ACE partners with the Andover Public Schools to support innovative, curriculum enhancing, system-wide initiatives that will inspire our students to succeed in facing today’s global challenges.
Andover Coalition for Education (ACE)
Since our launch in November 2005, ACE grants for the Andover schools have exceeded:
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Join us for the 13th Annual ACE Scarecrow Festival Kick-off on Saturday, October 18th at 10 a.m. in front of Old Town Hall. Help us grow our pumpkin patches by making a gift today!
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Teacher Tribute Giving – Honor a teacher or staff member today by making a gift to ACE to support our schools! Here are the 2024-2025 ACE Teacher Tribute recipients.
Recent Highlights
- Supported eleven (11) Teaching Innovation Fund Grants in 2025 (totaling more than $20,000) to support teacher driven initiatives in the classroom
- Funded a $25,000 Visiting Artist Grant in fall 2024 to bring professional artist into the schools to expand the arts curriculum
- Purchased $15,000 worth of 3D printers and fabrication equipment at Andover High School
- Granted more than $16,000 to support eight (8) Teaching Innovation Fund Grants in the spring 2024
- Granted almost $18,000 in Fall 2023 to support a Civics for Everyone! grant to expand experiential learning in social studies
- Contributed more than $1MM to Andover Public Schools since ACE’s inception in 2005
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Our Latest News
March 15, 2021, Eagle Tribune: Andover’s educational experiment: Students get take-home science kits
Students get take-home science kits thanks to community group ANDOVER — Learning through trial and error, forming hypotheses and conducting science experiments were traditionally a cornerstone of the classroom experience — until COVID-19 hit. When the pandemic forced...
AHS IDEAStudio in the News
Andover High School’s IDEAStudio has a lot to be proud of this year, funded by an ACE grant in 2018 with a transformational gift from Ellen and Greg Sebasky. The IDEAStudio was launched to provide students and faculty with the environment, the resources, and the...
March 19, 2020 Andover Townsman: Online Auction Benefits Andover Schools
Looking for a great cause to support that doesn't require leaving home? Andover Coalition for Education will host a March Madness Online Auction from March 22 through 31. This virtual event allows fundraising efforts for the Andover Public Schools to continue this...
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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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Andover Coalition for Education
P.O. Box 1521
Andover, MA 01810