She hasn’t been gone from LEAD Academy for long, but Justice Williams, LEAD Academy Class of ‘20, has already been published in a renowned scientific journal. The Maryville College Senior is majoring in Environmental Science and minoring in Spanish. She …
LEAD Cameron’s Briana Shelton knew she wanted to be an educator before leaving high school. She started volunteering at Smithson Craighead Academy, a public charter school in Madison, during her senior year and fell in love with helping students overcome …
On Tuesday, LEAD Southeast High school students celebrated “Dress Your Culture Day,” where students represented their native countries and heritage by dressing in their cultural clothing. LEAD has a diverse student body with our students speaking 27 different languages and …
LEAD Southeast Senior Chisom Nnadozie will be attending Vanderbilt University in the Fall of 2022. She is the first LEAD Southeast student to earn this prestigious honor. “Vanderbilt has been one of my dream schools since I was in 5th …
LEAD is excited to share that the Metro Nashville Public School Board voted to renew the charter for LEAD Southeast for ten more years. Emma Mac, Genevieve Byrd and the staff at LEAD Southeast are examples of the dedicated work …
The Tennessee Charter School Center named LEAD Public Schools Serve Others Stations the Community Impact Project of the Year award winner on Thursday. This award recognizes the work across LEAD’s campuses to provide support to families when needed, by meeting …
Dozens of LEAD Class of 2021 graduates intend to take advantage of Tennessee’s signature scholarship program, the Tennessee Promise, by attending Middle Tennessee community colleges tuition free. Tennessee is the first state in the nation to offer two years of …
Dozens of LEAD Academy and LEAD Southeast High School Class of 2021 graduates applied, were admitted, and will attend some of our nation’s most prestigious Historically Black Colleges and Universities (HBCUs). About one-third of HBCUs have experienced record increases in …
Senior Signing Day is the culmination of an emotional and inspirational journey for LEAD seniors as they reveal their next step to family and friends. LEAD Academy seniors, and the first graduating class of LEAD Southeast High School, publicly declared …
The 2020-2021 school year is the first in the history of LEAD Public Schools in which students and teachers spent the majority of the year in a virtual classroom. As half of LEAD students return to in-person instruction in March …
