Middle School Directory
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My name is Armand Tsafack; I’m married and I have five kids. I have master’s degrees in mathematics education and in pure mathematics from the University of Yaounde I. My 23 years of teaching mathematics include 17 years in my home country, Cameroon (6th–12th grade), and six years at Académie Lafayette (6th grade). I also have two Missouri teaching certificates: Mathematics 5–9 and Mathematics 9–12. The 2017–18 school year will be my sixth year teaching at Académie Lafayette.
I currently teach 6th grade mathematics. Teaching mathematics is a joy to me and I love to see the progress students make throughout the year. I hope my teaching style makes learning both enjoyable and effective for my students.
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I am more than happy to be part of the wonderful Académie Lafayette community. I graduated from the school of education in Dakar, Senegal, known as École Normale Supérieure (ENS). I hold a master’s and a DEA (advanced study degree) in history from Cheikh Anta Diop University, as well as a master’s in international relations from City University of New York. I started a Ph.D. and then left to fill in as a substitute teacher for six months. With that experience, I learned I loved to teach and decided to become a certified teacher. After I taught few years, I left the country. I taught in New York as a GED teacher and served as an enrollment and family advocate.
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7ième Année (7th Grade)
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I was born in Independence, Kansas, (about 20 minutes north of Oklahoma and an hour west of Missouri), and studied at the University of Kansas for both my undergrad and master’s degrees. While there, I studied foreign language education with a focus on French and English as a second language (ESL). I’ve also studied at Université Laval in Québec City, Québec, and Huazhong Normal University in Wuhan, China.
The 2017–2018 school year will be my fifth with Académie Lafayette. AL immediately attracted me because of a few different things: excellent test scores, diversity, French language, and a certain je ne sais quoi.
A couple — subjectively — interesting things about me: I’m getting married in June to l’amour de ma vie, Christine. We have a — again, highly subjective — perfect dog named Hurley. I like to play music (guitar and drums) and whatever sports my knee can handle, work in the garden/woodshop/backyard/garage, and taste exciting foods and drinks as often as possible.
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8ième Année (8th Grade)
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Les Classes de Support (Support Classes & Team)
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I have been teaching since 2007, and joined the AL family in 2010. I have always loved to learn new things and wanted to share my passion for learning. I think it’s pretty neat that I get to speak my native language in the middle of the U.S. My French friends always think that I live in Kansas because of the name of our city.
I grew up in a small French town of 800 people called Saint-Yon, located an hour south of Paris. When I was a senior in high school, I got a scholarship to come study for a year at Cottey College, a women’s college located in Nevada, Missouri. I liked it so much that I decided to be a teacher here in the U.S. instead of back home. I got my bachelor’s in K–12 French education from Missouri Southern State University in Joplin, and my master’s in multicultural studies from Park University in Parkville. Since then, I have also earned more than 60 graduate hours!
I live in Blue Springs with my husband, my son, and my four pets. I love watching my son discover new things and speak Frenglish. My husband currently does not speak French but plans on learning once he is done with his mechanical engineering degree.
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I am originally from Puebla, Mexico, and have lived in Kansas City for 20 years. Aside from teaching, my passion is to travel and learn about other cultures.
I’ve obtained the following degrees: a bachelor’s in elementary education (curriculum and instruction), a master’s in TESOL (curriculum and instruction), and a master’s in Spanish (romance languages and literature). I also have certifications in elementary education (grades 1–6), Spanish (K–12), and ESL (K–12).
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I am from China (PRC), and a native Chinese speaker. I got my Bachelor’s degree in Science in China and a Master’s degree in Education in South Korea. I attended a Korean-Chinese immersion school for 12 years (P, M, H) in China so I am fluent in both Korean and Chinese. During that time, I studied a 3rd language (English) in middle school and high school. Before I came to the US, I taught Chinese in South Korea for many years (in a private school and college). I also worked for many years in the admissions department of a university in both China and South Korea. My last year of working in South Korea, I taught Korean in a University Language Institute. I taught for a year and then moved to the United States with my husband. The same year, Académie Lafayette hired me as the first Mandarin teacher in 2014.
My entire education background is very similar to Académie Lafayette students’. I learned Korean like AL students learn French (language immersion). I learned English like AL students learn a 3rd language (language acquisition). I experienced the two main approaches to learning languages. These language learning experiences help me understand my students who are facing exactly the same situation as I faced when I was young. Working at AL has helped me understand the American education system and American students.
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Les Services Sociaux et L’Infirmerie (Health & Social Services)
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Liz Seely is the Homeless Liaison for AL. Please click the links below to find out more about student eligibility for services and support under the McKinney Vento Homeless Education Act. This includes immediate school enrollment, school choice, free meals, school fee waivers and transportation.
Services de Soutien aux Elèves (Student Support Services)
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I have been in the education field for over 30 years. My experience includes teaching in a general and special education setting as well as holding the positions of building principal, associate superintendent and director of special services. I have been an instructor at the university level and served as a trained hearing officer for Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. I love to travel internationally and enjoy spending time with family and friends in Colorado. Due to the efforts of my daughter, my family supports an elementary school in Cape Town, South Africa.
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L’Administration
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Dr. Paul was born in Curacao, Netherlands Antilles, and grew up on the island of St. Kitts & Nevis, the birthplace of her mother. She earned a PhD in French Literature from the University of Colorado at Boulder and has a master’s degree in both French and Education. She has been a French teacher in St. Kitts, New York and Kansas City, Kansas at levels ranging from middle school to university. She spent one year as an English Lecturer at l’Université de Bordeaux in France. Prior to joining Académie Lafayette in 2019, Dr. Paul served as principal in the Kansas City, Kansas School district. She is the mother of one son and she passionately enjoys gardening and reading. She is proud and honored to be a member of the Académie Lafayette family and looks forward to fulfill our mission for students “to become globally minded, locally active, critical thinkers.”
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