Mass Academy of Math and Science

That's a wrap on the 2025-2026 Mass Academy School Year! Friday we had our last Brickyard Mtg with the Juniors (now SENIORS!) - we gave out some awards, shared shout outs, and looked back at all this class has accomplished. Time for a well earned summer break!

What a day at Mass Academy!

Morning: our STEM Fair, where students presented assistive technology projects designed with community partners to solve real-world challenges.

Lunch: Ice Cream Sundaes for a job well done!

Afternoon: lights, camera, language! Our Spanish & French Film Festival highlighted a year of creativity and impressive language growth.

A perfect end-of-year celebration—thank you to Dr. C and Ms. Wildfong for all the work to make this day possible!

Innovation meets impact at the Mas Academy Apps for Good Fair!

Students teamed up to design apps and websites that tackle real issues in their communities — using creativity, technology, and collaboration to make a difference. From problem-solving to pitching their ideas, these future changemakers showed what’s possible when learning connects to purpose. Big shout out to Ms. Taricco for her countless hours of support and guidance with the students to make this day possible.

Innovation with purpose! This spring, our students have designed and built assistive technology to support real community needs. Join us at Mass Academy on May 20 for our annual Assistive Technology Fair and experience their work firsthand. Open to the community - hope you can join us!

We are incredibly proud to recognize three Mass Academy students for their exceptional accomplishments in technology and computer science:

Naaisha Agarwal and Nichelle Thinagar
Recipients of the 2026 NCWIT Award for Aspirations in Computing – Massachusetts Winner Award, honoring their talent, leadership, and passion for computing. As award winners, they join a national community of young technologists and gain access to scholarships, internships, and other opportunities.

Abhiraam Venigalla
Named the 2025 Congressional App Challenge winner for Massachusetts’s Second District, Abhiraam developed NeuroLens, a deep‑learning app that detects and analyzes brain tumors from MRI scans—an innovation with real‑world impact on healthcare accessibility and diagnosis.

These students exemplify creativity, persistence, and purpose in computing, and we couldn’t be prouder of how they’re using technology to make a difference. Great job!

Prom 2026!

Very proud of Nichelle- a fantastic student and and even better human!

55 students in USA are national STEM champs; 2 are from Central Mass. The 13-year-old from Worcester Academy and the 17-year-old from the Massachusetts Academy of Math and Science are headed to Washington, DC.

Yesterday was an great day at Mass Academy! We hosted a super successful blood drive and had 25 out of 28 donations come through—huge thanks to our incredible students, staff, parents, and members of the WPI community who showed up to give back.

We’re so grateful to the Rhode Island Blood Center for making the trip to Worcester, and a special shoutout to Nurse Alex and our Red Cross Club for organizing everything and making the day run so smoothly.

BIG News for M**S Math!

M**S students have been working diligently all year on several different math modeling challenges and competitions and now we are seeing some amazing results!

10 teams created actuarial projects and recommendations for Modeling the Future Challenge. All 10 were named semi-finalists and competed in the New England Regional round. Only 3 teams in the region become finalists and are invited to compete in the national round. M**S secured 2 of those 3 spots. Great job Team!