Manchester Academic Charter School is a co-educational day school for students in Kindergarten through
Eighth Grade located five minutes off of Pittsburgh's Northshore. Our strong community of children and adults is dedicated to the superior education of the younger student, making the most of the important years before high school.

Our definition of education is broad: we believe in our Core Values; we believe that learning takes place in the classroom, in the studio, on the playing fields and at home; we believe that a focused elementary and middle school experience is the best beginning to a long and successful academic career. We believe in a strong partnership between home and school, and we work together with one goal in mind: what is best for your child.

Local parents, community members and staff members of Manchester Youth Development Center (MYDC),
a 30 year old North Side youth education center, developed the school. This group saw a need for a more personalized education for the children of the North Side through MYDC's after and summer school programs. These core beliefs and values of the school community continue to be the basis for MACS concentrated effort
to offer quality school programs and an environment that provides students with a sound educational foundation which to prepare our students for the future challenges.

We believe that MACS's program exhibits the following strengths in educating our children:

· Standard driven academic curriculum.

· Technology classes for all students (K thru Grades 8).

· Spanish classes for all students (K thru Grades 8).

· State of the art Science classroom.

· Full and/or part-time teacher assistants in each classroom.

· Educational partnership with MYDC's Afterschool and Summer School programs.

· Community partnerships with:

California University Of Pennsylvania The Carnegie Museum The Carnegie Science Center The Carnegie Library City of Pittsburgh Police Department LRDC

Manchester Craftsman’s Guild Pennsylvania Training & Technical Network (PATTAN) Pittsburgh Public School Sarah Heinz House University of Pittsburgh Tickets for Kids