Our Mission & Vision

  • Mission: Boston Adult Technical Academy (BATA) is an alternative high school for mature, motivated students between the ages of 19-22. A great number of our students are from communities of color, immigrant families and are English Language Learners. We provide a safe, nurturing, student-centered, and culturally sustaining educational experience that enables young adults to intensively acquire the skills needed to complete their high school degrees while positioning themselves as agents for community change invested in their own postsecondary success. We seek to eliminate school-based barriers to success that often limit the choices and opportunities for all students. Our work is deeply rooted in social, racial, and economic justice.

    Vision: BATA believes that with the appropriate tools and support, all students can cultivate their knowledge, skills and experience in order to achieve their goals in high school and beyond.  We hope to expand the narrative of 21st century postsecondary success to include a variety of outcomes, including college, entrepreneurship, employment, community service, technical proficiency and the arts. 

Message from our Head of School, Benjamin Helfat

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    Greetings! We are excited to announce that BATA is an EdVestors' School on the Move Prize finalist! The School on the Move Prize spotlights the most notable school-wide improvement efforts happening across Boston Public Schools.

    An external panel of leaders across industries is brought together by EdVestors to help them choose and recognize the Boston School that has done the most for its students in the past year. It gives us immense pleasure to know that BATA was chosen as one of three finalists from across the city.

    BATA is the first alternative school to ever be a semifinalist (last year) and finalist (this year). We believe that this is a win for all alternative schools, who cannot always look to traditional metrics to tell the story of how well they're doing. While we will know the final result in October 2024, this is a moment to pause and celebrate, and so we are! We could not do what we do without your engagement and support.


    Additionally, we are still running our campaign to raise funds for our students to get YMCA memberships this year. We need to be able to provide our students with the access they need to enhance their physical health and wellness, and this campaign will enable that. You can view the details below, and please feel free to share this with your network. Every donation matters. Thank you once again for your support.

     

    YMCA Fundraiser Donation link

Important BATA Announcements

  • BATA is an EdVestors School on the Move finalist! Read their coverage of our story here.
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  • BATA will now have an additional campus in East Boston! We are excited to take forth this new chapter in our growth journey.
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