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The Tritons Booster Club

More than Fundraisers, Spirit Raisers! Behind every great high school athletics program are parent boosters. The Tritons Booster Club is always hard at work behind the scenes to make high school memorable, not just for the student-athletes, but for the entire student body. 2023-24 Tritons Booster Club Board “We want every student at Atlantis, not just the athletes, to be involved in the school community and to have the best high school experience possible,” said Eddie Almeida, Tritons Booster Club president. “Through sports, we can grow school spirit and take the excitement from the fields into the classrooms so [...]

The Tritons Booster ClubLauren Bieke2024-11-18T10:07:17-05:00

Atlantis Unveils Video Wall

New Video Wall Makes a Bold Statement in Upper School "The kids love seeing their pictures up there," said IT Manager Mike Dauphin, referring to the school's new video wall. Standing 9 feet tall and 16 feet wide, it is the crowning jewel of the Upper School cafeteria. The wall is comprised of 16 55-inch TV screens and can be completely customizable to share information with the school community. On any morning you can look up at the screen, located over the food service line, and see that week's lunch menu, school announcements, sports schedules, photos, videos and more. "It's a [...]

Atlantis Unveils Video WallLauren Bieke2024-11-18T10:03:41-05:00

Community School Supply Drive

Atlantis students began the school year with new supplies thanks to a generous donation from the community. Kim Silva of Rose Home Real Estate/Laer Realty Partners, Tom Lambert of AccuTrust Mortgage and Sandra Letendre of BayCoast Bank stopped by campus before the start of school to drop off supplies and a check they had collected for Atlantis students. Silva and Lambert spearheaded the drive. “Kim and I knew exactly who we wanted not only to ‘give to,’ but also to ‘give back to,’ said Lambert. Silva and Lambert each have long histories with Atlantis. Silva was a paraprofessional at Atlantis for [...]

Community School Supply DriveLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

New Cell Phone Policy at Upper School

Atlantis Upper School implements Yondr to address cell phone usage during the school day “Students were constantly trying to go online during class. It was kids on Snapchat, kids on TikTok, kids texting each other. It was a big-time distraction,” said high school environmental science teacher David Roache. To combat the growing problem of cell phones in school, Atlantis instituted a new policy, making the Upper School a student phone-free space to improve teaching and learning. Now, each morning when students enter the building they place their cell phones, earbuds, and smart watches in a small silver pouch. Students magnetically seal [...]

New Cell Phone Policy at Upper SchoolLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Students Get a Lesson in Leadership

Atlantis summer program offers Leadership Academy for students in grades 6-8 Rising sixth grader Jenayra Tumax loves math, so when she was asked to come up with a math activity to do with first graders during Atlantis’s summer program she got right to work. She did some research and found an addition activity involving ladybugs. She helped the first graders make ladybugs, using pom poms for the spots, and then made math equations to add the pom poms. “Jenayra did that entire activity on her own with the students,” said Atlantis seventh-grade teacher Leah Pluto. “As a teacher, I love seeing [...]

Students Get a Lesson in LeadershipLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Open Studio Night

Open Studio Night & Concert 2023: A Celebration of Culture and Creativity Student artwork at Open Studio Night. For one night only, Atlantis’s student center was transformed into an exhibition hall, for a celebration of culture and creativity. Families, friends and members of the community were invited to Atlantis’s Open Studio Night and Concert on Thursday, May 18. The event was a collaboration between students in grades 7-12 and the Career Academy and Specialist (Art, Music, Theater, PE) faculty and staff. “This generation has been living inside a box because of COVID-19, in their rooms, on phones, TVs and [...]

Open Studio NightLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Travel Club Returns

Flying Horses, Sandy Beaches, and New Friends: ACS Travel Club Visits the Vineyard ACS Travel Club aboard SeaStreak Ferry on route to Martha’s Vineyard The day began early at the SeaStreak Ferry Terminal in New Bedford. 17 students and six chaperones boarded a ferry for a 45-minute ride to Martha’s Vineyard. The students are members of Atlantis’s Travel Club. This was the group’s first trip since the COVID-19 pandemic, and they had a full day of activities planned. ACS Travel Club standing in front of the famous Flying Horses Carousel in Oak Bluffs The group arrived [...]

Travel Club ReturnsLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Senior Internship Spotlight

Atlantis Internships Give Students Real-World Work Experience, Leading to Future Opportunities “I would like to work in a school district as a pediatric occupational therapist and work with kids with special needs,” said Sarah Moniz, a senior in the Medical Academy. Six Atlantis seniors participated in paid internships at Lower School through DESE's HSSIEP program. Moniz will be attending Worcester State University this fall in the accelerated master’s program for occupational therapy. To help prepare for this next step, she interned in Ms. Patterson’s 2nd grade inclusion classroom, a general education classroom where students with and without learning differences [...]

Senior Internship SpotlightLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Thanksgiving Day Football Returns

2023 Brings New Thanksgiving Day Tradition to Atlantis Atlantis athletic director Chad Gormly, left, Case athletic director Anthony Palladino, and Atlantis co-op head coach Kazeem Adediran pose for Herald News photo. Thanksgiving Day football will return to Atlantis this year after a three-year hiatus. The Tritons will face the Joseph Case High School Cardinals on Thanksgiving morning, in what school leaders hope is the start of a long-standing tradition. Atlantis has not played a Thanksgiving Day game since 2019 when the Tritons lost to Randolph 41-0. There was no Thanksgiving Day game the following year due to COVID. Randolph [...]

Thanksgiving Day Football ReturnsLauren Bieke2024-11-18T10:07:17-05:00

Credit for Life Fair

Money Matters: Students Get a Lesson in Practical Money Skills Imagine you're a 25-year-old professional making $45,000 per year. Using your monthly salary, savings, and credit cards, could you purchase everything you need to live as an adult? That was the challenge posed to Atlantis 11th and 12th graders during the Credit for Life Fair held on January 26 in the Upper School Student Center. For more than a decade, Credit for Life has taught Massachusetts high school students about real-life budgeting and money management. This is the first time Atlantis has hosted the event on campus since before the pandemic. [...]

Credit for Life FairLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

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