
We believe that every scholar can learn, grow, prosper, and have a positive impact within their families and in their community. We believe that our responsibility as adults is to do whatever we can to ensure that this and future generations of our scholars get the best education possible and are prepared for college and the 21st century job market.
We’ve assembled an incredible team of people – the DREAM Team – we are on a journey to close the achievement gap. We’ve built our program upon the best practices of extremely successful schools across the country, learning from schools and leaders who have already achieved what we have set out to achieve. We’re building an innovative, personalized, and fresh approach to supporting all learners and helping educators to close the achievement gap and to challenge all learners to reach their DREAMs.
Our History
Our school was founded in February of 2014 and we opened our doors to 100 6th grade scholars the following August. It was a quick turn around but we felt we didn’t have a minute to spare in bringing choice to all families. We add a 6th grade cohort every year, opened the doors to our high school in August of 2017, and in 2020, we will reach our full grade span from grades 6 to 12. For the 2017-18 school year we enroll 410 scholars in grades 6 through 9. We believe in small school. We believe in hard work. We believe in building Determination, Respect, Excellence, Altruism, and Maturity within all of our scholars. We believe that education is the key to success in life and that all scholars deserve a high quality, public school education.
Our Philosophy
Argosy Collegiate Middle School- The goal of the middle school is to get 100% of our scholars at or above grade level by the end of 8th grade, so that they are ready for our college-prep high school program including our college credit dual enrollment program. Saturday Academy is offered 15 times a year to provide free, additional academic support to scholars who need extra support in a small setting. Saturday Academy is not mandatory but rather an option for scholars who need it.
Argosy Collegiate High School – The program for our high school is laser focused on propelling 100% of our scholars to and through a four year college program, with a bachelor’s degree in a relevant field of study, owing as little money as possible. The high school day and week are designed to allow for scholars to engage in after school activities and enrichment while still getting a rigorous and engaging college preparatory, dual enrollment program during the school day. High school scholars learn to self-advocate and schedule extra help with teachers when needed.
The Argosy Collegiate High School program includes:
A full four-year financial literacy program to prepare scholars for the real world of managing their personal finances as well as managing a business.
Dual Enrollment courses with Bristol Community College (BCC) – Our partnership with BCC is an exciting opportunity for Argosy Collegiate scholars. Our vision is that our scholars will be able to graduate 12th grade not only with their high school diploma, but also a college acceptance letter, and a full year of college credits completed – AT NO COST. Through MassCoreTransfer, scholars will be able to transfer their earned college credits to a number of excellent colleges and universities in Massachusetts to dramatically decrease the cost of a bachelor’s degree.
Beginning in the 9th grade, scholars who have demonstrated grade level mastery of reading and writing English will be able to take dual enrollment courses in either Spanish or Portuguese right away. Argosy Collegiate provides scholars with classroom and academic support to ensure that all scholars meet the expectations of this college level course, both inside the classroom and out. Scholars who are not ready for dual enrollment in foreign language in the 9th grade will take a literacy intervention course in addition to their ELA course to get them to grade level proficiency prior to taking any dual enrollment courses.
The Collegiate Skills Program supports scholars and families in choosing a college that is a good fit, supports with the college application process, the financial aid application process, as well as supports for scholars while they are studying at college to ensure college completion. This is our commitment to 100% of our scholars.
We are building programs and enrichment including a new $2,000,000 gymnasium, a robotics lab, a STEM lab, a culinary arts lab, along with music and art. Additional enrichment offerings will be added as we grow the program. We look forward to future offerings in theater, philanthropy, community service, school civics and government, robotics, cooking, the arts, chess, competitive basketball and volleyball, and so much more.