West Roxbury Academy

Special Features:

• Business and finance theme
• Member of the National Academy Foundation
• Academy of Finance, a program that prepares students for a career in the financial services industry
• Paid student internships
• Before and after school tutoring
• Dual enrollment program
• Path to Success programs at all grade levels
• Advanced Placement Calculus, U. S. Governments & Politics, English Literature and Composition
• Excellent SAT preparation for all juniors and seniors
• Student-run business
• Students expected to dress in business attire for appropriate occasions
• Strong community, corporate and college partners: Boston College, Boston Plan for Excellence, Fisher College, State Street, and USB Financial.
• College preparatory curriculum and focus on media and communication technology
• Study of media and communication literacy/technology integrated throughout the curriculum, emphasizing reading, writing, speaking, presenting, listening, and thinking skills
• “Signature courses” including television production, graphic arts, photography, multimedia, and web design
• Partnerships with major corporations such as Turner Broadcasting Networks and Adobe Corporation
• Two cutting-edge multimedia labs, television studio, and photography darkroom
• SES approved tutoring site
• Dual enrollment programs at local colleges
• Full athletic program and swimming pool available to all students in West Roxbury Education Complex
• ACCESS financial aid for college
• Additional school partners: Boston College, Boston Globe, Mass. College of Art and Design, and WriteBoston.