Applied Engineering Program: Designed to inspire and promote curiosity in this diverse field while exposing students to various disciplines from traditional engineering fields (such as Civil and Mechanical) to more modern engineering fields (such as Biomedical, Environmental, and Chemical).
Student Success Center (SSC): Provides a supervised study space where students can complete homework with on-site coaching on organization and study skills. It facilitates academic support and oversees students pursuing internships, mentorships, independent studies, and distance-learning. In accord with MSA’s mission, the Student Success Center (SSC) has a formal system to ensure that all students are provided the resources, advising, and support to maximize their potential—both inside and outside the classroom.
Sustainable Agriculture: Both an academic study of farming and agriculture as well as a hands-on, experimental learning experience.
Design/Build: Students learn how to use tools, how to think about structures, and how to build things that last. Their projects include many building and design solutions that benefit the entire Miller School of Albemarle community as well as traditional woodworking projects.
Cycling: Our internationally acclaimed cycling program has produced remarkable outcomes for a decade. From winning multiple national championships in all disciplines of the sport to garnering numerous professional contracts, the Endurance Team is widely recognized as the world’s premier school-based junior development cycling program.
Land Management: Imagine a 1,600-acre classroom where every tree, plant, trail, lake, and stream is a lesson plan, homework assignment, and independent project. This classroom is where one of MSA's most innovative courses is taught.
Humanities Program: Seeks to offer an engaging space for highly motivated students during their time at the Miller School of Albemarle. Additionally, it exists to encourage students to pursue excellence in the Humanities by providing an organizational structure and incentive to make the most of their academic and co-curricular opportunities here.
Winter Week of Wisdom and Wonder (WWOWW): Students have a chance to learn Systems Thinking from the Head of School, hot sauce making from the Director of Admissions, or boat building from the Math Department Chair. MSA's signature program created a decade ago to provide students and teachers an opportunity to learn topics outside the regular curriculum.
Service: Service to the community through partnerships with local non-profits is a core value of the Miller School of Albemarle, where volunteerism is substantive and focused on long-term engagement rather than a simple accumulation of hours. This is accomplished through bi-weekly service days in which every MSA student participates, with many students maintaining sustained partnerships with local non-profit organizations and engaging in service activities that benefit a wide range of Albemarle County residents.
