About Us

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 The Lee Academy Pilot School is a fully inclusive, autonomous school, built on partnerships with families, educators, and community members.  By meeting children’s social-emotional needs and by guiding them to strive for academic excellence, we are a community which is inclusive, diverse, and equitable valuing all kinds of learners and backgrounds. We celebrate the joy of learning by fostering creativity and curiosity while nurturing the individual genius in every child. 

At The Lee Academy School, we believe that a well-rounded education includes opportunities for students to explore their interests and passions outside of the classroom. We offer a wide range of extracurricular activities, We offer a wide variety of extracurricular activities; ranging from music, physical education, yoga, art, science, Tae Kwon Do,  and dance. 

A partnership with Urbanity Dance in the fall and Tae Kwon Do lessons in the winter. 

Before and after school programs in our building

• Before School: 7:30-9:15 
• After school:  Champions has a great solution for busy working families: activities that combine fun and learning, together with the safety and convenience of a high-quality program right inside your school. Champions offers a variety of group and individual activities designed to keep your child exploring and growing. From art, dramatic play, math and science to problem-solving, language, motor skills and more, we help your child continue learning and developing essential life skills – whether school is in session or not.

Our academic programs are designed to challenge and engage students at all levels. We offer a comprehensive curriculum that includes programs for students with diverse learning needs. Our experienced faculty and staff are dedicated to helping each student reach their full potential. Students find joy in learning through multiple, diverse experiences. Academically, we use a tiered system of support to address the academic and behavioral needs of each student.  We continually monitor students’ academic progress. 

• General education/special education inclusion classrooms in all grades
• A pilot school offering a comprehensive program with high-quality instruction and support for children ages 3-8 (grades K0-3) and their families
• An inclusive community of learners
• Looping in some grades: children have the same teacher for two years
• Social skills curriculum: Second Steps certified teachers to help foster social-emotional development

Families -
You may have heard that the Boston Public School district is working towards having more fully inclusive schools.  This means that all students, regardless of ability status, will be included in the same classroom setting.  The graphic below shows the timeline BPS hopes to transition all classrooms to being fully inclusive:



The Lee Academy has elected an Inclusion Planning Team (IPT) to support us in making this transition.  The IPT has drafted the following vision for inclusive education at the Lee Academy:

At the Lee Academy Pilot School, we know that inclusive school practices benefit all students. We strive to implement evidence-based practices that center the strengths of our diverse community—particularly multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and their families.

Our vision relies upon continuous evaluation of and adjustment to our inclusion practices and school-based systems (including our staffing model, assessments, building space, budgeting, and provider resources) to meet the needs of students. School-based decision making, driven by relevant and reliable data, will nurture the individual genius in every child.  This will result in access to authentic tasks, high levels of measurable student growth, and social and emotional learning for all.
The Inclusion Planning Team welcomes any feedback you may have around our vision, and we are also looking to include more family voices as we continue our planning.  If you have any interest in taking on a role in connection to Lee Academy's Inclusion Planning Team please email Kathryn Wilcox, kwilcox@bostonpublicschools.org...we would be so happy to have you!

The Lee Academy has elected an Inclusion Planning Team (IPT) to support us in making this transition.  The IPT has drafted the following vision for inclusive education at the Lee Academy:

At the Lee Academy Pilot School, we know that inclusive school practices benefit all students. We strive to implement evidence-based practices that center the strengths of our diverse community—particularly multilingual learners, students with disabilities, and their families.

Our vision relies upon continuous evaluation of and adjustment to our inclusion practices and school-based systems (including our staffing model, assessments, building space, budgeting, and provider resources) to meet the needs of students.School-based decision making, driven by relevant and reliable data, will nurture the individual genius in every child.  This will result in access to authentic tasks, high levels of measurable student growth, and social and emotional learning for all.
The Inclusion Planning Team welcomes any feedback you may have around our vision, and we are also looking to include more family voices as we continue our planning.  If you have any interest in taking on a role in connection to Lee Academy's Inclusion Planning Team please email Kathryn Wilcox, kwilcox@bostonpublicschools.org...we would be so happy to have you!