Nashoba Tech students taking Advanced Placement courses now have a statewide nonprofit agency in their corner.
Starting with the 2015-2016 school year, Nashoba Tech is participating in Mass Insight Education’s AP STEM and English program.
The program encourages more students to take AP classes in an effort to increase their confidence and acquire the academic skills they need to succeed in college.
Nashoba Tech joins Bay Path Regional Vocational Technical High School, Putnam Vocational Technical Academy and Franklin County Technical School in offering MIE AP programs.
MIE’s John Schneider calls Nashoba Tech a “vanguard school.”
“There is a lot of interest among vocational-technical schools to expand and broaden their AP courses,” Schneider said, “but Nashoba Valley Tech is ahead of the curve in helping students excel in AP classes.”
Bill Toomey, who teaches AP Science classes, found the training so helpful, he attended a second week.
“This is an absolutely fabulous program,” Toomey said of MIE. “Our students are going to be so much better off from participating in this
program.”
MIE offers three Saturday study sessions in the fall and year-round staff coaching at member schools.
“I think the world is disillusioned that technical students don’t need college,” said Nashoba Tech Superintendent Dr. Judith Klimkiewicz. “We want our students to rise to the
challenge. I hope that the additional course work will prepare our students for the rigors of a collegiate program that they might not have been prepared for previously.”
Nashoba Tech offers Advanced Placement courses in American History, Biology, Calculus, English Language and Composition, Physics, and U.S. Government and Politics, and — new this year — Chemistry and Computer Science.
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