Kudos to rising 9th grader Juliet C on being published by the Washington Post today with an op-ed piece entitled “The lonely world between the hearing and the Deaf”.

We did it – and then some! Thanks to the generosity of over 350 donors – alumni/ae, families, and friends of The Academy – we raised a total of $281,738 in 2017-2018, far exceeding our goal of $250,000!!

Hilltown Youth Theatre Summer Workshop has moved! The program is still on for this summer, but is now operating at Hawlemont Regional Elementary School and Berkshire East. To register, or for more information, visit hilltownyouth.org or call (413) 387- …

In The Practice of Painting class Sophia C refines her masterpiece with Mr. Green.

The 7th grade art classes made mixed media monster sculptures.

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, cu …

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 Reloa …

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 …

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.

Spanish 2 students have learned cultural aspects of many countries. Our last unit is Chile and students prepared a traditional Chilean dish, empanadas.