Private School Recomendations


PRIVATE SCHOOL RECOMMENDATIONS

Each student needing a teacher recommendation should come ask each teacher in person. Please don't just drop materials in our mailboxes. Asking for a recommendation is great practice for the students! All materials should be prepared ahead of time and asked in person to be completed each by the Mrs. Chute, Mrs. Kane and Mr. Silletti. Students should find time before school or after school, not during class, to come ask their teacher.

*Please remember...recommendations are a professional courtesy, not a requirement.

NAMS Private School/Technical School Application Process

APPLICATIONS

  • Applications/Recommendation requests must be submitted at least 2 weeks prior to the school’s deadline and also 2 weeks prior to any scheduled school vacation.. However, we do recommend that recommendation requests are given to the teacher/counselor well in advance. Applications that are submitted late may not be completed and submitted/mailed prior to that deadline.

  • If you are applying to more than one school, your applications/recommendation request must be submitted together and/or linked together via the online platforms.

  • For applications that are not being submitted via an online platform, each application should have its own 8x11 envelope with three postage stamps (55 cents each) or three Forever stamps on each envelope. Also, address all envelopes to each private school. Please deliver each envelope to the person completing that recommendation. Return address should indicate: North Andover Middle School, 495 Main Street, North Andover MA, 01845

  • For online recommendations, the guidance department completes the "school report" form. "Personal" recommendations are generally completed by someone other than the guidance counselor.

  • Please make sure your child signs his/her name on all the “hard-copy” application forms.

  • Make sure you sign all parent signature pages on all the “hard-copy” application forms.

  • Term 1 report cards will be included in your child’s transcript to each private school if the application is due after December 11, 2020. Final transcripts will be sent to the attending private/technical school at the end of the school year. It is the responsibility of the parent/student to notify the counselor of their acceptance and decision to attend a private/technical school.


RECOMMENDATIONS

  • Step 1: Be sure to review this document in its entirety.

  • Step 2: Contact your teachers and guidance counselor (in person if possible) to ask them to assist you with your application by completing a recommendation.

  • Step 2: Make a copy of the NAMS Student Application Information document and type in your name in the <Insert Student Name> title.

  • Step 3: Complete the document in its entirety.

  • Step 4: Share the document with your guidance counselor and the teachers you have asked to assist you with this process.

Guidance Counselors 2020-2021

  • Grade 8 - chuteg@northandoverpublicschools.com

  • Grade 7 - gosselinj@northandoverpublicschools.com

  • Grade 6 - faucherj@northandoverpublicschools.com

The person completing the recommendation (i.e. teacher & guidance counselor) will mail and/or submit electronically the recommendations directly to the schools.

Please keep in mind that this is a courtesy and that a great deal of time and effort is involved in the careful preparation of the applications/recommendations. Encourage your child to express their appreciation, a “thank you” note from the student goes a long way.