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Mission & Charter
Mission & Core Values
Mission Statement:
IACS creates an inclusive educational environment that helps students become self-directed problem solvers, effective communicators, and invested community members for our complex and evolving world.
Core Values:
IACS is a community of students, staff, and families who believe anything worth doing is worth doing well, and who embrace the core values below to guide our conduct and accomplish our mission:
Core Values for Students’ Development:
Self-directed, collaborative, and empowered life-long learners
Maximizing social, emotional, and academic potential
Active and effective communication
Respect for others through equity and inclusivity
Reflection and revision to consistently adapt and improve
Core Values for Educational Philosophy:
Student-centered, project-focused, and experiential learning
Critical thinking and use of systems thinking and system dynamics
Essential role of community and family involvement for student success
Rigorous, relevant, and interdisciplinary curriculum with real world application
Continuous assessment, reflection, and improvement
Original Charter
You can
read
our original charter, written in 1996. At the time of the charter, the name of the school was The Chelmsford Public Charter School. The school changed its name to Innovation Academy Charter School in 2006 and relocated to Tyngsboro in the summer of 2008.
The Board
Stories
Read the charter
Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking provides a toolkit for thinking critically about complex, dynamic problems.
The Mission of IACS
To provide students with a challenging, interdisciplinary education… through an emphasis on holistic learning, higher order and critical thinking skills and practical application and integration of curriculum areas.
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Mission & Charter
Mission & Core Values
Mission Statement:
IACS creates an inclusive educational environment that helps students become self-directed problem solvers, effective communicators, and invested community members for our complex and evolving world.
Core Values:
IACS is a community of students, staff, and families who believe anything worth doing is worth doing well, and who embrace the core values below to guide our conduct and accomplish our mission:
Core Values for Students’ Development:
Self-directed, collaborative, and empowered life-long learners
Maximizing social, emotional, and academic potential
Active and effective communication
Respect for others through equity and inclusivity
Reflection and revision to consistently adapt and improve
Core Values for Educational Philosophy:
Student-centered, project-focused, and experiential learning
Critical thinking and use of systems thinking and system dynamics
Essential role of community and family involvement for student success
Rigorous, relevant, and interdisciplinary curriculum with real world application
Continuous assessment, reflection, and improvement
Original Charter
You can
read
our original charter, written in 1996. At the time of the charter, the name of the school was The Chelmsford Public Charter School. The school changed its name to Innovation Academy Charter School in 2006 and relocated to Tyngsboro in the summer of 2008.
The Board
Stories
Read the charter
Systems Thinking
Systems Thinking provides a toolkit for thinking critically about complex, dynamic problems.
The Mission of IACS
To provide students with a challenging, interdisciplinary education… through an emphasis on holistic learning, higher order and critical thinking skills and practical application and integration of curriculum areas.
Students Prepare for Quality Night
Presenting work publicly is an integral part of every Innovation student's experience.
Link Opener