Day in the Life of a Junior
A Day in the Life of Junior: Mihika Chalasani Every morning Mihika Chalasani arrives at Mass Academy from her hometown of Boylston. After carpooling with her friend Nihitha Reddy, the girls arrive at school around 7:30 am. Despite attending Mass Academy, Chalasani remains involved in sports at her sending school of Tahanto Regional High School. […]
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High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM)
While most students would fret at the prospect of doing math for forty-nine hours straight, here at Mass Academy, students jumped for joy. The High School Mathematical Contest in Modeling (HiMCM) is an international mathematical modeling contest that Mass Academy participates in annually. Starting on Wednesday, November 9th, students prepared their writing utensils and opened […]
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Best Study Spots on Campus
If you are ever doing Mass Academy homework, then you are on the right page! In this piece, we’re going to be discussing some of the best spots to study around Mass Academy and WPI. When you need to study with a group: Unity Hall, located right across from Starbucks and next to Gordon Library, […]
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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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