SLA IS A PERFORMANCE LEVEL 1 AND COMMENDATION SCHOOL
SLA IS GUIDED BY ITS 7 CORE VALUES
SLA TAKES GREAT PRIDE IN THE SUCCESS OUR ALUMNI EXPERIENCE IN COLLEGE
SLA OFFERS ITS STUDENTS A WIDE VARIETY OF ENRICHING AFTERSCHOOL PROGRAMS
SLA HAS ONE OF THE TOP ATHLETIC PROGRAMS IN NEW ENGLAND
SLA RECOGNIZES ITS HIGH ACHIEVING STUDENTS OF GOOD CHARACTER
SLA OUTPERFORMS BPS AND THE STATE ON THE MCAS

Highlights & Announcements

Click here and follow the links for lottery results for 6th grade and 7th-8th grade.
Boston Neighborhood Network interviewed our Exective Director, Karmala Sherwood, and a student, Nadeja Richardson about the school. Check it out on Youtube.
SLA boys basketball beat host team Community Day Charter School 43-29, to earn its second Charter School Cup in the past 4 years. Julian Howell (7th grader) earned MVP honors
Sherron Harris, a 2012 graduate of SLA scored 26 points and 6 steals, while going 5-8 from the 3-point line, in a 67-62 win for Melrose High School.
Hoops Elite Academy was featured on Mass Appeal 22 News discussing a successful first summer.
Bruce Brown, who graduated from SLA in 2011, had 18 points and 15 rebounds leading his Wakefield Warriors squad over the Reading Rockets 59-48 on Jan. 29, and is featured in ESPN Boston High School Blog.


"Learning today...Leading tomorrow" is our motto for teaching and nurturing Smith Leadership Academy students to not only attend, but graduate college. The Academy is tuition-free, and independent from Boston Public Schools.  We operate 190 days per year and offers an extended school day program, running from 8 am, to 4 p.m, every day except Friday, an early release day to provide professional development time for teachers.

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