Tuesday, December 7th, 2021—‘Tis the season to sparkle! Atoms put their creativity into action when designing their very own homemade paper snow globes. These snow globes are true original masterpieces that were designed with love and of course some glitter. Way to spread a little holiday cheer this time of year, Atoms!

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021—We believe that learning should always be fun, and in Ms. Salem’s kindergarten ENL class, fun is certainly not in short supply! Each day, students are provided support, challenges, and opportunities to instill all the necessary skills. Atoms develop various language skills through a variety of hands-on, minds-on activities, games and exercises. These important skills will allow the students to become successful and thrive throughout their educational career.

We invite you to please click here to watch a quick video of Ms. Salem's ENL class participating in various language development activities, games and exercises.

Saturday, December 4th, 2021—Earlier this month, laced up their basketball shoes and headed down the road to pay a visit to sister school, Syracuse Academy of Science Charter School for a winner take all basketball game. The Atoms vs. Atoms boys basketball game is a time honored tradition for SANY, and the winning team will have the chance to take home the Superintendents Trophy and proudly display it for a full school year.

In true Utica fashion, the Atoms put the pressure on and dominated the court. Freshman guard, Doneilous King Jr. led his team with 31 points, and Wol Machteng had 11 points (and a thunderous drop step dunk on 3 of the Syracuse Academy of Science Atoms players).

Congratulations to the Utica Academy of Science Atoms for winning the 2021 Superintendents Trophy!

Friday, December 3rd, 2021—Any where the wind blows doesn’t really matter to us as long as the Utica Academy of Science Atoms are there! The students in Ms. Winter’s science class was busy going green and learning all about the various forms of energy.

For their science project students were tasked with creating a backup electrical system that would be able to function in the events of a blackout. The Atoms decided the best backup source of energy would be wind energy. Students would then be tasked with not only creating but testing out their very own wind turbines.

Everyone had a great time designing and testing out their wind turbines. Keep up the great work, Atoms!

Wednesday, December 8th, 2021—Practice like you’ve never won. Play like you’ve never lost. Utica Academy of Science Atoms will be taking on the Cooperstown Hawkeyes for their boys basketball season home opener on Wednesday, December 8^th.

Come cheer on the Atoms as the Junior Varsity team tips off at 5:30 PM, followed by the Varsity team at 7:00 PM. May all your swishes come true, let's go Atoms!

Friday, December 3rd, 2021—To tip-off winter sports, the Utica Academy of Science boys basketball team takes it to the net and makes CNYHomepage headlines as they topple Notre Dame with a score of 69-41. Click here to watch their featured story.

Congratulations Atoms, keep up the great work this season and may all your ‘swishes’ come true!

Friday, December 3rd, 2021—Bump. Set. Spike! Utica Academy of Science Lady Atoms will be taking on Sauquoit Valley for their volleyball season home opener, on Friday, December 3^rd. Come cheer on the Lady Atoms as the Junior Varsity team opens the night with a match at 5:00 PM, followed by the Varsity team at 7:00 PM. We hope to see you there. Let's go Atoms!

Friday, November 19th, 2021—Last week, Utica Academy of Science Junior Senior High School recognized its students with a special breakfast for achievements including: 

• Honor Roll
• Dean's List
• Most Improved Citizen of the Quarter
• Science Olympiad

Joining the Atoms for this special breakfast was Assemblywoman Marianne Buttenschon who not only congratulated the students for all their hard work and achievements ... but graciously volunteered her time to help serve breakfast to the students!

Congratulations to all the students for their impressive work, dedication and achievements. A special shout out to Assemblywoman Buttenschon, thank you for taking the time out of your schedule to speak with the Atoms and for volunteering to help serve breakfast. 

Please click here to visit our Facebook page to view more pictures from the Honor Roll Breakfast. And remember Atoms, work hard and ... breakfast harder!

Thursday, November 4th, 2021—Congratulations to all the Utica Academy of Science students in Mr. Seker's cybersecurity class for passing their first Certified Secure Computer User (CSCU) test and receiving their certificate by EC-Council Academia!

The passing of the CSCU exam and receiving this prestigious certificate will open many doors for these students. The CSCU certificate will help students apply to colleges in STEM fields, and will allow them to experience the new EC-Council Essential Series. The Essentials Series and Certified Cybersecurity Technician (CCT) certifications will prepare and validate their skills for entry-level job roles of the future.

Congratulations, Atoms, we are very proud of you and all that you have accomplished!

Friday, October 29th, 2021—It’s time for a fun fall ‘Flashback Friday,’ are you ready? In late October Utica Academy of Science junior senior high school students in the 7^th and 8^th grade were busy at work completing their benchmark exams, taking their school pictures, and were in need of a creative outlet. The teachers surprised the students with a fun, hands-on artistic fall activity of pumpkin painting! The weekend prior to the activity, teachers headed to a few pumpkin patches and picked 150 pumpkins for this fall activity.

On the Friday before Halloween, students headed to the cafeteria, rolled up their sleeves and put their creativity to the test decorating and painting pumpkins. Click here to visit our Facebook page to view more pictures from this event.