Congratulations to all our winners!
April 12, 2016
Important Dates
April 14: eCademy Open House 6-8 p.m. April 15: All Schools Closed April 15: Intent to Move forms due April 15: YMCA Philanthropy Scholarship due April 16: Women for Kansas Meeting @ 2:00 April 18: $400 Resign/retire deadline incentive April 27: Administrative Assistant’s Day April 29: Professional Learning Day May 1: Prairie Fire Races May 1: AAF’s The Truck Stops Here Event May 2: BOE Outstanding Service Awards
May 9: BOE meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
Happy Birthday! April 12 Jeri Jordan
April 15 Susan Friend
April 13 Stephen Alexander Renee Becker Robert Rubia
April 16 Rebecca Fleming Jeff Geist
April 14 Serena Gesell Amy Rozario Randy Traylor
April 17 Michelle Hansen April 18 Susan Mueller
ANDOVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOE Outstanding Service Awards Winners Each year, the Board of Education recognizes individual employees and volunteers for their outstanding service to Andover Public Schools through the Board of Education Outstanding Service Awards program. This year’s ceremony will be Monday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Andover Central Middle School. Congratulations to the following winners: Golden Apple - Given to a certified staff member with four or more years in USD 385 who demonstrates educational effectiveness. Lois Looney, eCademy Doug Carr, ACHS Mark Cross, AHS Nolan McDonald, ACMS Stacey Ryan, AMS Kambra Gallagher, CES Kaylene Allison, MES Erica Hicks, PCE Sara Robinson, RME Tara Grisier, SES Evie Unrein, WES Bright Red Apple - Given to certified staff new to the profession who demonstrate educational effectiveness and an ability to inspire students. Ashley Jacobs, ACHS Leah Lukovic, MES Andrea Hastings, SES
School Bell - Given to a classified staff member who has given outstanding contributions to the building or disNew Meadowlark Principal Named trict that had a significant impact on Dana Matheny has services. accepted an offer Lori Buchholz, DO to be the principal Tor Hakonsson, Tech of Meadowlark Janet Filbert, ACMS Elementary. Matheny Charmaine Alano, CES will replace Ms. Dorothy Schultz, WES Jody Baker who will retire at the end of the 2015-16 school year after leading Meadowlark for 16 years. Visit our website for more information.
Gold Key - goes to an individual, a business or a community/ civic organization that has made outstanding contributions to the district that significantly impacted the students and the school district. McConnell Officer Spouse Charitable Association Helping Hands - Goes to a school volunteer in each school who has given outstanding contributions to the building that significantly impacted students. Krista Milas, eCademy Kristi Pedersen, ACHS Kerry Sargent, Adrienne Knight, JoAnn Wreath, AHS Amy Rech, ACMS Caitlyn White, AMS Aaron Thornton, CES Shelly Dunnegan, MES Amy Madsen, PCE Terri Brotsky, RME Prescsilla Martinez, SES Laura Pedroja, WES Spark Award - given to an individual staff member who has played an instrumental role in the district, exudes energy, enthusiasm and excellence in all their endeavors, is an inspiration to others and significantly impacts students and the school district. Bob Baier, AHS Micah Brown, Tech
Congratulations to all our winners!
Student Transfer Requests Due May 2 Annually, the student transfer request process is conducted per BOE policy and to help maintain accurate records. If you would like to request a transfer for your student for the 2016-17 school year, click here for the form. The transfer forms are due to the principal of the school that your student is assigned to by May 2. That principal will sign the form and send it on to the receiving principal. If you are an employee who resides out of the district, please send the form to the school you are requesting that your student attend.
April BOE Recognitions:
Notification of approval of the transfer request will be sent via email before the start of the 2016-17 school year. Please contact Brett White if you have questions.
Aetna Health Insurance – Website Tools Help Sessions A representative from Aetna Health Insurance will be in the district April 18 and April 25 to demonstrate some of the features of Aetna’s website & online tools. If you are interested in learning how to more easily navigate the aetna.com website, please plan to attend one of the following help sessions: Monday, April 18 3:10 – 4 p.m. – AHS 4:10 – 5 p.m. – Cottonwood
AHS Trojanettes were honored for their performance at the American Dance and Drill team competition.
