Classroom Close-Up: The Practice of Painting
In The Practice of Painting class Sophia C refines her masterpiece with Mr. Green.
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Classroom Close-Up: 7th Grade Art
The 7th grade art classes made mixed media monster sculptures.
Read More »Classroom Close-Up: Environmental Science
Students in the Environmental Science class have been working in the school garden periodically this year. On their final day of planting and weeding in the hot sun they planted carrots, beets, fennel, tomatoes, potatoes, broccoli, butternut squash, cucumbers, and other late season crops for the school to harvest in the fall.
Read More »Enabling the Future
Earlier this year, Junior Liam N brought to our attention an organization called Enabling the Future, dedicated to pairing 3D printers with people in need of a prosthesis. Pictured here is the first successful output of a prosthesis called Raptor Reloaded, printed here at school. Hardware needed to make the hand fully functional is on its […]
Read More »Work Bee Thanks!
A hearty thank you to all of the parents and students (current and future!) who worked hard on a hot Saturday to clean and paint and garden and build and make the campus pretty in advance of graduation. It was a wonderful day of coming together to use many hands to make light work, and […]
Read More »Classroom Close-Up: Climate Connections
The 7th grade Climate Connections class visited The Springfield Materials Recycling Facility on Wednesday. They had the opportunity to see where their recyclables go and learn more about the process.
Read More »Classroom Close-up: Spanish II
Spanish 2 students have learned cultural aspects of many countries. Our last unit is Chile and students prepared a traditional Chilean dish, empanadas.
Read More »Fling in the Spring
The Annual Academy Fling in the spring, including Roman Banquet and Olympics, happened last Thursday. Check out the fun! Academy at Charlemont – Fling in the Spring 2018 – Musical Chairs from The Academy at Charlemont on Vimeo.
Read More »A Strong Showing from Academy Students at Mass MoCA
What an incredible showing of artistic talent at Mass MoCA’s 8th Annual Teen Invitational! We are glowing with pride to share that Lilah F won a grand prize finalist award, and Emily C, Izzy B, Lila G, Chessie R-C, Leni S-F, Solly C and Elisa R all won gold medal awards! These students all earned […]
Read More »Spirit Week – Hosted by The Health and Wellness Council
The community celebrated Academy Spirit with a different theme for each day this week. The goal of Spirit Week was to boost the amount of school spirit as the year begins to come to a close. It allowed for students to dress up and have an exciting lead up to the semi-formal dance. Monday, students […]
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