Bancroft Bulletin
Family Edition: August 6, 2024
Hello Bancroft -
We hope you are having a wonderful summer and are enjoying the beautiful weather! This is an update on a few things to know for this school year and we kept all the summer links for resources. Hopefully your family has used some to keep skills fresh and ready for the new year. Summer school is winding down this week and ends on Thursday. After that the playground is open for use each day until August 28th when the school hours begin.
Class Placement
We continue to prepare for the 2024-25 school year and look forward to welcoming your children. We are writing to share that due to an unforeseen software change, class placement announcements will now be posted on Monday, August 12th in the Aspen Parent Portal, instead of Friday, August 9th as originally intended. We apologize for the delay. Please note, returning families must update your Aspen account in order to access class assignments on August 12th.
On Monday, August 5th, you should have received directions on how to update your account username. Your password has not changed unless you are a first-time user. To ensure a smooth transition and avoid any confusion, we have moved the placement assignments to next Monday. This change allows you time to proactively login and helps prevent families from encountering login issues over the weekend when support will not be available. Directions on how to access the class placement information will be emailed on Monday, August 12th.
Should you have any questions regarding your new Aspen family account, please email etech@andoverma.us or call tech support at 978-623-8324. Please refer to the directions below that were sent out from APS Communications. We want a fair and consistent placement process for everyone, and we thank you for your understanding.
Our custodians are hard at work getting our school ready for teachers to come and prepare their classrooms for your children. We are so grateful to them for devoting so much to our building all summer and it looks amazing!!
Key dates (also listed below):
August 8 and 21 - Kindergarten story times with the principals. Sign ups were sent but call the office with any questions.
August 21 - New Family Orientation at 10:00 - this is a time set aside for families who are new to Bancroft in grades 1 - 5 to come for a tour. Call the office with any questions.
In case you have not seen this year's calendar:
Andover Public School 2024-2025 Calendar
Have a great rest of your summer,
Beth Leavitt, Principal
Kim Rabold, Assistant Principal
DATES TO KNOW
IF WE MAKE ANY CHANGES TO THESE SUMMER DATES, WE WILL LET YOU KNOW! :)
August 8 & 21 - incoming Kindergarten story times to meet the principals (sign ups have been sent).
August 21 - New to Bancroft Families entering grades 1 - 5 are invited to come to an orientation from 10:00 - 10:45. Details being sent to families who will be new this fall.
August 28 - First Day of School for grades 1 - 5
September 3 - First Day of School for Kindergarten
September 11 - K - 5 Open House - we will be having all grade levels in one evening. K-2 will be from 5:30 - 6:15 and 3 - 5 will be from 6:45 - 7:30. More details later!
September 25 - School Picture Day
Grade Level Teams
2024 - 2025 Grade Level Teams
Kindergarten
Melissa Chiozzi
Abby Corbin
Courtney Miller
VIcki Zallen (Weiler)
First Grade
Tamara MacAllister
Hannah McWilliams
Caileigh Reming
Anna Ryan
Second Grade
Julie Farnham
Meagan Keefe
Stephanie Long (will be Mrs. Kulak when back to school)
Allison O'Brien
Third Grade
Michelle Mallon
Megan McCarthy
Julie Patten
Kirsten Prinn
Fourth Grade
Nancy Minigell
Jenny Papppafotopoulos
Carol Pehrson
Michelle Thorner
Fifth Grade
Julie Lovejoy
Lisa McDonough
Kristen Moriarty
Bill Scanlon
Grades 3, 4, and 5 Instrumental Music Opportunities
Learn more about our instrumental music opportunities, including how to sign your child up for instrumental lessons for the 2024-25 school year.
-Grade 3: Grade Three Strings Program
-Grades 4 and 5: Instrumental Program
Community Summer Reading Ideas
Our elementary library media specialists and Memorial Hall librarians created a summer reading video and resources. Check them out!
Video: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1M9ZK6XEJAxqO_toMi4PPG-JKajP_394N/view?usp=sharing
Community Resources: APS PreK-12 Summer Reading
Food Resources for the Summer!
The Social Justice Coalition of South Church in Andover has been working for the past 4 years to address food insecurity in the community. There are many families who are struggling to access and provide healthy meals in this town. This organization has just produced a Spring/Summer Food Resource List which provides information about area food pantries, farm stands (for use of HIP benefits) and the community refrigerator. As summer approaches and with the loss of school meals for students, food insecurity becomes a bigger issue for our beloved children and families. Please take a look at this list of options available to the community Local Food resources for SouthChurch.com/SJC and click HERE to find all the locatio
Resources
Important Links (APS):
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Bancroft Elementary School
Email: beth.leavitt@andoverma.us
Website: https://www.aps1.net/69/Bancroft-Elementary-School
Location: 15 Bancroft Rd, Andover, MA, USA
Phone: (978) 247-9500
Twitter: @BancroftAPS