Boston Collegiate Charter School

Congratulations to the BCCS Class of 2012!

The BCCS seniors have made their choices! Below is the list of schools they will be attending. Congratulations, Class of 2012!

Boston College

Bowdoin College

Bunker Hill Community College

Fitchburg State University

Framingham State University

Franklin and Marshall College

Mount Ida College

Northeastern University

Salem State University

The Art Institute of Boston at Lesley University

University of Massachusetts, Boston

(Multiple students are attending several of the colleges and universities listed above.)

Click here to view the full list of college acceptance for the BCCS Classes of 2004 through 2011.

Our college advising program is dynamic and comprehensive to ensure that every student is prepared for the college application process during their senior year. BCCS works with families and the community to set the expectation for college from the moment students enter our doors.

Some of the rituals and activities we have created in order to instill the expectation of college attendance in our students include:

Financial Aid support through workshops, family meetings, and weekly office hours of our Financial Aid Counselor at ACCESS;
Visits to Bridge to Success partner colleges for grades 5 - 12;
High School College Prep Days for students to take practice SAT tests in preparation for the 10th grade PSAT and the 11th and 12th grade SAT;
Annual Alumni Panel which allows our alumni to field questions from juniors and seniors about their college experience
Attendance at the National College Fair sponsored by the National Association for College Admission Counseling;
Attendance at the College Fair of the Boston Charter School Consortium of which BCCS is a founding member.

Click here to view the College Programming blog.

Collegiate Skills: 9th - 12th Grade
Bridges to Success
Summer College Roadtrip

Collegiate Skills Program: 9th - 12th Grade

The Collegiate Skills Program emphasizes our mission to graduate responsible, prepared, and engaged students who will transition to college with knowledge of future expectations and challenges. We do this via rigorous course work, experiential learning, and our Collegiate Skills Program listed below:

9th Grade: Academic Boot Camp
The first year of high school is often a difficult transition. Academic Boot Camp is designed to assist students in the transition from middle school to high school and prepare them for the academic rigor they will encounter as high school students. Skills such as note taking, conducting research, reading critically, and engaging in discussion-based seminars culminate in a year-end portfolio and round-table discussion.

10th Grade: My Paths
My Paths is a guided tour that allows students to discover their potential. Student are taught how to self reflect, research potential careers and colleges, and design a future that is right for them. The curriculum culminates in a final presentation of three possible paths including potential internship sites and college placement.

11th Grade: Junior Seminar
Junior Seminar has three components: SAT preparation via weekly classes, internship preparation for the two week internship including resume-writing and interviewing practice, and time for researching colleges that culminate in a final list of colleges at the end of the junior year. This approach allows families to utilize the summer vacation for visiting colleges.

12th Grade: Senior Seminar
Senior Seminar is a guided tour through the application process. Seniors learn how to apply to college and for financial aid and focus on successfully transitioning from high school to college. Students prepare for financial self advocacy through our partnership with Mt. Washington Bank and our ACCESS Financial Aid Advisor.

Bridges to Success

The Bridge Program seeks to expose students to engaging campus activities facilitated by college students and university staff. To accomplish this, we take students to campus twice a year: once in the fall and once in the spring. Each of our grades - from 5th through 12th - is "adopted" by a different partner college. Currently, Boston Collegiate Charter School is involved with seven partner college campuses and several others for the junior year.

Grade 5 - Curry College

Grade 6 - Massachusetts Institute of Technology

Grade 7 - Emerson College

Grade 8 - Bridgewater State University

Grade 9 - Boston University

Grade 10 - Massachusetts College of Art and Wentworth Institute of Technology

Grade 11 - Alumni Colleges

Grade 12 - University of Massachusetts Boston

By the time Boston Collegiate Charter School students complete 8 years of study, they will have been exposed to at least 10 different college campuses. Further, we will have exposed our students to more than 100 college admissions representatives and a multitude of extracurricular and cultural programming on college campuses around the country.

Summer College Road Trip

The College Road Trip, which takes place for one week during the summer months, is a chance for students to truly explore select college campuses. Each summer the trip focuses on a different region of the Northeast. The visits allow students to compare and contrast campuses, experience college dorms in a first-hand way, and engage in community service activities along the way. Past trips have included upstate New York, rural Vermont, New York City, Western Massachusetts, and Connecticut.