Mesa Academy for Advanced Studies Rigor and Challenge in the Classroom

Congratulations go to the student musicians in the Mesa Academy Concert Band! They performed for three distinguished adjudicators at a Middle School Festival for Concert Bands sponsored by the Arizona Band and Orchestra Directors Association. They were rated Superior in the three categories of Tone Quality, Technique and Musicality by all three judges earning the highest possible overall...

Next week, Mesa Academy's 'Everyday Heroes' will travel to St. Louis Missouri to compete in the World FLL Robotics Tournament. The Everyday Heroes, coached by Scott Rolfness, won the Robot Performance Award at the Regional Tournament held at Red Mountain High School in December 2013. Their high-scoring, masterfully-engineered robot scored the highest points on the mission...

Congratulations to the following students for capturing the AZ Science and Engineering Fair Junior High Champions Award. Collectively, these students topped the Junior High division in overall scores. This was the culminating event for Science Fair participants throughout the state. Students who won 1st place in school competition were invited to compete at the Phoenix Convention Center....

Congratulations to Ava Wipff, Josephine Wipff, and Bryce Wilson for achieving the top cumulative score in this year's Battle of the Books! This talented team of avid readers will now go on to represent the Academy in district competition.

Battle of the Books is an activity for students in 5th and 6th grade who compete in teams for three "battles" to test their understanding of...