The First of Many: The Journey of One of Mass Academy’s First Students
In 1992, Mass Academy opened its doors to its inaugural class of students. We recently had the opportunity to speak to Sarah Adams, a professor of Mathematics and Electrical & Computer Engineering at Olin College, who was a part of that first graduating class. She took the time to meet with us and talk about […]
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Math Team Captains on Why They Love Math
With the sound of 50 students’ buzzing excitement as they huddle over a problem in groups, it’s clear that the Mass Academy’s Math Team is the most popular after-school activity. But why? I decided to take a deep dive into understanding the club’s popularity and success by first approaching its captains. Captains Jared Rosen, Erica […]
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SISP Spotlight: Abhinav Sharma and Sasha Nandyala
As students enter their senior year at Mass Academy, they shift their attention to one of the most integral parts of the year: the SISP, or Senior Independent Study Project. As part of this requirement, seniors have to spend 100 hours of work on any passion project of their choice. Mass Academy has this requirement […]
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Projects range from machine learning models to school-wide web applications to solve real world problems
The Computer Science class is beloved at Mass Academy, teaching students HTML & CSS for their personal websites and Java to those new to programming. But for those that already have computer science experience, they have the unique opportunity of developing software for an independent project. Students choose what they create, from web-apps to games, […]
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Junior Tarun Eswar runs a Japanese Language & Culture blog
While students at Mass Academy enjoy STEM, they all have other hobbies and interests. For junior Tarun Eswar, his hobby has grown into an award-winning blog. His blog, 365 to Japan, details his journey about learning the Japanese language and culture. The same skills that allow him to read and write technical literature also help […]
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Student government organizes Pizza Fridays
One treat Mass Academy students look forward to every week is Pizza Friday, a tradition that has been occurring at the school for over a decade. Student government members sell pizza in the mornings when students come into school and hand it out during lunch, providing a nice change of pace and giving the student […]
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The wide variety of gym classes at MAMS
Much like the rest of Mass Academy, our gym classes are far from ordinary. Since the grade is so small, there are only two gym classes. Each term, each of the gym classes alternates between two activities. In A Term, the activities were Zumba and a traditional gym class, both taught by teachers from WPI. […]
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Mass Academy Senior Succeeds at International Science Competition
The Regeneron Science Talent Search is one of the oldest and most prestigious international science competitions with thousands of students submitting original research each year. Diego Suchenski Loustaunau, a senior at Mass Academy, had low expectations going in. “There are so many awesome people and projects who compete in STS that I wasn’t really expecting […]
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A conversation with Mass Academy’s physics teacher
As all students at Mass Academy can vouch for, coming to this school is a big academic and social change. Teaching at the academy is also unlike teaching at any other public school in Massachusetts, as Mass Academy has a smaller student population, university connections, and a STEM focused curriculum. Entering this school as a […]
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Mass Academy received a safe driving presentation
Long commutes across the entire state of Massachusetts are one of the unique things about Mass Academy. Given this, it is unsurprising that the Massachusetts State Police chose Mass Academy as a school community in need for the ThinkFast Driver Safety presentation. On Monday, March 13th, ThinkFast hosted a game show style presentation for all […]