The Lee Academy Pilot School
A community of lifelong learners!
The Lee Academy Pilot School
A community of lifelong learners!
We believe education is key to unlocking opportunities!
Discover the The Lee Academy School
Our philosophy is rooted in the belief that every student has the potential to achieve greatness
RESPECTFUL
I Will be Respectful by using the golden rule, I will treat others the way I’d like to be treated.
RESPONSIBLE
I will be responsible by trying my very best.
SAFE
I will be safe and have fun.
The Lee Academy Pilot School - The Best school in Boston
First Day of school (1st-3rd Grade) Thursday September 4th First Day of school (Pre-
Important Dates:
9/2: Popsicles with the Principal: Meet & Greet
9/4: First Day of School for 1st-3rd grades
9/8: First Day of school for K0, K1, K2.
10/2: First Family Council Meeting on zoom.
School Hours
Arrival: Doors will open at 9:05am, breakfast, Instruction starts at 9:30am.
Dismissal: 3:25-3:35pm
Arrival & Dismissal
To ensure the safety of your children and to allow bus access, a smooth traffic flow and food and supply deliveries to the school, we are asking all families to use Torrey street (behind the Lee Academy) to drop off and pick up your child. On the first day of school, please send a note outlining your child’s dismissal plan for the school year (e.g., walker, bus rider, or attending the Champions after-school program).
Dress Code
The LAPS School is NOT a “uniform school”. Students are welcome to dress in what makes them comfortable as long as it is appropriate for school and weather.
Book Bags
The Lee Academy will provide backpacks and supplies to every child enrolled at our school this year. Your child will need a bookbag to fit notices, activity papers, homework, artwork and schoolbooks. Please label your child’s book bag. It is important to check your child’s book bag daily. There will be school related notices sent home regularly.
School Communication
At LAPS, we value open, two-way communication with our families. We remain committed to keeping you informed about school events, classroom happenings, and important updates through multiple channels:
- TalkingPoints and email blast
- The LAPS website: www.LeeAcademyPilotSchool.org
- Classroom newsletters, flyers, and teacher updates
- Parent Square
- Live Phone calls
Each year we request emergency contact information from our students’ parents. ALL parents must give the school active, working phone numbers.
Attendance Procedures and Policy
The Lee Academy Pilot School will continue our “Importance of Attendance'' initiative for the year of 2025-2026. We are committed to ensuring every student at our school receives a high quality education. Consistent attendance is a crucial component to academic success so we are striving for each and every student across all grade levels to have a 94% attendance rate or higher this year. That is the equivalent of less than 10 absences for the year. Attendance of our students is critical to their future academic success. School attendance is equally as important for our youngest learners as it is when students get older. Students are not required by law to be enrolled in school in those early grades, however when you make the commitment of enrolling your student in school you are committing to abide by our attendance policy.
We will work with families to ensure that students come to school, but if families are unresponsive or noncommittal then we are legally required to refer the case to the Supervisor of Attendance and truancy court.
Our goal is for your child to be successful in school and we appreciate your ongoing support.
We are a team!
If your student is going to absent, late or dismissed early caregivers should:
- Call the front office
- Message the classroom teacher
- Follow through with a note.
Caregivers must physically write a note including date(s), the reason for absence, a phone number where a parent or caregiver can be reached, and the parent or caregiver’s signature.
What is an excused absence?
- Medical appointment or illness that took place during the school day
- Court appearance
- Religious holiday
- Death of an immediate family member (parent, sibling, grandparent, aunt, uncle or cousin)
What is an unexcused absence?
- Family vacations in or out of the country
- Providing child care for siblings or relatives
For more information, please contact Family Liaison, Miss Govi (gtovar@bostonpublicschools.org) or the main office at 617-635-8618.
THANK YOU
Family Engagement
As a community we come together once a month to discuss important topics, such as:
- BPS transportation
- Housing Resources
- Local Resources within our community
- Planning fun LAPS events for our students & families
- Represent the family community in making school decisions with the school principal and school staff.
Every first Thursday of the month at 6pm.
Please read more on our "Family & Community" Page.
