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NEW MICROSOCIETY ACADEMY GETS READY TO OPEN
MicroSociety Academy Charter School (MACS), a new tuition-free public charter school, prepares to open to K-5 students on TUES, SEPT. 8.
The MicroSociety Academy Charter School (MACS), a new tuition-free public charter school, is preparing to open to K-5 students on Tuesday, September 8 at its’ temporary home at 500 West Hollis St. (St. Philip Orthodox Church Education Center) in Nashua. Renovations are now underway at the school’s permanent home at 591 West Hollis Street, (former Dartmouth-Hitchcock Clinic) in Nashua, NH, and will ultimately house nine classes of 20 students each in Grades K-8.
Teachers and support staff have been engaged in professional development sessions with trainer Sylvia Sanchez from the Philadelphia office of MicroSociety, Inc., a national MicroSociety education professional development clearinghouse
MACS School Director Amy Bottomley says, “We are fortunate to have Ms. Sanchez, an experienced MicroSociety teacher and program coordinator, working with our staff and showing them how they can seamlessly integrate the school’s unique MicroSociety theme into the NH Common Core.”
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“The founders, former faculty and students (now Nashua parents), at the City Magnet School in Lowell, MA, have 24 years of successful experience implementing a similar model. Since then it has been proven to be successful in over 250 schools throughout country because it enables students to take their classroom learning and apply it by creating and operating the agencies/ventures of their own small society in our school.”
As the school makes ready to open at this writing, there are still some limited Grades 1-5 seats available in some MACS classes for parents to enroll their children.
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Bottomley noted, “Parents are encouraged to send in their child’s application and required documentation to us ASAP. Even if children are not accepted immediately, an active waiting list will be maintained and quickly accessed to fill open seats as they become available if parents of accepted students change their mind.”
Interested parents should see www.macsnh.org for student application and more info. School news updates will be posted there and on MACS Facebook page www.facebook.com/nhmicroschool. Parents with specific concerns/questions should call 603-595-7877 or contact us at: info@macsnh.org
