Charter Schools

Advanced Technology Academy

Mission Statement

To provide students with high-quality interdisciplinary learning experiences that challenge them academically and develop students' problem-solving, critical thinking, and communication skills. By building strong local partnerships with business and higher education, Advanced Technology Academy and our Ford Partnership for Advanced Studies (Ford PAS) Business Education Advisory Council (BEAC) encourage and prepare students for success in college and professional careers in fields, such as business, engineering, health care and technology.

Faculty are examining the Ford PAS curriculum with the intent of incorporating content into an associate degree program so that ATA students can earn up to half of the degree program while in high school.

Advanced Technology Academy Locations

Address	4801 Oakman Blvd., Dearborn Michigan 48126
Phone	(313) 582-4500
Fax	(313) 582-9407
Website	http://www.atafordpas.org/

Advanced Technology Academy Contact Information

Administrative Officer: Robert Wittman CFO rwittman@atafordpas.org	Management Company: Technical Academy Group Barry Hawthorne, Executive Director bhawthorne@atafordpas.org
	LSSU Oversight Officer: Bruce Harger Director Charter School Operations bharger@lssu.edu

Advanced Technology Academy Facts

• Start Up Date: Fall 2000
• Grade Levels Taught: K – 12
• Enrollment: 1260
• School District / ISD: Dearborn Public School District / Wayne RESA ISD
• Resolution for Conditional Approval Passed by the Board of Trustees on October 15, 1998.
• Final Approval of the Agreement to Organize and Administer the Applied Technology Academy passed by the Board of Trustees at their April 30, 1999, meeting.
• Name change to Advanced Technology Academy formally approved on September 22, 2000, by the Board of Trustees.
• Approval for Execution of a Contract for Reauthorization of Advanced Technology Academy for another five year term beginning July 1, 2005, passed by the Board of Trustees at their December 10, 2004, meeting.
• U.S. News and World report recognizes the Advanced Technology Academy as a leading high school in the nation (2008-2009)
• Approval in 2010 for a reauthorization of a Charter School Contract for an additional seven years ending June 30, 2017.