Health Notification
Health & Wellness
Before Return to School Health Checklist
We all have a role to play in keeping our schools open and safe! Please complete this daily health checklist each day before coming to school, which outlines some things you can do to help stop the spread of respiratory viruses and other infectious diseases:
- Wash your hands–Perform frequent hand washing and cover your mouth and nose when coughing or sneezing.
- Don’t come to school if you’re sick–use our home health checklist to monitor your symptoms.
- Get vaccinated and boosted!
- Call your student’s school to report any illness
- Wear your mask indoors if you are returning from isolation or if you have been exposed to someone who had recently tested positive for a respiratory virus.
- Refrain from sharing food and/or drinks with others.
Reasons to Keep your child at home
BPS Department of Transportation
Dear Boston Public Schools Parents and Guardians,
We hope you and your students are looking forward to a fun and exciting summer. As we head into the summer, we want to share a few important transportation updates to help you prepare for next school year.
Zūm: BPS Transportation uses the Zūm mobile app for all communications with families. Zūm allows you to:
● See your student’s bus assignment: The SY25-26 transportation assignment will be available the last week of August. Only bus eligible students will be assigned transportation. Please review the Eligibility page on our website. Note, rising 6th grade students must live more than 1.5 miles from their home base school to be bus-eligible. Specialized transportation for students with disabilities will be provided in accordance with Individualized Education Plans (IEP) or Section 504 Plans.
● Verify pickup and dropoff information: Starting in SY25-26, BPS Transportation will communicate all transportation updates with families via Zūm only. No paper bus assignments will be mailed out. These updates will include verifying your student(s) pick up and drop off information for the new school year.
● Track your student’s bus and receive real-time communications, including ETAs and any delays.
Ridership Procedure: After 10+ consecutive school days of not riding the bus without prior notification in the Zūm to cancel a student’s scheduled bus rides, BPS Transportation will communicate to families through ParentSquare that their student is being opted out of the bus. Students can keep their bus assignment if they return to riding the bus. Otherwise, their bus assignment will be paused. If your student is eligible for a yellow bus, but you do not plan to have them ride the bus, please let us know by emailing schoolbus@bostonpublicschools.org or by submitting a “Request to Opt Out of Transportation” form on our Support Portal. If your student was opted out
of yellow bus transportation previously, but you want your child to ride the bus next year, you need to submit a reinstatement form. For more details, please review the Ridership Procedure page on our website.
Waivers and Alternative Transportation Requests: Waiver Requests are used to request yellow bus transportation for students who are not otherwise eligible. Alternative Requests are used to request an alternate address, such as a before/after school program or babysitter’s home, for pick up and/or drop off. These requests should be submitted through our Support Portal. Requests are not guaranteed and are reviewed case-by-case.
Requests must be received by August 2, 2025, in order for them to be reviewed in time for the start of school.
Address Changes: Transportation cannot process student address changes. To avoid a delay in setting up transportation, please contact a BPS Welcome Center as soon as possible to change your student’s home address.
How to Contact Us: All requests for transportation assignment changes should be made in our Support Portal, available at https://bostonpublicschoolshelp.freshdesk.com/support/tickets/new. Please visit our website at www.bostonpublicschools.org/transportation for additional information and updates. You can also call us at (617)635-9520 or email us at schoolbus@bostonpublicschools.org.
Important Contacts
Carlitta Camillo, Principal, camillo@bostonpublicschools.org
Zoraida Camacho, Secretary zcamacho@bostonpublicschools.org
Govi Tovar, Family Liaison, gtovar@bostonpublicschools.org
Marthe Jean-Jacques, Nurse, mjeanjacques2@bostonpublicschools.org
Maude Auroubgh, ABA Strand/Board Certified Behavioral Analyst, maubourg@bostonpublicschools.org
Jennifer Medeiros-Crabbe, School Psychologist, jmedeiros@bostonpublicschools.org
Pricilla Casna, Coordinator of Special Education (COSE), Pcasna@bostonpublicschools.org
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free to reach out.
All important information from the district as well as our school will be sent via Talking Points, ParentSquare and/or email. We provide information in various languages according to the diverse cultures of our school community. It is important that you download the Talking Points application on your phone so that you can receive LAPS communication.
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