Class Trips: Grade 10
The sophomores arrived in New York mid-afternoon on Thursday, and after dropping off our bags at the Vanderbilt YMCA, we headed to the United Nations for a guided tour. We then had the opportunity to visit Mr. Green’s alma mater, the New York Academy o …
Read more »Welcome Kimberly Overtree to The Academy
We are excited to announce that Kimberly Overtree will be joining our math and theater departments next fall. Kimberly has fifteen years of experience teaching courses that range from Algebra 1 to Calculus at Rivers School in Weston, MA, The Ethel Walk …
Read more »Class Trips: Grade 9
After a smooth and beautiful ferry ride, the ninth grade learned about the 18th century naturalist and astronomer Maria Mitchell from one of the association’s historians, took an informative walking tour of Nantucket, and were treated to a great dinner …
Read more »Class Trips: Grade 8
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 …
Read more »Class Trips: Grade 7
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 t …
Read more »Academy Senior Sam Z-A Creates EP
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 pro …
Read more »Sports Recap, Week of May 8: ULTIMATE SUCCESS
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 perseve …
Read more »Community Service Day
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. …
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Intro to Representational Drawing Celtic Band Digital Photography In the Garage: British Invasion
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7th grade students present their Climate Connection projects for Spring Exhibition. 03
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