School News

This month we are kicking off a new Student Spotlight series. Over the next several months we will introduce you to one student from each of Atlantis’s five Career Academies. We begin with the Health, Med-Tech and Sports Medicine Academy. Katelyn Barlow is a senior from Fall River.  She has attended Atlantis since 5th grade. She plans to study nursing at UMass Dartmouth next fall. Q: What is your career goal? A: I'm planning to go into maternity nursing. I chose that specialty because my grandmother was a maternity nurse. Emergency (medicine) was actually my first choice, but I realized that [...]

Pictured from left: Dennis Leahy, executive vice president, treasurer and CFO of BCSB, and treasurer of BCSCF; Dr. Jean MacCormack, chair of the Southcoast Advisory Board, BCSCF; Robert Beatty, executive director of Atlantis Charter School; George Jacome, development director of the Atlantis Educational Foundation; and Patrick Murray, president and CEO of BCSB, and president of BCSCF The Arts, Culture and Design Academy will be getting some shiny new apples  - Apple laptops that is. Atlantis received a $5,000 donation from Bristol County Savings Bank through its charitable foundation (BCSCF).  The money will go toward the purchase of new laptops [...]

Under the watchful eyes of real judges and attorneys, Atlantis students got a first-hand look at how the U.S. legal system works as members of the school’s first-ever Mock Trial Team. The seven-member team, made up of freshmen and sophomore girls, competed in the regional round of the Massachusetts Bar Association’s High School Mock Trial Tournament last month. The Atlantis students and their peers from nearby schools took on the roles of prosecutors, defense attorneys and witnesses and presented a hypothetical case inside a courtroom at the Fall River Justice Center. Zoey Dupras, Evelyn Brown and Ariana Almonte played attorneys; Kaliyah [...]

The Atlantis 360 Fund is in full swing as the new year begins. Donations have been steadily coming in since Atlantis launched the annual fund in November. "We know that November and December are busy months for families, and that is why we are so grateful so many people found the time to support Atlantis," said George Jacome, Development Director for the Atlantis Educational Foundation. "Your gift will give Atlantis students tools and resources they can use to build skills and knowledge needed to succeed in college and 21st century careers." The fund provides discretionary funds that will support academic programming, [...]

Allison Scanlon and Gabriela Birmingham with NEASC Associate Director Kathleen Montagno at Accreditation Luncheon in Boston on December 13 Atlantis Charter School was honored at a luncheon in Boston for receiving its initial accreditation from the New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC). Atlantis is only the third charter school in Massachusetts to be accredited by the NEASC. K-12 District Leader Gabriela Birmingham and 7-12 Site Leader Allison Scanlon represented Atlantis at the luncheon on December 13 at the Boston Marriott Copley Place. They were presented with the official Certificate of Accreditation plaque by NEASC President Cameron Staples [...]

   Kemp Harris with aspiring journalists Corrin Crowley, Dylan Audette, and Rileigh Lemaire  Special Note: Atlantis recently welcomed renowned storyteller, actor and musician Kemp Harris to campus to speak to 11th and 12th graders in our Career Academies. As part of our ongoing effort to expose our students to different careers during their time at Atlantis, we asked three of our aspiring journalists to put on their reporter hats and cover this special assembly for this month’s Spotlight column. by Corrin Crowley, Dylan Audette, and Rileigh Lemaire Kemp Harris is the kind of artist who cannot be described by [...]

 Professional development brings teachers up to speed on new chemistry curriculum Atlantis chemistry teacher Hank Madeira had an opportunity to go “back to school” last month. He and colleague Julia Wilson, content leader for the Atlantis science department, took part in two days of training in Warren, Rhode Island at the East Bay Educational Collaborative (EBEC) to learn the ins and outs of a new “green” chemistry program being implemented at Atlantis. The school recently received a $20,000 chemistry grant from the U.S. Office of Naval Research (ONR) Grant through the EBEC which provided for the professional development, plus new textbooks [...]

Just in time for the holiday giving season, Atlantis Charter School launched its new Atlantis 360 Fund. Atlantis is seeking support from students, parents, alumni and others who have championed the school as it grew and blossomed over the years. “By making a gift to the Atlantis 360 Fund, you will bring life full-circle,” says Atlantis Charter School Executive Director Robert Beatty. “Regardless of whether you can donate $5, $50 or $500, your gift will give Atlantis students hope and opportunity.  Every gift truly matters.” As a public charter school, Atlantis does not collect tuition. Therefore, a robust annual fund is [...]

This November, high school students at Atlantis are getting some cool new learning tools in their science classrooms thanks to $30,000 in grants from the East Bay Educational Collaborative of Rhode Island (EBEC). Atlantis was selected to participate in a new chemistry program entitled “A Natural Approach to Chemistry.” The program comes with state-of-the-art laboratory equipment, a wide variety of STEM instructional resources, as well as professional development for Atlantis teachers. “STEM education is vital in preparing our students for the demands of higher education and the work force,” said Robert Beatty, Executive Director of Atlantis Charter School. Image Credit: Lab-Aids [...]

Atlantis Charter School received its initial accreditation from the prestigious New England Association of Schools and Colleges (NEASC), becoming one of only three charter high schools in Massachusetts to receive this recognition. The Committee on Public Secondary Schools voted to grant Atlantis initial accreditation into the Association for its high school program during its meeting on June 24. The Committee notified Atlantis of the decision by letter. “The designation is affirmation of the hard work put in to create a high quality educational choice for high school students here in the South Coast region,” said Robert Beatty, Executive Director of Atlantis [...]