LEAD Academy

We would love to take a moment to wish a Happy Birthday to these staff members!

As we come to the close of another school year, we want to extend a special thank you to ScanSource, Burgiss Charities, Hathaway Foundation and Chef 360. Because of your incredible generosity, we were able to continue our free breakfast and lunch program and serve more than 63,000 school meals at no cost to our students this year.

Your support helps ensure our students are nourished, cared for, and ready to learn each day. It is community partners like you who help us continue to nurture the whole child. 💙🍎

This Teacher Appreciation Week, help us celebrate the amazing staff at Lead Academy! We are so grateful for the love, passion, care, and joy they bring each day as they pour into our students and school community.

Thank you, Lead staff, for all you do to make a difference every single day! 🍎❤️

Join us in celebrating two incredible members of the Lead Academy crew! 🎉

Congratulations to our Teacher of the Year, Ms. Axmann, and our Support Staff Member of the Year, Nurse Dubberly! Your dedication, compassion, and commitment to our students make Lead Academy a better place every single day. We are so grateful for the impact you have on our school community. ❤️🖤

We’re proud to share that Lead Academy has been recognized by the state with the Silver High Performance Award! This award recognizes Lead's strong academic progress.

This honor reflects the hard work of our students, the dedication of our staff, and the support of our families. It represents a commitment to growth, strong academics, and doing what’s best for kids every day.

We’re grateful for our entire school community as we continue to Be Nice. Work Hard. Serve Well. and Have Fun!

Thanks to the incredible generosity of Community Foundation of Greenville, Lead Academy is leveling up communication across campus!

A recent grant has equipped our entire staff with brand new walkie talkies, allowing for clearer, faster, and more efficient communication. This upgrade helps us respond to student needs more quickly while strengthening safety for our entire school community.

Partnerships like this truly move our mission forward, and we are so grateful. Thank you, Community Foundation! We are one happy (and well-connected!) staff!

#BridgingPhilanthropyAndPurpose #CommunityFoundationOfGreenville

Congratulations to our baseball team on a season full of fun and growth! This year, they scored more runs than ever before—what an accomplishment. Go Falcons! ⚾

Thanks to a grant from Clemson Extension in partnership with the South Carolina Department of Education and South Carolina Farm to School, we’ve had an amazing time bringing our school garden to life! 🌱

Our health and wellness classes have built the garden beds and prepped everything for planting—it’s been so rewarding getting our hands dirty and learning along the way. We can’t wait to plant our first crops and enjoy the harvest together next school year! 🌿🍅

What an incredible weekend for our middle school robotics team! 🤖

Our Falcon Robotics team had the amazing opportunity to visit the BMW Training Center for a tour, hands-on demonstrations, and a robotics competition. Not only did they learn a ton, but they also brought home awards for Best Innovation Project and Best Robot Design!

We are so proud of their hard work, creativity, and teamwork. Way to go, Falcon Robotics! 🦅

Many thanks to Hathaway Family Foundation who stepped in to help us replace our fridge when we needed it most! Our new fridge is already in use today! Thanks to their quick generosity, Lead Academy is able to continue providing 350 meals every day to our school community. 💙

We are so grateful for partners who help us take care of our students!

Let's take a moment to celebrate these staff members and their April birthdays!

Field Day is always an amazing time at Lead—but it’s also a LOT for our staff to carry in order to make it so fun for our kids!

A huge thank you to Dan and the entire crew at Jimmy John’s on W. Butler Road for taking such great care of us during our Field Days. The lunch you provided was the perfect fuel and such a welcome treat. We appreciate your support more than you know! 💛

Looking back on some incredible moments from our 4th–8th grade Field Day on Friday—what a perfect way to wind down the year! So many smiles, laughs, and unforgettable memories. ☀️🎉

K5-3rd Grade Field Day & End of Year Celebration 🤩🎉

Such a FUN day! We loved seeing our students laughing, playing, and enjoying time together as we start wrapping up an amazing year. So grateful for these days!

Many thanks to Kendal from The Greenville County Soil and Water Conservation District for joining our Health and Wellness class today. The students learned first hand about how to keep the soil in our soon to be planted garden healthy and thriving.

Lead Academy is thrilled to share some exciting news! 🚍⚡

Thanks to the incredible generosity of our donors, we have officially secured enough funding to pre-order two new electric buses—and they are already being custom built for us!

We can’t wait to transition to clean, reliable transportation for our students in the 2026–27 school year. This milestone wouldn’t be possible without the continued support of our amazing community.

Thank you for helping us drive toward a brighter, greener future! 💚

Getting hands-on with our science lesson today! 🧪🔬 Nothing beats learning by doing—our students were fully engaged, asking great questions, and making exciting discoveries every step of the way.

Our chess team is on fire 🔥♟️ competing in tournaments all across the Upstate!

A special shoutout to 8th grader Cassie for her incredible performances—bringing home 2nd and 3rd place finishes in recent tournaments! 🏆 We are so proud of her hard work, focus, and determination.

Way to represent, Cassie! 👏♟️

Many thanks to the Golden Strip Sunrise Rotary for the large donation of books. Thanks to you, our home libraries are growing and kids are so excited to read their new books!

Looking back on more great memories from our last Fun Friday of the year!