Open House - January 17

Lee Academy will be holding an Open House from 9 AM - 3 PM on January 17th. Families interested in the school are welcome to attend or call 813 931-3316 for a personalized visit.

Pennies for Change - Please donate to Pennies for Change. Our goal is collect 6 million pennies- representing the 6 millions Jews lost in Holocaust - by December 21. Ten percent of our pennies will go to the Florida Holocaust Museum's Education Department. In addition, the pennies will help fund school trips that teach cultural diversity and understanding.

Florida Keys Marine Science Field Trip - November 7-11
 

Lower School E-Gs returned very excited about their experience at Mote Marine's Tropical Research Laboratory, which is situated in the heart of the Lower Keys and only 24 miles from Key West.  The students participated in a wide variety of research and education programs, which reflects the diversity of Mote's staff and experience.  They accessed a variety of nearby habitats, including reefs, seagrass meadows, mangrove forests and unique terrestrial communities, most within the protection of National Wildlife Refuges and the Florida Keys National Marine Sanctuary.  Students used the facility's well-equipped dry lab, modern A/V equipment, indoor and outdoor wet labs, outdoor seawater holding tanks, vessels, high-speed internet connection and a marine science library.  They topped off the trip with an excursion to Key West, where students got to bicycle this unique community and visit Mel Fisher's Maritime Museum.  A video of the trip was created by Ms. Sharon and provided to each family.  The video can be viewed  on the STUDENT GALLERY page of our website.

New York City Cultural Field trip - April 6-13 (During Spring Break)

This springtime cultural extravaganza for upper school students is the buzz of the campus. While in New York City, students will visit Times Square, Rockefeller Center, St. Patrick's Cathedral, Radio City Music Hall (with backstage tour), The Empire State Building, Carnegie Hall, Lincoln Center theater tours, Central Park (Strawberry Fields, Bethesda Fountain and Belvedere Castle), the Statue of Liberty and Ellis Island, 9/11 Memorial, Greenwich Village and art galleries in SoHo, Chinatown and Little Italy, an architectural tour of Manhattan, Grand Central Station, the Guggenheim Museum, the Cloisters Museum, the Metropolitan Museum of Art, Cathedral of St. John the Divine, Riverside Church, Grant's Tomb, the Apollo Theater, The Museum of Modern Art, the Fashion Institute of Technology, The Whitney Museum of American Art, Juilliard, the Cooper-Hewitt National Design Museum as well as performances by the Metropolitan Opera, a performance at Lincoln Center, one dance performance of either the New York Ballet or the Alvin Ailey Dance Company (based on availability), 3 Broadway performances, and 1 Off-Broadway performance. It will be an action packed Spring Break.

Everyone will be staying at the Comfort Inn in Manhattan and will be given a bus driver for airport-hotel transfers as well as a tour guide for the entire trip. The rest of the week we will travel by metro and will be given unlimited metro cards for everyone.
Several fundraisers are underway, with the goal of raising up to 50% of the cost of the trip, which is estimated at $2,429 per student. All monies raised will be divided equally among all students going provided they all participate in the fundraisers. The estimated cost covers the airfare, 2 meals per day and all tours and events. The only thing students will be responsible for is lunch each day and spending money. Everything else is included.

 

Chinese Class

Classes are held on Mondays and Tuesdays from 4:00 PM - 4:45 PM, with Lower School students attending on Monday and Upper School students attending the Tuesday class. The cost is $10 per week. The teacher is Lisa Podbilski, who has been honored as Teacher of the Year by three different organizations: the Florida Foreign Language Association (2011), the Southern Conference on Languages (2011) and the Florida Chinese Teachers Association (2010). She holds a B.A. in East Asian Languages and Cultures and has taught Mandarin Chinese for 12 years.
 

Yoga Class

Classes are held on Wednesdays and Thursdays from 2:45 PM - 3:30 PM, with Lower School students participating on Wednesday and Upper School students on Thursday. The cost is $5 per class. Classes are led by certified yoga teacher Shari Feldman, an experienced instructor who presently conducts yoga classes for the Hillsborough County School Board and Hillsborough County Sheriff's Department. The only equipment used in yoga is comfortable clothing and preferably a yoga mat. Yoga mats are not required but are beneficial and can be purchased locally.