About Minuteman


Minuteman Regional High School is a four-year public regional high school serving Acton, Arlington, Belmont, Bolton, Boxborough, Carlisle, Concord, Dover, Lancaster, Lexington, Lincoln, Needham, Stow, Sudbury, Wayland, Weston and many other cities and towns in Eastern Massachusetts. The school also provides free career development programs to many adults from its sixteen member towns.

Minuteman has a special mission which you can review if you click here. It is the only truly comprehensive high school in our sixteen member communities. It combines rigorous academics and preparation for college (the main purpose of traditional local high schools) with carefully designed relevance to career exploration and learning (the main purpose of vocational-technical schools). This combination comes from the original planners of the school as they focused on needs of students living along the Technology Highway of Massachusetts. Other area schools sometimes use the label ‘comprehensive’ but under state regulations are not allowed to operate the Chapter 74 technical programs available at Minuteman. So Minuteman offers some very special advantages to students, advantages that you can review if you click here.

Minuteman is located on a 69-acre campus just west of Route 128 at the intersection of Massachusetts Avenue and Marrett Road (Route 2A). For a map of the location, click here. Minuteman has gained national recognition for both its college preparation and its career preparation programs. Here is a summary of facts about the school.

Minuteman:

  • Is fully accredited by the New England Association of Schools and Colleges.
  • Is the only high school in our 16-town area providing fully state-approved Chapter 74 (General Laws of the Commonwealth) technical learning programs.
  • Serves a full spectrum of 820 or more students in grades 9 through 12.
  • Operates in four major divisions:
    • Academic Division
    • Technical Division
    • Commercial and Human Services Division
    • Construction and Power Division
  • Operates a career exploration program that gives relevance to academics and purpose to planning for post-high-school study.
  • Has college articulation agreements in every career division, so that motivated students can earn college credits while completing high school (saving both money and time)
  • Has a staff recognized as nationwide leaders in accelerated learning, learning style techniques, and use of total quality management in education. Click here to go to LEARNING TOPICS for more information in these areas.
  • Offers the strongest spectrum of high technology and career learning of any school in Massachusetts. Click here to see a chart of our career area options. This includes engineering, dental technology, ASE automotives, biotechnology, digital imaging in graphics and many more.
  • Emphasizes career exploration to build connections to relevant academics and to focus college aspirations.
  • Provides powerful, competitive entry career academies for college-bound students interested in BIOTECHNOLOGY, ENGINEERING, and PREP TECH (straight preparation for high technology study in college with no required high school major).
  • Has major business and industry partners in every career area.
  • Offers a wide range of other community services including:

We also have a section on FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ON MINUTEMAN. Meanwhile, if you are considering enrollment of a student in Minuteman, take the time to explore the other information available on our site.