News From The Academy at Charlemont
The eighth graders set off to explore Eastern Mass in connection with their studies in literature and civics. We started off with a personal Q&A with Senator Hinds and followed it with a visit to the Edward Kennedy Institute where students, playing roles as US senators, walked legislation through from inception to becoming a law. […]
Read More »The 7th grade class trip focused around electricity generation. Students toured Berkshire East’s wind turbine and solar array, learned from a former employee of Yankee Rowe Nuclear, stopped in the Northfield Mountain visitor’s center before hiking to the upper reservoir, and visited the Holyoke Dam and Fishway. We had a great night camping in Warwick […]
Read More »For Sam Z-A’s senior project he created an EP of five original songs. It’s a mix of music inspired by Hip Hop and Smooth Jazz, and he is deeply grateful to his project advisor, Music Director Scott Hoffman for his support, including in the areas of production, mixing, mastering, etc. click here for a list […]
Read More »The Varsity Ultimate team had a great showing at Wednesday’s RVAL tournament, winning three games and losing one. As a result of the strong play from all team members, the team finished third out of sixteen teams in the league! The JV team also persevered through the long afternoon of four games, and despite losing […]
Read More »On Tuesday, 5/2, Valley Gives Day in our region, Academy students, faculty and staff members gave a full day of service to our neighbors from Brattleboro to Charlemont, and from Greenfield to Shelburne Falls. Academy teams planted at the I.N.S.P.i.R.E. School for Autism in Brattleboro (founded by the family of Mark Vranos ’16), helped clear […]
Read More »Intro to Representational Drawing Celtic Band Digital Photography In the Garage: British Invasion
Read More »The JV Ultimate team lost to Four Rivers middle school team 15-3 on Tuesday. Patrick O scored twice and Will D scored once, while Will, Saraphina F, and Tucker B had assists. Overall, the team played well against a very challenging young team. On Tuesday, the middle school Ultimate team lost to Bement 15-6. […]
Read More »7th grade students present their Climate Connection projects for Spring Exhibition. 03
Read More »Mr. Miller’s 9th grade Biology class experimented with leaf discs in lab this week.These experiments were done to study photosynthesis rates under different conditions. Innovative use of cell phones was a feature!
Read More »The Academy-Mohawk Girls’ Lacrosse team had their first win of the season on Wednesday, 12-6 over Amherst Middle School. Sarah H had eight saves in goal and the team was lead offensively by her sister Lizzie who scored a career high seven goals! Riley H and Esme M-R each scored two goals, while Sunta C scored […]
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