TechBoston Academy’s essential belief is that by providing an environment that is both nurturing and challenging, every student can learn and develop into a responsible citizen. TechBoston Academy, a pilot high school within the Boston Public Schools, offers a college preparatory curriculum, which includes interdisciplinary project-based learning, where technology is the bridge that connects the students to their learning experiences.
Academic Expectations:
1) To actively engage students in their own educational process and improve their academic performance as measured by MCAS and other assessment tools.
- All students will read critically and with comprehension.
- All students will communicate and reflect effectively through writing, speaking, and presenting.
- All students will develop critical thinking skills.
- All students will solve problems effectively.
- All students will understand how common themes connect across disciplines and are applied outside the classroom.
- All students will develop the habits of study enabling them to be successful in post-secondary pursuits.
2) To integrate state of the art technologies into all learning opportunities and prepare students for higher education and career development.
- All students will become competent in specific industry technologies.
- All students will demonstrate proficiency in integrating existing and emerging industry technologies that enable communication, problem solving, visual presentation, research and analysis.
Social Expectations:
- Live by the motto, “We rise and fall together” by working collaboratively to achieve goals and to accomplish tasks.
- Respect themselves by assuming responsibility for their own behavior and well being.
- Respect others by being tolerant of individual differences, opinions, and preferences.
Civic Expectations:
- Positively represent the TechBoston Academy community at all times by being responsible citizens in the school as well as in the outside community.
- Actively respect and value the community, others’ property and the environment.

