News & Announcements

Three MAS 2018 graduating seniors were recently spotlighted by the National Alliance for Public Charter Schools. Here is the third of the three stories.

Check out this article on Poverty and New Mexico's State Charter Schools which features MAS Charter School.

On Friday, November 17, 2017, MAS Charter School was approved to replicate our school! We will be the first charter school in the State of New Mexico to fully replicate our model! We will open in Fall 2018 with grades K-1 and add one grade level each year thereafter until we reach the 12th grade. Exact details on the location of our second school will be forthcoming. We are very excited to expand our opportunity to serve students throughout Albuquerque! The video below is a fun video from the day's event!

MAS was visited by the Secretary of Education Christopher Ruszkowski to celebrate MAS' "A" rating for the third consecutive year! Click the link to follow the Straight A Express Tour!

MAS Charter is proud to announce that for the THIRD consecutive year, we have earned an “A” rating on our school report card grade! The New Mexico Public Education Department publicly released school report grades today and MAS Charter School has earned an "A" rating once again; only 14% of schools in the entire State of New Mexico earned an A grade! We would like to shout out and recognize our exemplary staff for their hard work and continual commitment to the success of MAS students! We are very proud of this accomplishment and we sincerely thank our MAS families for the partnership in the education of your children. We commit to continue to bravely, boldly, and unapologetically create equity and opportunity for students through an exemplary educational program!

As a school leader, you can get so focused on student learning that you overlook your own learning. But the instructional leadership team at MAS Charter School see a direct connection between leader learning and teachers’ and students’ ability to succeed.

“If we expect students to always learn and grow, we, as teachers and leaders, have to do the same.” —Principal JoAnn Mitchell

NM’s Governor Susana Martinez visited MAS Charter School on the first day of school for the 2017-2018 school year to present each of the 1st graders with a book and some encouragement to keep reading, learning, and achieving “A” grades. The Governor, pictured here with JoAnn Mitchell, Principal/Founder/Executive Director of MAS Charter School, toured the school and observed teachers and students in MAS’ elementary program. MAS Charter School is rated as an “A” school three years in a row!

If you ask Mission Achievement and Success Charter School for the secret to success, you’ll likely hear “data.” But it’s not just about collecting data. It’s about using data to enhance teaching.​ Click the link to read more.