Middle School Directory

6ème Année (6th Grade)

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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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7ème 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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8ème Année (8th Grade)

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Les Classes de Spécialistes (Specials Classes)

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Les Services Sociaux et L’Infirmerie (Health & Social Services)

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Adam Nachum 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.

English — Spanish.

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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Marie Beach is glad to call Kansas City and Académie Lafayette her new home after being an IB Educator in Florida, Georgia, and Colorado and most recently at Lincoln Preparatory College Academy in KC. Mrs. Beach brings to us a wealth of experience ranging from the classroom to school leadership and working with international communities. She started her career as a Behavior Therapist with a BSW from UGA (gooooo Dawgs!) and went to work in Melbourne, Florida. Along the way, she acquired her first rescue beagle, Milo. However, the lure of cicadas and Spanish moss in the low country drew her up the coast to Savannah, Georgia. For ten years she served the students at Sol C. Johnson High School, a historically Black high school teaching a variety of IB courses, college prep, served as the Induction Coordinator. Mrs. Beach obtained a Masters in Education with a focus on Reading from Georgia Southern University until the mountains came calling. She then packed up her rescue beagles and Shakespeare, the class bunny and headed to the front range to be the IB Coordinator for the DP and MYP programs at Greeley West High School. While organizing matriculation and pinning ceremonies, hosting the German American Partnership Program and Exchange, and planning the IB Continuum Showcase, she felt that it was time to go back to school at UNC in order to become a school leader. Then covid happened. But all was meant to be! On a weekend trip to Kansas City, Marie fell in love with the beautiful gardens, historic homes, and welcoming locals. And the rest brings us to the present.

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