The Lee Academy Pilot School
A community of lifelong learners!
The Lee Academy Pilot School
A community of lifelong learners!
Respectful, Responsible, Safe-- That's Me!
I am proud to be A Lee Academy Bee!
I am RESPECTFUL- yes, it's true! I treat others like I want them to.
I am RESPONSIBLE - I do my best! I work hard, shine bright, rise to the test!
I am SAFE - That's the way, so we can learn and laugh each day!
I believe in myself , I believe in my school, I follow our values, I live by our rules.
Whole school reading incentive program
Pumpkin Patch of Readers
Dear LAPS Families,
We are celebrating the fall season with a FUN reading incentive program called A Pumpkin Patch of Readers. This reading challenge is designed to promote reading practice and enjoyment. You can help your child benefit from this program by setting aside some time each day for reading. The time may be spent when your child reads alone, time when your child reads aloud to you or a loved one, time when you read to your child, or time when your child listens to a story.
At the end of every 15 minutes spent reading, have your child fill out a pumpkin and cut it out neatly. Please initial the pumpkin to verify your child’s reading time and return the completed reading pumpkins to school to be used in a fall display (an evolving design that the kids will LOVE). Remember, students earn one pumpkin for every 15 minutes spent reading. So, if your child reads for 30 minutes one night, then he or she will earn 2 pumpkins. Pumpkins will be accepted everyday through Monday, 12/1.
Each grade will need to work together as a team to build the greatest pumpkin patch. Each grade will have its own patch. It helps make the program a little more challenging and a lot more exciting! Your child will contribute to their team’s efforts by reading and collecting as many pumpkins as possible during the coming weeks.
To make things even more exciting, LAPS staff members are teaming up to build their own pumpkin patch. We want to motivate and excite our students to read even more! Our school has far more students than staff, so we will have our work cut out for us. But we never shy away from a good challenge!
Which team will have the highest reading time? Which team will build the fullest patch? Only time will tell!
Happy Reading!
Resources for Read Alouds
- Storyline Online - https://storylineonline.net/
- PBS Kids - https://www.pbs.org/parents/read-along
- Libby (sign up with your library card!) -libbyapp.com
LAPS News & Announcements
The Lee Academy Family Council
The Purpose of The Family Council is to bring all parents in the school community together to support the school and advocate for quality education. It is the place where parents can express concerns, advocate for the school, and plan school activities and events. As the parent or guardian of a Lee Academy student, you are automatically a member of our family Council.
Join us for our monthly meeting Thursday Nov 6, 2025 at 6pm.
Where: Zoom- https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/85434154328
Lee Academy School Preview
We welcome you to tour our school meet the school leader and learn more about our school community.
School Preview Dates:
- Tuesday, Nov 17th 2025 @ 8:30am
- Thursday, Dec 18th 2025 @ 2:00pm
- Virtual: Thursday, Jan 15th 2026 @ 12:00pm.
Zoom Link: https://k12-bostonpublicschools.zoom.us/j/88989284336
Attendance Campaign
For more information please visit the attendance Campaign site linked here:
The Lee Academy Pilot School - The Best school in Boston
Important Updates:
Important Dates:
11/6: Family Council meeting
11/7: Townhall
11/11: Veterans Day: No School
11/17: Retake Picture Day
11/17: LAPS school preview
11/26: Early release at 12:45
11/27-28: Thanksgiving: No School
12/1: Back to School
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).
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:
- 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
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
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.
Career Day
