Innovation Academy Charter School is a tuition free Massachusetts, public charter school serving students in grades five through nine. Currently, the school serves 400 students in grades 5-10 from over 10 Massachusetts communities including Chelmsford, Lowell, Billerica, Arlington, Groton, Tewksbury, Tyngsboro and Westford.
The Innovation Academy Charter School, which is currently expanding to include a high school, has served fifth through eighth grade students for the past 11 years in Chelmsford, Massachusetts.
The middle school program is commonly referred to as the Murdoch Middle School in honor of
the late Linn Murdoch, school founder and Chelmsford educator. The school will add one grade
per year, which began in the fall of 2007, until the school has grades 5-12.
The school holds high academic standards for all students, with a focus on challenging students to
be thoughtful problem solvers, effective communicators, active community members and selfdirected
in their academic and social pursuits. The high school program will continue in this
tradition, focusing on personalizing the curriculum to each individual student, making
connections through the curriculum to the adult world and holding a high standard for every
student by ensuring that all students share the same “common intellectual mission” of attending
and being successful in college.
IACS’s curriculum, aligned with the Massachusetts Curriculum Frameworks, is project based and real world in its approach. The curriculum is designed and implemented by teachers who have a passion for the subjects they teach and is a balance of project based learning and skill development.
School Hours
School begins at 8:00 a.m. and ends at 3:00 p.m.