Monday, April 25 3:10 – 4 p.m. – ACMS 4:10 – 5 p.m. – Sunflower
Kansas Supreme Court Justices in Andover Butler County Chapter of Women for Kansas, the Andover Chamber of Commerce, the Butler County Farm Bureau Association and Educate Andover are partnering to host the Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justice Marla Luckert on April 16 (this Saturday). The justices will be at Andover City Hall beginning at 2 p.m. They are in Andover discussing the state of our Kansas courts with a question and answer segment to follow. The is open to the public, so please plan to attend and share this with anyone you feel will be interested. For more information, view this flier.
ACHS Lady Jags were honored for their performance at the Kansas Spectacular Dance Competition.
AAF Presents The Truck Stops Here - May 1 On Sunday, May 1, Andover Advantage is hosting the 2nd annual craft beer and food truck festival! These two generous industries are uniting to invest in education to help raise funds and awareness for the foundation. School of Rock’s elite band “Dorothy’s Revenge” will be back for a second year and “Green Flamingos” will bring their brand of Americana Acoustic Rock. There will be lots of fun prizes to win at the “stretch” raffle again this year. New this year will be a Grant Showcase area to show the community some of the items that AAF has purchased for Andover classrooms. Admission is free! The event will be at the same location as last year - the southwest corner of Andover Road and Highway 54 (Kellogg). Click here for more information!
Seven Andover students were chosen for the state elementary honor choir.
Certified Staff Intent to Move Forms Due April 15
New this year, all certified staff members must complete the Intent to Move form, whether you plan to move over on the salary scale or not. For the Intent to Move, we will be using TalentEd Records. You can access TalentEd Records here. Your user name is your email address. When you log-in, you will see that you have a task assigned, which is the Intent to Move form. The deadline to complete the form is Friday, April 15, per the negotiated agreement. If you have questions about MyLearningPlan, contact Kristi Huslig at ext. 21121.
Band Director Ray Linville was honored for being named a 2016 Master Teacher.
Important Dates
April 14: eCademy Open House 6-8 p.m. April 15: All Schools Closed April 15: Intent to Move forms due April 15: YMCA Philanthropy Scholarship due April 16: Women for Kansas Meeting @ 2:00 April 18: $400 Resign/retire deadline incentive April 27: Administrative Assistant’s Day April 29: Professional Learning Day May 1: Prairie Fire Races May 1: AAF’s The Truck Stops Here Event May 2: BOE Outstanding Service Awards
May 9: BOE meeting @ 6:30 p.m.
Happy Birthday! April 12 Jeri Jordan
April 15 Susan Friend
April 13 Stephen Alexander Renee Becker Robert Rubia
April 16 Rebecca Fleming Jeff Geist
April 14 Serena Gesell Amy Rozario Randy Traylor
April 17 Michelle Hansen April 18 Susan Mueller
ANDOVER PUBLIC SCHOOLS
BOE Outstanding Service Awards Winners Each year, the Board of Education recognizes individual employees and volunteers for their outstanding service to Andover Public Schools through the Board of Education Outstanding Service Awards program. This year’s ceremony will be Monday, May 2 at 7:00 p.m. at Andover Central Middle School. Congratulations to the following winners: Golden Apple - Given to a certified staff member with four or more years in USD 385 who demonstrates educational effectiveness. Lois Looney, eCademy Doug Carr, ACHS Mark Cross, AHS Nolan McDonald, ACMS Stacey Ryan, AMS Kambra Gallagher, CES Kaylene Allison, MES Erica Hicks, PCE Sara Robinson, RME Tara Grisier, SES Evie Unrein, WES Bright Red Apple - Given to certified staff new to the profession who demonstrate educational effectiveness and an ability to inspire students. Ashley Jacobs, ACHS Leah Lukovic, MES Andrea Hastings, SES
School Bell - Given to a classified staff member who has given outstanding contributions to the building or disNew Meadowlark Principal Named trict that had a significant impact on Dana Matheny has services. accepted an offer Lori Buchholz, DO to be the principal Tor Hakonsson, Tech of Meadowlark Janet Filbert, ACMS Elementary. Matheny Charmaine Alano, CES will replace Ms. Dorothy Schultz, WES Jody Baker who will retire at the end of the 2015-16 school year after leading Meadowlark for 16 years. Visit our website for more information.
