What is The GREAT Academy?
The GREAT Academy is a FREE Public Charter School for grades 6th – 12th. This school embraces a unique, one-of-a-kind, business-school model. The GREAT Academy is a Charter School now enrolling for grades 6th – 12th for the 2025-2026 school year. The mission of the school is to ensure that students
Gain Real-world Experience through Active Transition.
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Our Mission
The GREAT Academy mission is to ensure that all students Gain Real-world Experience through Active Transition. The GREAT Academy exists, not only to improve education for students, but to provide students with necessary skills for career success. The Great Academy promises to make sure that our seniors are prepared for the demands of post-secondary education and/or the career world, and in turn, improve the community by improving its residents. The GREAT Academy is committed to providing students with an education that is relevant and meaningful to their journey of achieving success.
SMART Labs
The school’s unique business model will allow students the opportunity to work at their own pace, earn college credits while in high school at no cost, and participate in internships and SMART Labs to encourage career exploration.
For more information or enrollment, reach us at (505) 792-0306.
The GREAT Academy does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups. The following person has been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies:
Title IX Coordinator/Section 504 Coordinator:
Name and/or Title: Keisha Matthews
Address: 6001-A San Mateo Blvd NE – Albuquerque, NM 87109
Telephone No: 505-792-0306
Homeless Education Program
Every Child Has a Right to an Education
The Homeless Education program is authorized under Title VII-B of the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 USC 11431 et seq.). The McKinney-Vento Act was enacted to address the numerous barriers homeless children face in obtaining a free, appropriate public education. The program was originally authorized in 1987 and, most recently, reauthorized as Title X, Part C of the Federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001.
TGA McKinney-Vento Liason – Keisha Matthews – kmatthews@thegreatacademy.org – 505-792-0306
