September 19, 2024What’s Up at 1 Lowell Ave?Our 1 Lowell Avenue building – next door to our primary building – will open in two phases and will add several…
September 5, 2024What are Course Offerings for T1? – aka “Elective” Teacher Pitches on September 4, 2024Gathering en masse in Room 2, electricity in the air, all grade 6-9 students heard about T1 course offerings Wednesday morning! These…
August 29, 2024A Peek Inside the Upcoming School Year!It has arrived! The school year is beginning! I hope your kids cannot wait to walk through the doors on Tuesday! We…
August 29, 2024Math at Acera 2024-2025Written by Jamie Schefen, Upper School Coordinator and Emily Stefanich, Lower School Coordinator At Acera School, math is more than just numbers—it's…
June 18, 2024Acera students earn awards at Noetic Learning Math ContestStudents at the Acera School in Winchester earned Honor Roll and Honorable Mention awards in the Spring 2024 Noetic Learning Math Contest…
June 13, 2024A peek inside Collaboration WeekDear Acera community. Staff collaboration, learning together, and continuous improvement of our program are in the DNA of Acera’s culture! Collaboration workshop…
June 7, 2024Highlights from the Spring IMPposiumWhat a wonderful time at our IMPposium last week! Students delved into complex subjects, such as quantum mechanics, the stock market, and…
May 30, 2024Cultivating Executive Functioning at AceraBy Emily Achilles Stefanich and Jamie Schefen Guiding Question: How do we teach/support executive functioning at each grade level? Overview Executive functioning…
May 15, 2024Measuring Core CapacitiesBy Jamie Schefen At Acera, we have a shared set of values which we hold as a community and capacities which we…
May 8, 2024Rethinking Assessment: Beyond Traditional TestsBy Emily Stefanich Standardized assessments have long been the go-to method for measuring student performance in schools, providing a snapshot of academic…
