Author Tom Wessels Visits The Academy
Tom Wessels, author of Reading the Forested Landscape and several other important forest ecology works, visited the Environmental Science class on Thursday morning and toured several sites on campus to share his knowledge and perspective about land use …
Read more »Academy Students Participate at Dartmouth Model UN
Academy students participated in the annual Model United Nations conference held at Dartmouth College April 5-7. Students debated international politics, humanitarian causes, and more. Congratulations to sophomore Eli C who was awarded Best Position Pa …
Read more »Classroom Close-Up: Pre-Calculus
Mr. Almeida’s Pre-Calculus students practice comparing and evaluating logarithms by playing a variation of the card game War.
Read more »Freshpaint Springfield Features Art Teacher Andrae Green and Pria Green; Murals on View June 2 – 8
In a story that aired on NEPR, Pria Nadkarmi Green brought our attention to the latest community project that she’s working on with her artistic collaborator and husband, our own Mr. Andrae Green. Both are heavily involved in the Springfield Cultural …
Read more »Thoughts on College Admissions – The Process, The Scandal, and The Academy’s Approach
Associate Head of School and Director of College Counseling Neale Gay has worked with Academy students for many years as both a teacher and a College Counselor. He has great insights into the process, the system, the scandal, and the importance of help …
Read more »One Academy Family’s Effort to Make a Difference
The Hall-Mayer family is sponsoring a 19-year-old asylum seeker from Honduras. “DN”* will be living with them for 6 months to a year once she is released from the detention center where she is currently held. A GoFundMe campaign has been set up to pro …
Read more »Students Taking Care of Our School
Many hands and big hearts made light work during an impromptu, student-initiated effort to clean up trash found in Grinnell field. In the same spirit, the Community Service Council facilitated an all-school deep cleaning, getting ready for spring.
Read more »Spring Break Montreal Trip
During Spring Break, a group of French students embarked on a trip to Montreal. They stayed in Old Montreal, visited the historic sites around them including the Basilica Notre Dame for both a guided tour and a special evening light show. They went swi …
Read more »Announcing 2-West, a Literary Magazine to Connect Western Massachusetts High School Students
The Academy at Charlemont’s Inter-school Relations Council has begun working to create 2-West, a bi-annual, student-run literary magazine that aims to connect Western Massachusetts high schoolers through poetry, prose, and visual art. We are looking fo …
Read more »Student Art on Display at Green Fields Market Through April
The work of seniors Izzy B, Ethan B, Sophia C, and Leni S-F, and junior Solly C (photography and oil painting) is on display at Green Fields Market (Franklin Community Coop, 144 Main Street in Greenfield) through April. We’ll host a reception after …
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