Andover in the News
3/17/09
Michael Paulson
The Boston Globe
The first sign that this is not an ordinary worship service is the pair of toasters on the chancel of the oak-paneled chapel. Teenagers are seated in pews, eating bowls of corn flakes and raisin bran. And, at the base of the pulpit, there is a small black iPod - not a choir member or a hymnal in sight... Read More
3/15/09
Terry Byrne
The Boston Globe
Area high school students competing in Mock Trial Program lay down the law as they build a case and defend an argumen ... More than 100 high schools across the state have been taking part in the program, which began with preliminary trials at the end of January...Read More
9/6/08
Brian Messenger
The Eagle-Tribune
A year ago, Luz Lopez was an eighth-grader at Parthum Middle School in Lawrence who wanted to be a crime scene investigator. "I changed my mind," said Lopez, 14. "That was my forensic science phase. Now there's so many other things that I'm considering. Maybe it's because I'm going to a different place." That different place is...
Bill Kirk
The Eagle-Tribune
9/30/08
The new operators of the Andover Inn recently held a reception to commemorate the resolution of problems that led to the loss of its liquor license and show people the 100-seat eatery and 23-room inn at Phillips Academy are back in business...
Independent School Magazine
Summer 2008
An innovative program to recruit and prepare talented undergraduates from diverse backgrounds for teaching careers, the Institute for Recruitment of Teachers (IRT), has been granted an unprecedented... Read More.
Priya Ramakrishnan
DNA Daily News and Analysis (Mumbai, India)
8/24/08
Petition and protest march by 14 students from Massachusetts and Vikhroli have resolved the water crisis for families living in Mankhurd. It took a petition from 14 Standard X students from Massachusetts and Vikhroli and a protest march by local residents to get regular water supply for 81 families living in... Read More.
Crystal Bozek
The Eagle Tribune
7/10/08
People only have a few more days to take in world-class art right in their own backyard. The Addison Gallery of American Art on the Phillips Academy campus is closing for 18 months while it undergoes a $30 million expansion and restoration. The museum, home to works of art like Winslow Homer's "Eight Bells," will close at 5 p.m. Sunday... Read More.
by Tania deLuzuriaga
The Boston Globe
June 15, 2008
Much has changed at Phillips Academy since C. Yardley Chittick graduated. Students now use computers, cellphones, and ballpoint pens. Girls are admitted. The football and hockey teams wear pads.
The sole remaining graduate of the class of 1918, Chittick yesterday was the first alumnus in the school's 230-year history to attend his 90th high school reunion. Read More.
by Nancy Shohet West
The Boston Globe
September 13, 2007
Non sibi. Any student or alumnus of Phillips Academy Andover can translate this Latin phrase into its English meaning - "not for self." It has been the prestigious prep school's motto for more than 200 years.
But this year, the simple phrase is taking on new significance for hundreds of Andover graduates all over the globe, as well as the 1,094 students currently enrolled, and the faculty and staff members who populate the campus with them. On Saturday, Andover alumni worldwide will roll up their sleeves and get to work as part of the school's inaugural Non Sibi Day, a global celebration of volunteer work and school spirit. Read More
by Laura Pappano
New York Times, Education Life
January 7, 2007
A look at how the rigorous academic curriculum offered at Phillips Academy and other select high schools helps ensure that its graduates are equipped to handle the workload and pressures at even the most demanding colleges and universities. Read More
by Michael Shaughnessy
EducationNews.Org
March 23, 2006
Victor W. Henningsen, an Instructor in History and the social sciences at Phillips Academ, discusses tradition, high expectations, greatness, and the influence of good teachers on students. Read More
by Chris Forsberg
The Boston Globe
Nov. 17, 2005
'Non sibi" and ''Finis origine pendet.
"These words have graced the school seal at Phillips Academy at Andover for more than two centuries, but never have they meant more to the football program.Loosely translated, the phrases mean ''Not for self" and ''The end depends on the beginning." Rallying around a selfless attitude, the Big Blue posted an 8-0 mark during the fall's regular season and will look to cap a perfect year when it tangles with New York-based Trinity-Pawling in a New England Prep School Athletic Council championship game Saturday at the Williston Northampton School in Easthampton. Read More
by Victoria Griffith
Financial Times
May 12, 2005
Barbara Landis Chase is eager to erase the image of Phillips Academy in Andover, Mass., as a school for America's privileged elite.
On the face of it, this is no easy task. Phillips Academy, founded two years after the Declaration of Independence in 1778, is a favourite of the two dominant political clans of the late 20th century. George W. Bush, the president, attended the school, as did his father, George Bush Senior. Another pupil was John F. Kennedy's son—the late John Kennedy Junior.
But Ms Chase, 60 and head of the school for the past 11 years, insists the school is now only elitist when it comes to educational standards. Read More