Virginia Poole
Founders of the Martha's Vineyard Charter School have come a long way and they candidly admit they still have a long way to go before they open the school doors in September 1996.
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School
Yvonne Guzman
Betsy McIsaac, a long-time seasonal resident, heard that the Vineyard was getting a charter school when she read about it in the paper last summer.
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School
Yvonne Guzman
When 72 Island students move to the new Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School this fall, they will take with them $370,000 from the budgets of other Island schools.
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School
Yvonne Guzman
In Max Butler's first weeks at school, he will help set up a computer system.
Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School

2023

Nearly two years after implementing the International Baccalaureate curriculum, the Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School is preparing its first cohort of students to graduate from the prestigious program.

2022

A recent MVRHS graduate and Maine Maritime Academy student from Aquinnah died in a car crash early Saturday morning in Castine, Maine that killed four college students and left three others injured.

Whatever feelings the Island's children may have about returning to school next Tuesday, Sept. 6, their principals, teachers, coaches and other campus leaders are eager to welcome them back for a school year with a return of cherished traditions.

This weekend, students at the charter school debuted Peter Pan and the Quest to Save Neverland, a reinvention of J. M. Barrie’s play that will travel next summer to Edinburgh’s Fringe Festival.

On Sunday, the largest graduating class in the Martha's Vineyard Public Charter School's 25-year history was welcomed by a standing ovation.

When Martha’s Vineyard Public Charter School director Pete Steedman thinks about the 15 seniors who make up the class of 2022, he said he is struck both by how close and resilient they are.

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