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]]>The Andover Coalition for Education, the private group that played a key role in creating a new foreign language lab at Andover High and engineering labs at all three of Andover's middle schools, is taking on a new fund-raising challenge.
President Tina Girdwood said ACE's primary focus next year will be "the ACE 500 Challenge" - an effort to nearly double the number of people who have given money to the ACE effort so far.
Source: ACE seeks 500 donors (http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/x1703944879/ACE-seeks-500-donors)
]]>By Bethany Bray
Staff Writer
Teacher Christopher Krueger stands in front of his Spanish 5 class, rattling off instructions in rapid Spanish. Students, each sitting in front of a computer screen, put on pairs of headphones. A buzz of conversation, en espanol, fills the room.
So begins a lesson using Andover High School's new foreign language lab, installed this spring and funded entirely by donations. The volunteer and nonprofit Andover Coalition for Education combined money from its fundraising efforts with a grant from the Horne Family Foundation to cover the lab's $128,000 price tag.
Source: Ecoutez! Language lab present now open (http://www.andovertownsman.com/education/x93709849/Ecoutez-Language-lab-present-now-open) by Bethany Bray
]]>By Bethany Bray
Andover High School's new privately-funded language lab is in the process of coming online and was scheduled to be toured by residents at an open house on Wednesday, March 31.
Wiring and computers have been installed, but the lab's high-tech equipment won't be online until the end of the week, said Ellen Gaudiano, AHS Spanish teacher and lead foreign language teacher.
Once fully operational, students will use computers and state-of-the-art audio equipment to interact with multimedia-based lessons from around the world, said AHS Spanish teacher Chris Krueger.
Source: Donated AHS foreign language lab unveiled this week ACE, grant provided money (http://www.andovertownsman.com/local/x908927973/Donated-AHS-foreign-language-lab-unveiled-this-week) by Bethany Bray
]]>ANDOVER — School Superintendent Claudia Bach paced backstage, fidgeting with her white, billowy jacket and pants and laughing nervously with other women waiting with her.
Source: Superintendent, others strike a pose (http://www.eagletribune.com/local/x1876427849/Superintendent-others-strike-a-pose-for-education)
]]>With money likely on her mind at this budget time of year, School Superintendent Claudia Bach handled her catwalk rehearsal like a pro. But she couldn't take a real break from dealing with dollar figures.
]]>The Andover Coalition for Education recently announced full funding of two of the group's 2008 target projects: the second year salary for the School Department Grants Coordinator ($45,000) and the purchase of needed physics equipment for all three middle schools ($10,000).
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