Category: LMACS in the News

“The small setting, close personal touch, and family culture climate that’s personalized and warm,” is what first interested new Executive Director Sean McCarthy about Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School (LMACS). For 25 years, LMACS has offered students who need it most an inclusive and supportive learning environment that guides them toward successful futures. McCarthy’s goal Read More …

By Barry Scanlon | Lowell Sun Read the full article in the Lowell Sun LOWELL — As the new executive director of the Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School, Sean McCarthy has an office. He just doesn’t plan on sitting in it often. “To me, it’s all about being approachable, visible and accessible,” the 50-year-old Andover Read More …

By BARRY SCANLON | Read at Lowell Sun LOWELL — Reopening school doors is a Herculean challenge these days. Temperature checks. Hand sanitizer stations. Ventilation upgrades. Social distancing signs. Mandatory mask checks. After checking off all the safety boxes, the Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School reopened to students Feb. 22. It was a ton of Read More …

More than ever, high school students need a safe and inclusive learning environment in which to discover their potential and earn a high-quality education. Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School (LMACS) holds students to high standards and ensures they reach their goals. LMACS is kicking off the school year with a hybrid model which combines online Read More …

Read at Lowell Sun LOWELL — More than 350 students from Lowell High School and Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School got quite the reality check at Jeanne D’Arc Credit Union’s ninth annual MoneyStrong for Life Fair, held recently at the Tsongas Center at UMass Lowell. During the fair, students role-played themselves at age 25 and Read More …

By AMARIS CASTILLO | acastillo@lowellsun.com | Lowell Sun PUBLISHED: September 22, 2017 DRACUT — The students from Lowell Middlesex Academy Charter School stood in silence around the tall stone monument honoring Army Spc. Mathew G. Boule along Lakeview Avenue. Many studied his face. “How many people know that picture?” LMACS Executive Director Margaret A. McDevitt asked them before explaining that Read More …

By AMARIS CASTILLO | acastillo@lowellsun.com | Read at Lowell Sun DRACUT — It’s easy to mistake Curtis and Brett Clark for twins. The Dracut brothers are both tall and heavily built with squinty-eyed smiles. They sometimes talk in unison and joke around often. Curtis, though, is older at 21. Brett is 19. Physical resemblance and Read More …

The Massachusetts Department of Elementary and Secondary Education awarded LMACS its Charter renewal on May 4, 2015. This year marks the 20th year that LMACS has been providing high-quality education to students from the Greater Lowell area. Read the DESE Press Release