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Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Academies Become Model for Neighboring Districts

The high school program is being looked at for potential replication in Cresskill and a New York school district

Created in 2011, the New Milford Academy program has quickly gained steam in the district and in the area as two school districts have initiated discussions to replicate New Milford's model. According to Danielle Shanley, the Diretor of Curriculum and Instruction, officials in Cresskill and a district in New York have expressed interest in creating their own Academy programs. The district offers three specialized programs: The Academy of Arts and Letters, The Science, Technology, Engineering and Mathematics Academy and The Academy for Global Leadership. Students in the Academy of Arts and Letters enroll in courses such as AP language and composition, music theory, or Rock of Ages, a study of popular culture through the development of rock-…

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Team New Milford: Masters of the (Educational) Universe, NMHS Academy Program, Independent Study Gives Academy Seniors a Taste of College, and 2 more ›

MT

12:53 pm on Tuesday, March 19, 2013

Congratulations to the team!!! Keep the positive momentum going. Hopefully the grades and school rankings will reflect this progress.   more ›

Monday, October 24, 2011

NMHS Academy Program

Patch visits the Academy in action

Last week while attending Edscape, Patch asked the principal of NMHS, Eric Sheninger, to explain the Academy program. Rather than talk about it, he invited Patch to come and visit the Academy to see it in action. Emphasis on action because there is nothing passive about New Milford High School's Academy program or the students and teachers who define it.  The best way to describe the Academy is to quote from the book "The Alchemist" by Paulo Coelho, that the Arts & Letter and Global Leadership groups were reading and discussing on the day of our visit: "When you want something, all the universe conspires in helping you to achieve it."  In the case of these students, the administration and educators are working hard to expose as much of the…

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