Andover High School (Andover, Massachusetts)

Andover High School is a high school in the town of Andover, Massachusetts. As of January 2008, Andover High's Principal is "Peter J. Anderson"; its Assistant Principals are "Thomas Mead" and "Marilyn Jordan". The school is located at [http://maps.google.com/maps?f=q&hl=en&q=80+Shawsheen+Road,+Andover,+MA+01810&sll=42.647419,-71.172188&sspn=0.006439,0.014591&ie=UTF8&ll=42.657113,-71.155078&spn=0.003219,0.010815&t=k&z=17&om=1 80 Shawsheen Road] , Andover, Massachusetts.

The school building

The school has a Media Center/Library located in the center of the school and a cafeteria located toward the north-west side of the school. AHS also has a "Field-house" and a "Dunn Gymnasium" (the former is a large room that was used for indoor track, but it is now used for other Physical Education classes and for voting as well. It was added on to the school after its initial construction; the latter is a normal, wood-floored, gymnasium that also holds Phys-Ed classes, but it has a separated weight-room/physical exercise room toward the far end).

In addition to the aforementioned, the Collins Center (named after "J. Everett Collins") serves as Andover High School's theatre. The Collins Center, built separately from the rest of the school, is annexed to one end of the high school opposite the field house.

tudent Life

Andover High School offers a variety of activities for students. There are about fifty clubs that meet after school ranging from dance to Martial Arts, "Amigos Unidos" to academic clubs. It is also easy to start a new club as long as there are people who want to join it and a faculty advisor to oversee it.Andover High School is also home to the Red Spring Crew.

Sports are also offered at AHS for both men and women. Offered year round, the sports vary from track and field to Swim and Dive as well as gymnastics, volleyball, and many more.

Demographics

Andover High School (as of the 2007–2008 schoolyear) has a population of about 1,869 students in grades 9 through 12:

:* 470 freshmen:* 444 sophomores:* 456 juniors:* 485 seniors

As a reflection of the town of Andover, the racial distribution of the school is:

:* White – 91% (approx. 1,621 students):* Asian – 7% (approx. 178 students):* Hispanic – 1.5% (approx. 63 students):* African American – .5% (approx. 17 students)

There are a total of 132 full-time teachers on staff, creating a student-teacher ratio of 13 to 1.

External links

* [http://www.aps1.net/ahs/ Andover High School website]
* [http://ma.localschooldirectory.com/schools_info.php/school_id/38742 Andover High School demographic information]