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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

Meet the New Football Coach

New Atlantis Varsity Football Coach Has Big Goals for Upcoming Season Many of our families know Kazeem Adediran as the Dean of Students of grades 9 and 10, but he is ready to tackle an additional role this year – Varsity football coach. Coach Adediran is no stranger to football. He coached the Fall River Falcons youth football team for five seasons from U8 to U12, winning several championships along the way. We are thrilled to have him coach the Varsity Tritons this fall. The football team is a co-op with students from Atlantis, Bishop Connolly, and Westport. We asked Coach [...]

Meet the New Football CoachLauren Bieke2024-11-18T10:07:17-05:00

Summer Fun and Learning

Atlantis Summer Program Prepares Students for the Year Ahead “Kids are learning through play, and they're having so much fun they don't even realize they're learning,” said Brenda Simonis, the grade 3-6 STEM teacher and the Director of Atlantis’s summer program. This summer, Atlantis offered a summer learning experience with a camp-like vibe in place of its traditional summer enrichment classroom program. The half-day program for rising 1st through 8th graders put an emphasis on academics and social-emotional learning through play. Each day began with an opening ceremony, just like it would at a traditional summer camp. Students gathered in the [...]

Summer Fun and LearningLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

JA H.S. Heroes Teach Financial Literacy

Lower School students learn about money from Atlantis juniors and seniors through Junior Achievement High School Heroes program For years, Atlantis has opened its doors to Junior Achievement (JA) volunteers who come in to teach life skills lessons to our students. But this year, the program at Atlantis looked different than it has in the past. Instead of volunteers from the South Coast community, we had volunteers from our very own Atlantis community at the front of the classroom. 14 juniors and seniors participated in the JA High School Heroes program. They were assigned to Kindergarten and 1st-grade classrooms to teach [...]

JA H.S. Heroes Teach Financial LiteracyLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Atlantis 2nd Grade Teacher Recognized

Samantha Roman McKee Named 2023 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Semifinalist Kind, hard-working, creative, funny, and smart… are just a few of the adjectives students used to describe their 2nd grade teacher, Samantha Roman McKee. McKee was recently named a 2023 Massachusetts Teacher of the Year Semifinalist. Each year, the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education honors a licensed PreK-12 Massachusetts public school teacher who exemplifies excellent teaching in the Commonwealth. The Teacher of the Year program highlights student achievement, educators’ commitment to the profession, innovations in education, and teacher leadership. Lower School principal Corrie Marchand nominated McKee for the award, [...]

Atlantis 2nd Grade Teacher RecognizedLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Birthday Celebration for WWII Veteran

Atlantis 3rd Graders Made Cards and Posters to Celebrate WWII Veteran’s 102nd Birthday Third graders cheered, waving American flags and holding up posters as a silver Toyota SUV drove slowly around the loop outside Atlantis’s Lower School. In the passenger seat, with a huge smile on his face, was soon-to-be-102-year-old WWII veteran Joe Bucko of Swansea. All Mr. Bucko wanted for his birthday this year was birthday cards, so his daughter posted about his wish on Facebook. Word quickly spread on social media and local news and Atlantis 3rd grade teacher Grace Nunes had an idea. “I was touched because he’s [...]

Birthday Celebration for WWII VeteranLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

Tritons Print Shop

STEM Students Design and Sell Custom 3D-Printed Products at Tritons Print Shop There is more than just food to buy at lunch these days at Atlantis Charter School. The Upper School cafeteria is now home to the Tritons’ Print Shop. Students in the STEM Academy are busy creating an assortment of custom-designed 3D printed items to sell to students and staff. STEM Academy instructor Jared Booker came up with the idea to build enthusiasm for the program. “We want to get students excited about the class,” said Jared Booker. “In the past, we used our 3D printers to print pipe fittings. [...]

Tritons Print ShopLauren Bieke2024-11-18T09:55:42-05:00

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