Exceptional Education (Ex. Ed.) students at our LEAD Southeast middle school campus have been hosting a monthly “Lobos Cafe,” where they help plan, prep, cook and serve food to staff members to build on their “Ready for Life” job skills. “The …
Meet Blanca Cross, the Family and Community Engagement (FACE) coordinator at our Neely’s Bend campus in Madison. Blanca was appointed to the position earlier this school year. “I’m lucky to be a part of an organization that values strong academics …
Preparing students to be ready for college and life includes helping them think about all aspects of their college and career choice— including finances and how they will pay for college. So each year, LEAD Academy High School (LAHS) hosts …
Meet Erin Molitoris, the Family and Community Engagement (FACE) coordinator at our LEAD Southeast campus in Antioch. “Ms. Molly” has been the FACE coordinator since June of 2016. “I believe it is my job to make sure all of our …
Meet John Strickland, the Family and Community Engagement (FACE) coordinator at LEAD Brick Church in North Nashville. John was appointed FACE coordinator last year. Alongside colleagues Rania Agaib (LEAD Academy, LEAD Cameron), Erin Molitoris (LEAD Southeast middle and high) and …
When the incoming Deputy Mayor for Community Engagement invites you to the Mayoral Inauguration, you go. Proudly. In uniform. That’s precisely what happened last week. Nashville Mayor John Cooper was sworn-in at a ceremony at Stratford STEM Magnet School on …
As we embark on our 13th year of operation as a network, we return to school with an emphasis this year on our LEAD Ethos, the founding principles of our network. We ask all staff members and students to embrace …
Jose Cisillas speaks English fluently, but the Nashville transplant only learned to read and write in his native language of Spanish in school. So when his daughter Kristie, a student at LEAD Southeast Middle, had questions about her homework in …
When Eradi walked into his first day of 5th grade at LEAD Cameron Middle School, he didn’t speak a word of English. Instead, he spoke only a remote dialect of Swahili, that no one in the district could interpret. “He …
As a student-led conference greeter inside LEAD Cameron, 8th-grader Rosie said she looked at the opportunity as one for both herself and fellow students to meet with adult volunteers much like they would for a job interview. “It gives me …