Career Academy

Atlantis receives 4th Innovation Pathway designation Atlantis received its fourth Innovation Pathway (IP) designation from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts. The Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) recently approved Atlantis’s application for an Information IP designation for the Arts, Culture and Design Academy. To satisfy DESE’s requirements for an Information IP designation, the Arts, Culture, and Design Academy placed a new emphasis on product design, offering a personalized introduction to the integrated product design process which is based in part off MIT’s Integrated Design Management (IDM) program. Students in grades 11 and 12 will complete courses centered around project-based, real-world problems [...]

Robert Perry has joined the team at Atlantis Charter School as the new Career Academy Director. Robert brings a great deal of experience in college and career access.  Early in his career, he worked for the College Crusade of Rhode Island, a non-profit college access program. He worked closely with guidance counselors at the Providence schools to help students apply to college and prepare for the SATs. He later became the Career and Technical Education Coordinator at Providence Public Schools. “Robert understands the scope of our vision for the Career Academies, and we are excited to see the ideas he brings [...]

Atlantis received an Innovation Pathways (IP) Planning Grant of $25,000 from the Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education (DESE) for the Arts, Culture and Design Academy. Atlantis is in the process of applying for an Information IP designation for the academy. If approved, this will be Atlantis’s fourth IP designation. It received the first three in Spring 2019 for Manufacturing, Business & Finance, and Healthcare and Social Assistance which are integrated into the STEM, Business and Entrepreneurship, and Health, Med-Tech and Sports Medicine Academies, respectively. The Arts, Culture, and Design Academy is placing an emphasis on product design to satisfy [...]

Hello from the ACS Guidance Department! Atlantis Charter School has a commitment to preparing their students for continued education beyond your senior year. With a 100% college acceptance goal each year, our guidance department is here for you to assist in all college readiness inquires. On this page you will find usefull information on how to prepare for applying to colleges and continueing ed.     The College Application Process Many people feel overwhelmed when it comes to finding and picking the right path ahead. Our goal is to help simplify the application process for you and educate our students/families on [...]

Atlantis Purchases 1,400 New Chromebooks Investment gives school a 1-to-1 student-to-technology ratio as educators prepare a hybrid approach to teaching this fall due to COVID-19 pandemic   Regardless of what the upcoming school year looks like because of COVID-19, when classes resume in the fall, Atlantis students will have a new tool at their disposal. Atlantis has purchased 1,400 new Chromebook laptops and tablets, investing in new technology to achieve a 1-to-1 student-to-technology ratio. “Atlantis was committed to providing one device for every student as part of our efforts to develop a more robust digital learning program, but the pandemic sped [...]

Diane Richard, RN, Health & Medicine Academy Instructor, speaks with students about what they can expect to explore in this interactive Career Academy. The school year is flying by. We’re already two months into 2020, and summer will be here before we know it. Some big decisions lie ahead for many of our students, particularly for our 8th and 10th graders. The 8th graders are deciding where they will attend high school and the 10th graders will soon choose a Career Academy.  To help them make informed decisions, we took our 8th and 10th graders to UMass Dartmouth’s Center [...]

At Atlantis, we place a strong emphasis on providing our students with experiential learning opportunities to help them make informed decisions about the careers they want to pursue after graduation.  That’s why we are committed to having a robust internship program. Career Academy Director Pat Hawkridge has spent much of the school year arranging capstone internship experiences for seniors. Those internships began this month with some new and exciting changes. “The seniors in the Teaching and Social Services Academy are working with classroom teachers and an occupational therapist at the Lower School as they have in past years, but the internships [...]

This month, Atlantis Charter School received a $49,500 Innovation Pathway Implementation Grant from the Commonwealth of Massachusetts that will be used to expand partnerships with local industry and higher education institutions to increase opportunities for Atlantis students to explore viable career pathways and develop real-world skills. “This funding will support the work we are doing in our five school-to-career academies to prepare students for the 21st century workforce,” said Atlantis Charter School Executive Director Robert Beatty. “It is gratifying to see how well our goals align with those of the Commonwealth through its Innovation Pathways.” STEM Academy students with instructor [...]

Seniors attend workforce development program to prepare for internships Seniors in the Business & Entrepreneurship, Health & Medicine, and Teaching & Social Services Academies came together for a unique learning experience before they embark on their internships in the new year. Cory Silva, coordinator of the Community Engagement Center for People Incorporated, led a workforce development program to prepare seniors for their upcoming internships. He was joined by Melissa St. Pierre and Nancy Bednarz, also from People Incorporated.   Cory Silva, coordinator of the Community Engagement Center for People Incorporated, led the first of two planned workshops [...]

In life, it’s all about the connections you make. The right connection can help you land your dream job, or, in the case of Atlantis, the right connection can help to launch a cutting-edge high school health and medicine program. Dr. Kocher speaks to Atlantis students about careers in medicine during a visit to Boston Children's Hospital. Dr. Mininder Kocher, a world-renowned orthopedic surgeon and chief of the Division of Sports Medicine at Boston Children’s Hospital, serves as an advisor to the Health and Medicine Academy at Atlantis. You may be surprised to learn how that connection came to [...]