Spirit Week & Karaoke Night
Mass Academy’s doors were unlocked on the morning of October 25, but instead of usual juniors walking in to sign in at Ms. Julie Theriault’s desk, twins and similar-dressed groups walked in instead. It was the beginning of spirit week, a tradition held among high schools that encourages students to dress up to a particular […]
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SISP Spotlight: Garyth Page Violette
Juggling and running a marathon are hard activities to undertake by themselves, but putting them together? That is exactly what senior Garyth Page Violette has chosen to do for his Senior Independent Study Project (SISP). During senior year at Mass Academy, all seniors are required to complete a SISP during which they dedicate a minimum […]
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The Early Years: A look into the history of Mass Academy with WPI Professor Lance Schachterle
In 2021, Professor Lance Schachterle celebrated 50 years at WPI. Professor Schachterle’s time at WPI has included 24 years in central administration, including a post at WPI’s London Project Center, a part of the Global Projects Program he was instrumental in starting—he calls the Global Projects Program his “most important contribution to WPI.” Within that […]
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Raas Garba: It’s the Time to Disco!
As A-Term came to a close, the festival of lights began. Known to bring together millions of people from around the world, Diwali marks a celebration of Indian culture and the victory of light over darkness. Typically, this festival is marked by lighting diyas (candles) and garba–a dance that originated in Gujarat and acts as […]
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STEM Week Activities
To celebrate STEM week this year, Mass Academy students taught interactive STEM lessons at two schools in the Worcester community: the Nativity School on October 17th and Tatnuck Magnet School on October 24th. In the weeks leading up to the lessons, teams of juniors and seniors worked hard readying their material. MAMS students prepared unique […]
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STEM Saturdays
Mass Academy Community Service (MACS) Club put on its third successful STEM Saturday on October 29th. Featuring exploding film canister rockets, snap circuit demos, a skittles-diffusion experiment, and a make-your-own catapult station, the activities had park goers of all ages excited to participate. Each Mass Academy volunteer was stationed at an activity and tasked with […]
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Day in the Life of a Senior
The S-Files: Day in the Life of Senior Svabhu Govindaraj The crackling of pool balls in the Campus Center breaks the October morning silence. Senior Svabhu Govindaraj arrives at school at 8:30 sharp, after a speedy trip on I-290. Like many seniors, Govindaraj is managing the stress of approaching college application deadlines, finals week, and […]
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Fall Festival
A crisp fall breeze, the tips of leaves turning red, a mysterious desire to eat pumpkin-flavored things. Along with their first midterms and physics tests, these tell-tale signs let Mass Academy students know that a Massachusetts autumn is here. All MAMS students are beginning to settle into the 2022-2023 school year after a month of […]