Scarecrow Festival

Downtown Andover

October 17 – 31 

Invest in our students

One Pumpkin at a Time!

For just $10, you can help ACE plant a pumpkin patch at your favorite elementary school or Shawsheen Preschool. Your donation grows that school’s patch of little pumpkins! Click below to donate and learn about the Pumpkin Cup award.

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SCAVENGER HUNT

Our scavenger hunt forms will be available at the kick-off event in front of Old Town Hall on Saturday, October 17th. During the festival you can pick one up at Memorial Hall Library or download the online version to print from home.

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APS SCHOOL GROUPS

The highlight of our festival is the creativity showcased by Andover Public School students—each year, we’re amazed by how uniquely they interpret the theme. Art classes, clubs, teams, and even entire grades are welcome to build their own scarecrows.

School Group Application

COMMUNITY GROUPS

Calling all community groups, nonprofits and organizations! Join in the fun by creating a scarecrow as a Community Participant. 

Community Group & Nonprofit Application

SCARECROW SPONSORS

Every sponsorship dollar supports ACE, a 501(c)(3) nonprofit funding innovative classroom programs, technology, and creative learning across Andover Public Schools. You’re not just sponsoring a festival—you’re powering the next bold idea in a classroom near you.

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Our Participants

ACE thanks all students, teachers, parents, administrators, community groups and sponsors who donated their creativity and costumes for last year’s scarecrows. Your contributions are what make the ACE scarecrow festival such a success. Please join us again this year!

  • AHS Asian Culture Club
  • AHS Black Student Union
  • AHS CAPstone Program
  • AHS Cheerleading Team
  • AHS DECA
  • AHS Football Team
  • AHS Global Pathways 
  • AHS Golden Warrior Marching Band
  • AHS Interact Club
  • AHS Key Club
  • AHS Tri-M Music Honor Society
  • AHS UNICEF Club
  • AHS Volleyball Team
  • AHS Warrior Way
  • ANA YMCA Early Education Department
  • Andona Society
  • Andover Boy Scouts, Troop 77
  • Andover Chamber of Commerce
  • Andover Center for History and Culture
  • Andover DEI Commission
  • Andover Family Dental
  • Andover Fire Department
  • Andover Garden Club
  • Andover Hockey Association (AHA)
  • Andover Girls Softball League
  • Andover Little League (ALL)
  • Andover Orthodontics
  • Andover Pediatric Dentistry
  • Andover Police Department
  • Andover Public School (APS) Administration
  • Andover Recreation
  • Andover Soccer Association (ASA)
  • Andover Youth Center
  • Andover Youth Lacrosse
  • AVIS
  • Bancroft Elementary School
  • Black Diamond Network
  • Camp Evergreen
  • Chan and Chen Orthodontics
  • Dalton & Finegold LLP
  • Doherty Middle School
  • Friends of Memorial Hall Library
  • Greater Lawrence Technical School
  • High Plain Elementary School
  • LLL Preschool
  • Marianne Cashman, Realtor, William Raveis
  • McDonald’s of Andover
  • Nan’s Kitchen
  • OTTO
  • Pike School
  • The Rare Road Foundation
  • Run for the Troops
  • Russian School of Mathematics
  • Sanborn Elementary School
  • The Savings Bank
  • School Committee
  • Sebell-Vogt Homes at William Raveis Real Estate
  • Select Board, Andover
  • Shawsheen PreSchool
  • SHED
  • South Elementary School
  • St. Augustine School
  • Stone Hill at Andover
  • Sydney’s Rainbows
  • T&B Landscaping
  • Temple Emanuel Preschool
  • Vicor
  • West Elementary School
  • West Middle School
  • Whitney Realty
  • Wood Hill Middle School

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ACE is a Field of Interest Fund of the Essex County Community Foundation (MA), a 501(c)(3) charitable organization (Tax ID 04-3407816.) Donations to ACE are tax-deductible.

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info@aceandover.org

 

Andover Coalition for Education
P.O. Box 1521
Andover, MA 01810