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.
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
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.
It was a busy week in third grade. Students had a lot of fun exploring seeds on our field trip to the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. In math, we practiced our addition strategies and thought about how far 2 digit numbers were from 100. In Foundations' we worked on adding suffixes to words to words. Specifically, we have been working o
It was a busy week in third grade. Students had a lot of fun exploring seeds on our field trip to the Arnold Arboretum in Jamaica Plain. In math, we practiced our addition strategies and thought about how far 2 digit numbers were from 100. In Foundations' we worked on adding suffixes to words to words. Specifically, we have been working on -est, -es, -ed, -ing, -er, -s, -less, and -ful, and more. In literacy, students finished writing their paragraphs about Nasreen’s Secret School, and began reading about some students in Kenya in the book My Librarian is a Camel. Have a wonderful weekend!
Things you can ask your student this weekend:
In Math, we will work with word problems. Please talk to your student about money. Children should know all 4 coins by sight and their values and names. In reading, we are learning about the structure of argumentative writing. We will begin writing our class argument. In Phonics, we will be reading and spelling two-syllable words and lea
In Math, we will work with word problems. Please talk to your student about money. Children should know all 4 coins by sight and their values and names. In reading, we are learning about the structure of argumentative writing. We will begin writing our class argument. In Phonics, we will be reading and spelling two-syllable words and learning more suffixes and prefixes. We will be reviewing trick words from the year. In reading, we will finish working with "Six Dots: A Story of Young Louie Braille" We will also learn about Boston's school committee and learn how to complete multiple choice questions.
Our Schools Project, we will choose which change we would like to advocate for in our school.
The first graders at the Lee Academy have been working hard. We have just finished our first Geometry unit in math, where students learned how to sort and name shapes, like hexagon, rectangle, and semicircle. We have been working on writing small moment stories about things that happen in our live.! In reading, we have been thinking abou
The first graders at the Lee Academy have been working hard. We have just finished our first Geometry unit in math, where students learned how to sort and name shapes, like hexagon, rectangle, and semicircle. We have been working on writing small moment stories about things that happen in our live.! In reading, we have been thinking about character traits and how character's’ feelings change.
Ask your child what they are writing their small moment story about!
Mr. Chery has served as our leader since September 2021, and before that served as a principal fellow from the Boston College Lynch Leadership Academy program at the Phineas Bates Elementary School in Roslindale during the 2020-21 school year. While there, Mr. Chery led instructional work by providing educators with feedback on their teaching, leading instructional teams, and reviewing curricula. He increased family involvement through equity affinity groups and facilitated race and equity dialogues among staff. Additionally, Mr. Chery has experience teaching at the elementary level in the Boston Public Schools. He began his career in BPS as a cluster substitute at the Fredrick Pilot Middle School where he taught 7th and 8th-grade science, served as a long-term 3rd-grade substitute teacher at Perkins Elementary School where he would later proudly teach second grade, and continue to do so at Mattahunt Elementary School. Mr. Chery is passionate and committed to urban education. He strongly believes that true education also teaches and develops strong character. His educational philosophy is that all children have a right to quality public education, and he strongly believes he has an ethical accountability to make it available to all students within his sphere of influence and irrespective of social constructs.
Our professional staff demonstrates our commitment to social justice by empowering our students.
Early Educator in room 101
Early educator room 103
I am the Children's Yoga Specialist And Surround care paraprofessional in room 104. BTU representative and Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Coordinator.
Inclusion Teacher room 102
Early Educator room 104
Surround Care para in room 101
She is the heart and soul of the Lee Academy and when she plays the beat to her own drum for our students. Early Educator room 104
Early Educator in room 106
Enjoys spontaneous fun adventures
Early educator room 105
Surround care para in room 106
First grade teacher at Lee Academy. I love helping students discover the reader inside them!
A Lee Academy veteran who we all love and adore
Early educator room 107
Surround Care para for the first grade team, currently helping out with our littles.
Language & Literacy Interventionist
Early Educator in room 205
Co- Educator in room 205
Early Educator in room 204
Co-Educator in room 204
LATF
ESL for 2nd grade & K2
Early Educator in room 203
Surround care super hero in room 203
Early Educator in room 202
Surround care para in room 202
Hi, I'm Keri Purple. I am the Director of Instruction. I have been at the Lee Academy for many years now and have enjoyed watching so many of our students grow up over the years here. I support teachers with observation, feedback, data inquiry cycles, unit development, and planning. I support students in small group intervention as needed as well.
School Psychologist
School Social Worker
Family Liaison who has The best of both worlds, with kids who are students at the Lee Academy and also a part of the Lee team.
I'm the math coach at LAPS. I've been working at the school for 5 years. I love my job because I get to learn with and from the amazing teachers and students at the school. When I'm not working I enjoy spending time with my kids. Our hobbies include taking walks/hikes, going to the beach, traveling and watching sports.
Science teacher former 3rd grade hero
Physical Education intstructor
School secretary
School Custodian
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