only a small sample of her awards!

This author visit is sponsored by a Cummings Grant.

We share in your excitement for your child to enroll in Kindergarten for the 2025-2026 school year and look forward to them being a part of the Andover Public School community in September.

Kindergarten registration will begin on Monday, February 3 to Monday, March 3, 2025. Please access the Kindergarten Registration Link on our website.

To find which school your child will attend, review our district map at this link. Following your registration, please contact your school directly to make an appointment to submit your registration paperwork.

For your reference, student eligibility requirements are as follows:

Kindergarten:

As per School Committee Policy (Policy JF: Residency, School Admission, Entrance Age), children must be 5 years old on or before August 31, 2025 and entering Kindergarten in the Andover Public Schools for the first time.

First Grade: (New to Andover /Andover Public Schools)

Children must be age 6 on or before August 31, 2025 and enrolling in the Andover Public Schools for the first time or transferring from another school district or private school.

The first day of school for Pre-K and Kindergarten students is Tuesday, September 2, 2025.

We look forward to meeting all our incoming students and families in the new school year!

The testing window has been set by DESE and we are planning for the following MCAS test dates at West El. Please note that students will take 2 days of tests per content area. Please refrain from vacations or unnecessary absences on these dates.

Grade 3:

ELA: April 10th and 11th

Math: May 8th and 9th

Grade 4

ELA: April 14th and 15th

Math: May 13th and 14th

Grade 5

ELA: April 7th and 8th

Math: May 5th and 6th

Science: 19th and 20th