Welcome to Innovation Academy Charter School – A Public School Providing Middle and High School Students with a Challenging, Interdisciplinary College Preparatory Education
At Innovation Academy, we prepare students for the 21st century through an emphasis on holistic learning, higher order and critical thinking skills and practical application and integration of curriculum areas.
UpdatesFind more news here.Students produce album of musicAs part of a high school Endersession, students spent one week writing and recording original music. You can listen to their music and read more about it at the Album-in-a-Week Endersession page.Letter from our director and family surveyTo read the recent director's letter and complete the family survey, click here.Community Questions from our "Town Hall" MeetingsWe held two "Town Hall" meetings in April of this year where our director, Walter Landberg, answered a variety of questions from the community. You can see his answers to the questions from the community here.Important Dates for the start of the 09-10 SchoolyearWelcoming Day (June 3rd) from 3:45-5:00. For new 5th and 6th graders to viist IACS and meet our staff and participate in some getting to know you activities with future classmates. Our Middle School New Student Orientation will take place August 21st from 10:00-11:30am. Our Middle School Ice Cream Social for new and returning Middle School students, families and staff will take place on August 27th from 6:00-7:30pm. Middle School Art Show - Friday, June 5th, 7 - 9 PMCome and view the wide variety of art work created by students in grades 5 - 8 at IACS! This event is open to students, families, and friends, and we look forward to seeing you there! Health Update, May 21, 2009Click here for an update on efforts to monitor our community for swine-origin influenza A H1N1.New Mailing List!Families: please sign up for our new announcements mailing list. By signing up, you'll get word of family connections as soon as they're posted and also receive other important news. The list will be low traffic, and you can unsubscribe yourself at any time. Click here to sign upDrama and Art Camp this Summer!IACS is offering a Drama and Art Camp at school this summer! Registration forms are due by April 27th. Download forms and find out more hereSupport Charter SchoolsSupport Charter Schools in Massachusetts -- Write to your legislator! Click here to learn moreCharters in the newsThe January 7th Lowell Sun ran an editorial on charter schools. We've posted the link on our new in the news page. In the future you can look there for more articles of interest. Information SessionsOpen houses are coming up on January 24th and Feburary 5th. See a flier here. We also have "Innovation Mornings" coming up when you can tour the building and participate in a Q&A session: more information is available here. Green Task ForceThe Green Task Force has a new site with news and information about our recycling programs and other work intended to make our school a greener place!Lunch programFamilies should have received letters about our lunch program, which is now underway! To order lunches and see menus, follow this link.Course websitesTeachers are beginning to post course overviews and other information (including, in some cases, nightly homework) on our new course website (also available by clicking Academics->Curriculum in the menu above).NewsYou can see up-to-date middle and high school news by going to our news site, also available by clicking the "News" link at the top of the page.Phone numberOur working, permanent phone number is: 978-649-0432Summer packets!High School documents for 2008-2009!, Middle School Summer Packets, and preliminary 2008-2009 calendarVirtual Art ShowSee our virtual art show hereSurveysCurrent families, please take your surveys here:Announcing the Innovator onlineCheck out the NEW Innovation Academy newspaper website at www.theinnovator.org |
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