MACS will offer grades K-5 for the 2024-2025 school. We will grow an
additional grade each year until we are a full capacity of K-8.
Absolutely! We are a state-commission charter school (SCSC) this means
that we have a statewide attendance zone.
MACS provides satellite bus transportation with limited seating. Please indicate on your application that you are interested in our Satellite bus transportation.
Yes! MACS serves breakfast, lunch, and snacks at a cost. Scholars are also welcome to bring their own lunches as well as refillable water bottles – if they so choose.
Miles Ahead is a uniform school and observes uniform dress Mon-Thurs and spirit wear Fridays. Each scholar will receive a FREE polo and t-shirt from MACS in their “Welcome to the CREW”welcome package upon enrollment. Parents will be able to order additional uniform apparel directly from our vendor – Brand Evolution.
YES! MACS does offer before & after-care daily. Before care operates from
6:40am – 7:30am and aftercare operates from 3:15pm – 6:00pm. The weekly
rate for before care is $25/week and $65/week for aftercare. We do observe a
10% sibling discount.
MACS offers a curriculum focused on 21st century skills and digital citizenship to help our scholars be prepared for their futures. These programs include learning coding as a language, responsible social media usage curriculum, responsible internet usage, and integrated units on computer science. Our goal is to equip scholars with the skills they would need to be prepared for a digitally interconnected society
Whole Child Approach is the belief that the needs of the scholar are at the center of all decisions driving MACS. The master schedule, routines, strategic goals, everything starts with the needs of our scholars, and then we build structures of support around those needs. For example, we start and end everyday with Crew time as a way for scholars to set goals, and reflect on how they day went. In other words, it is the belief that a school should give more than an academic foundation to kids, but that we should equip them to lead whole, healthy, happy lives.
Daily and through all decisions. While more than an hour per day is dedicated to focused social emotional learning through our morning and afternoon CREW meetings, a whole child perspective comes into focus as we consider all decisions ranging from academics to discipline to nutrition. We prioritize what is best for the growth of a scholar over a bottom line. At MACS, all faculty and staff are given more than 10 hours of annual training on whole child support, and leverage this training in their approach with students daily.
EL Education has a specific school design model that has had success in diverse communities. EL Education was selected as the top curriculum model in 2018, has over 25 years of experience developing school design, and is currently in place at several successful metro Atlanta schools. Prior to the launching of MACS, founding team members shadowed and studied best practices at many local and nationally recognized EL schools to establish strong foundations of teaching and learning at MACS. MACS uses EL Education to support our Literacy instruction.
HMH Math, StemScopes, Social Studies Weekly, & a number of digital platforms are used to support instruction at MACS.