Gold Key - goes to an individual, a business or a community/ civic organization that has made outstanding contributions to the district that significantly impacted the students and the school district. McConnell Officer Spouse Charitable Association Helping Hands - Goes to a school volunteer in each school who has given outstanding contributions to the building that significantly impacted students. Krista Milas, eCademy Kristi Pedersen, ACHS Kerry Sargent, Adrienne Knight, JoAnn Wreath, AHS Amy Rech, ACMS Caitlyn White, AMS Aaron Thornton, CES Shelly Dunnegan, MES Amy Madsen, PCE Terri Brotsky, RME Prescsilla Martinez, SES Laura Pedroja, WES Spark Award - given to an individual staff member who has played an instrumental role in the district, exudes energy, enthusiasm and excellence in all their endeavors, is an inspiration to others and significantly impacts students and the school district. Bob Baier, AHS Micah Brown, Tech
Congratulations to all our winners!
Student Transfer Requests Due May 2 Annually, the student transfer request process is conducted per BOE policy and to help maintain accurate records. If you would like to request a transfer for your student for the 2016-17 school year, click here for the form. The transfer forms are due to the principal of the school that your student is assigned to by May 2. That principal will sign the form and send it on to the receiving principal. If you are an employee who resides out of the district, please send the form to the school you are requesting that your student attend.
April BOE Recognitions:
Notification of approval of the transfer request will be sent via email before the start of the 2016-17 school year. Please contact Brett White if you have questions.
Aetna Health Insurance – Website Tools Help Sessions A representative from Aetna Health Insurance will be in the district April 18 and April 25 to demonstrate some of the features of Aetna’s website & online tools. If you are interested in learning how to more easily navigate the aetna.com website, please plan to attend one of the following help sessions: Monday, April 18 3:10 – 4 p.m. – AHS 4:10 – 5 p.m. – Cottonwood
AHS Trojanettes were honored for their performance at the American Dance and Drill team competition.
Monday, April 25 3:10 – 4 p.m. – ACMS 4:10 – 5 p.m. – Sunflower
Kansas Supreme Court Justices in Andover Butler County Chapter of Women for Kansas, the Andover Chamber of Commerce, the Butler County Farm Bureau Association and Educate Andover are partnering to host the Kansas Supreme Court Chief Justice Lawton Nuss and Justice Marla Luckert on April 16 (this Saturday). The justices will be at Andover City Hall beginning at 2 p.m. They are in Andover discussing the state of our Kansas courts with a question and answer segment to follow. The is open to the public, so please plan to attend and share this with anyone you feel will be interested. For more information, view this flier.
ACHS Lady Jags were honored for their performance at the Kansas Spectacular Dance Competition.
AAF Presents The Truck Stops Here - May 1 On Sunday, May 1, Andover Advantage is hosting the 2nd annual craft beer and food truck festival! These two generous industries are uniting to invest in education to help raise funds and awareness for the foundation. School of Rock’s elite band “Dorothy’s Revenge” will be back for a second year and “Green Flamingos” will bring their brand of Americana Acoustic Rock. There will be lots of fun prizes to win at the “stretch” raffle again this year. New this year will be a Grant Showcase area to show the community some of the items that AAF has purchased for Andover classrooms. Admission is free! The event will be at the same location as last year - the southwest corner of Andover Road and Highway 54 (Kellogg). Click here for more information!
Seven Andover students were chosen for the state elementary honor choir.
Certified Staff Intent to Move Forms Due April 15
New this year, all certified staff members must complete the Intent to Move form, whether you plan to move over on the salary scale or not. For the Intent to Move, we will be using TalentEd Records. You can access TalentEd Records here. Your user name is your email address. When you log-in, you will see that you have a task assigned, which is the Intent to Move form. The deadline to complete the form is Friday, April 15, per the negotiated agreement. If you have questions about MyLearningPlan, contact Kristi Huslig at ext. 21121.
Band Director Ray Linville was honored for being named a 2016 Master Teacher.
