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What our learners are doing
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
This month will work on writing informational paragraphs about different kinds of frog adaptations. Students are excited to include these in their Freaky Frog books. In math, students continued practicing solving multiplication and division story problems. In addition, students practiced using a fact they know to solve an unknown fact. F
This month will work on writing informational paragraphs about different kinds of frog adaptations. Students are excited to include these in their Freaky Frog books. In math, students continued practicing solving multiplication and division story problems. In addition, students practiced using a fact they know to solve an unknown fact. For example, if I know 9x10=90, then I just need to take away 9 to find 9x9. In Foundations, we began a new unit on prefixes and using the meaning of prefixes to figure out what words mean. For example, if I know “dis” means “not”, then “disconnected” means “not connected”.
Important Dates:
- March 16 (room 202) / March 23 (room 203) - Field Trip to MIT
- March 24: Frog Festival Publishing Party - Save the date! It will most likely be from 2-3pm.
2nd Grade
3rd Grade
3rd Grade
This month we will be continuing our Connecting Places, Connecting People" Unit. We will be reading informational text entitled "Meet Young Immigrants" & "Drum Dream Girl" and answering the question "What can we learn by exploring stories and music from different places?". We will be finishing up our autobiographies written in poem form
This month we will be continuing our Connecting Places, Connecting People" Unit. We will be reading informational text entitled "Meet Young Immigrants" & "Drum Dream Girl" and answering the question "What can we learn by exploring stories and music from different places?". We will be finishing up our autobiographies written in poem form. In Phonics, we will be working with r- controlled vowels in multisyllabic words. In math we our working with our fluency within 20 and knowledge within 100. We will be using place value to add and subtract.
1st Grade
3rd Grade
Kindergarten
The First Graders continue to learn about Non-fiction texts in both reading and writing.
In reading, we are learning about “ordinary people who changed the world.” So far, this has included known figures like Martin Luther King, but also some lesser-known stories like the one of Emmanuel Yesboah. Ask your child what it takes for an ordi
The First Graders continue to learn about Non-fiction texts in both reading and writing.
In reading, we are learning about “ordinary people who changed the world.” So far, this has included known figures like Martin Luther King, but also some lesser-known stories like the one of Emmanuel Yesboah. Ask your child what it takes for an ordinary person to change the world!
In phonics, we are finishing up r-controlled vowels (ar, or, er, ir, ur) and will start to focus on breaking up longer words. While students are reading, if they get to a tricky word tell them to look for parts they know inside of a word.
In math, students have been working on solving addition and subtraction problems efficiently. That means that we are really focussing on quicker math strategies like counting on and use what you know. Here are some examples of how you might use these strategies!
Kindergarten
Preschool K0-K1
Kindergarten
Kindergarten is working on their construction unit reading and learning from fun reads such as "How to Build a House" and "Houses All Around the World".
In math they just learned to count all the way to 100 and now working on writing their number down to 20 as well as counting on and counting by 10s.
Preschool K0-K1
Preschool K0-K1
Preschool K0-K1
We just started our second to last unit: World of Color. Our focus this month will be understanding how colors are all around us and how they mean different things in different places. We will understand how colors can symbolize feelings, keep us safe and the difference of colors in the city.
Meet Our Staff
Principal Chery
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.
Pre-K Pollinators (K0-K1 )
Shandolyn Anderson
Early Educator in room 101
Noreen Kelley
Early educator room 103
Denise Devaney
I am the Children's Yoga Specialist And Surround care paraprofessional in room 104. BTU representative and Fresh Fruit & Vegetables Coordinator.
Meaghan Lawlor
Inclusion Teacher room 102
Pricilla Casna
Early Educator room 104
Ms. Rakeea Gardner
Surround Care para in room 101
Melissa Henderson
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
Team Kindergarten
Stephanie Lividini
Early Educator in room 106
Chris Wade
Enjoys spontaneous fun adventures
Amelia Chase
Early educator room 105
Alexa Holloway
Surround care para in room 106
First Grade Squad
Danielle Hamilton
First grade teacher at Lee Academy. I love helping students discover the reader inside them!
Mr. Anthony
A Lee Academy veteran who we all love and adore
Lindsey Aviles
Early educator room 107
Jackie Stroud
Surround Care para for the first grade team, currently helping out with our littles.
Kathryn Wilcox
Language & Literacy Interventionist
2nd Grade Warriors
Cassandra Rousseau
Early Educator in room 205
Sandra Centeio
Co- Educator in room 205
Amy Gebo
Early Educator in room 204
Lizbeth Ruiz
Co-Educator in room 204
Paula Morgado
LATF
ESL for 2nd grade & K2
3rd Grade Powers
Rose Frank
Early Educator in room 203
David Hampton
Surround care super hero in room 203
Tanera Martin-Williams
Early Educator in room 202
Sylvia Mendez
Surround care para in room 202
Admin & Support Heroes
Keri Purple
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.
Jen Mederios-Crabbe
School Psychologist
Jasmin Torrejon-Chu
School Social Worker
Giovanna Tovar (Ms. Govi)
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.
Brian Lobue
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.
Marc Ableson
Science teacher former 3rd grade hero
Ms. Hart
Physical Education intstructor
Zoraida (Ms. Z)
School secretary
Jabarah Harley
Bill Woods
School Custodian
Bee-lieve n yourself
Our Outdoor Classroom
Test Your Balance
Beautiful Plant Holders
Beautiful Plant Holders
Beautiful Plant Holders
Beautiful Plant Holders
Beautiful Plant Holders
Green spaces are in
Beautiful Plant Holders
Green spaces are in