Welcome to TEAMS!

The TEAMS Academy at UMass Lowell gives regional high school students in grades 11 and 12 the opportunity to explore various career fields as they take creative, specially-designed college courses for advanced students.  These entry-level college courses will help develop the students’ existing math, science, and technology skills in both classroom and laboratory environments.  Coursework includes hands-on, project-based components that take advantage of the extensive laboratory resources of UMass Lowell.

The Academy began in the fall of 2007 as a part-time program.  A select group of 32 students joins us each morning at UMass Lowell to work with a dynamic group of their peers, and then return to their own high schools in mid-morning to work on core courses.  Students take four college courses with us, two in the fall and two in the spring. Those courses are:

• Interactive Robots
• Environmental Biotechnology
• Baseball Bat Engineering Design
• Assistive Technology and Electronics

We are currently accepting applications to join us for the 2008-2009 academic year. The application deadline is April 1st. Next year we are pleased to offer not only the traditional morning program, but also an afternoon program for our returning seniors and students that can not fit the morning program into their high school schedule. Please click here to find out more about applying for next year.

TEAMS Academy development is grant-funded for the academic year 2007-2008 by the Massachusetts Department of Education project “STEM Pilot Program for Accelerated High School Students.”  Funding for future years is pending state approval.

For more information:

Don Rhine, Director, TEAMS Academy

TEAMS@uml.edu

Tel:  (978) 934-4613
Fax: (978) 934-2067

TEAMS Academy at UMass Lowell
c/o Graduate School of Education
400 Olsen Hall
One University Ave
Lowell, MA  01854