Ashby Elementary School (AES) is one of five elementary schools in the North Middlesex Regional School District. AES accommodates approximately 250 students from Pre-K to 5th grade. AES maintains a full compliment of student support services. Students move on the Hawthorn Brook Middle School in Townsend, and then to North Middlesex Regional High School. (A link to the school district web page is in the box to the right.)
Mission
Our mission is to provide students with the highest quality educational opportunities in a safe and secure environment. We strive to foster individual academic success and social growth through a partnership with students, staff, families and community.
Vision
Our school promotes a safe learning environment that understands that all students can learn and succeed, each in their own way.
Our school fosters a love of learning by promoting high expectations for each student.
Our school provides a standards-based curriculum that supports all learning styles and evolves through ongoing assessment.
Our school believes that respect and communication are the building blocks of a well balanced community. A respect for diversity and self will help us achieve academic excellence.
Core Values
- Respect
- Responsibility
- Integrity
- Caring
- Citizenship
- Communication
Curriculum Highlights
National Recognized Curriculum
Reading – Scott Foresman Reading
Math – Singapore Math
Social Studies – Houghton Mifflin
Science – Science Kits
Technology – Smartboards in each classroom
Team Teaching (grades 4 and 5)
Second Step Social Skills Program
Peer Mediation (grade 5)
Reading Counts (grades 1-5)
Title I – academic support in reading/math (grades K-5)
Band – Jump Right In Series (grades 1-5); recorders (grade 3); group lesson (grades 4&5)
Integrated Preschool – 5 day mornings, 3 day M/W/F afternoons
Parent Outreach Coordinator
Extra Curricular Opportunities
Active Parent Teacher Cooperative
After-School Enrichment programs
After-School Guitar Lessons (grades 2-5)
Student Council (grades 4-5)
Winter & Spring Band Concerts
Select Chorus Concerts
Jump Rope for Heart Event (American Heart Assoc.)
Fitness Days
Field Day
Dr. Seuss Day
Grade Level Fieldtrips
Community Reading Day
4 Day Trip to Nature’s Classroom (grade 5)
Summer Opportunities
Intramural Sports Camp
Community and District Overview
The North Middlesex Regional School District, serving the towns of Ashby, Pepperell and Townsend, is located in the north/central section of Massachusetts on the New Hampshire/Massachusetts border. The three towns served by the district cover approximately 80 square miles and are located in the suburbs near the cities of Fitchburg, Lowell, Worcester and Nashua, NH.
The district, which is growing in size, is fewer than 50 miles northwest of Massachusetts' capital city, Boston. Residents of the area are to be found working in a wide variety of vocations in the high technology, higher education, plastics, and paper enterprises that are prominent in the region.
The school district povides a modern educational program, grades Pre K-12, for constituency that has consistently placed a high value on the quality of its schools. Approximately 5,000 students are enrolled in the district's five elementary schools, two middle schools and one high school. Serving the district are a professional staff of 385 and a support staff of 210.
A unit of the state college system is located in nearby Fitchburg, and the University of Massachusetts-Lowell is only fifteen miles from the district. Lakes, mountains and state parks abound in the area with the mountain and seashore activities of New Hampshire and Cape Cod only one and one-half hour's drive away.
Each town has a separate town meeting/selecmen form of government. A single Regional School Commitee, with membership from each of the three towns, is responsible for the operation of the schools.
Regional School Committee Members
Chairperson, Arnold Silva: Member- Pepperell
Vice Chairperson, Frederick Wheeler III: Member-Townsend
Members
Ann Buchholz: Member-At Large
Kenneth Brown: Member-Ashby
Sue Fitzgerald: Member-Pepperell
Tamara Leclerc: Member-At Large
Kathy Low: Member-Pepperell
Michael Morgan: Member-At Large
Susan A. Robbins: Member-Townsend
Central Administration Staff
The central Administration Building is located adjacent to North Middlesex Regional High School on Route 119 in Townsend.
Dr. Maureen Marshall, Superintendent (978) 597-8713
Dr. Deborah Brady, Assistant Superintendent (978) 597-8713
Mr. William Smith, Title One Director (978) 597-8713
Mr. Gerald Martin, Business Manager (978) 597-6302
Mrs. Linda Rakiey, Special Education Coordinator (978) 597-8128
Mr. Peter Balducci, Manager of Information Services (978) 597-8713
