ANDOVER - Since having to leave the physical building of our
school district, several faculty and staff members have risen up to face this
new challenge of reaching our students!
Andover Central School District would like to take moment to share with
you the amazing things that are continually happening from our unsung
heroes. Our cafeteria manager and staff
have not missed a day allocating meals to our students. Every day breakfast and lunch are delivered
to our students, along with their siblings, who may not be currently enrolled
in Andover CSD. Our bus drivers have
delivered every student an iPad or laptop, curriculum and materials (i.e. NYS
module workbooks) as well as their meals and belongings that were left in their
lockers or at school. They are driving
and delivering meals every day for our students. Another department that has not stopped are
our cleaners and custodians. Together
they collected and labeled student belongings, cleared out lockers and continue
to sanitize the building daily. Our 21st
Century Grant program director and assistant director have worked hard to hand
out our back-pack program weekend food for our students, they have posted STEM
activities to our various media sources for students and families to do
together in the comforts of their home, and they continue to collect donations
from our Umbrella Project at a local business for hygiene products that our
student’s need. Our support staff also
continues to reach out to students and make connections stronger as well as
doing mental health check-ins. The
Special Education department strives to maintain their amazing services that
provide our special education students daily as well as continuing CSE
meetings. Our teachers have been tasked
with instructing remotely from their homes and making sure that the continuity of
learning is happening daily. Our
teachers are delivering their curriculum electronically, through email, google
classrooms, Zoom meetings, etc.…In
closing, Andover CSD would like to recognize, Jennifer Joyce, our District
Treasurer, Jon Morris, our Principal, Kathryn Slavinski, our Director or
Curriculum, Instruction and Assistant Superintendent and Lawrence Spangenburg,
our Superintendent who have kept timeless hours reviewing state documents, laws
and regulations and collaborating with fellow colleagues as well as NYSED to
drive district decisions. Mrs. Joyce has
played a crucial role in organizing all of the above department
celebrations. Andover CSD is panther
strong and continues to be the “Best small school district in America!”
