Academics

Core Courses

Lamar has two academic tracks available in English Language Arts, Science, and Social Studies: Academic and Advanced. Lamar's Mathematics department offers these two tracks and an Accelerated track consisting of an Algebra 1 course for 7th and 8th graders. Seventh graders in Algebra I take Geometry in 8th grade.


Language Arts

Lamar Middle School's Language Arts teachers are Dani BrandimarteCatherine VouvraySarah Geis, Kristin Aaron, and Enrique Montemayor.

Lamar also has a Yearbook teacher, Alissa Godina, who will be teaching students in this yearlong class.

Mathematics

Lamar’s Mathematics department offers these two tracks and an Accelerated track consisting of an Algebra I Honors course for 7th and 8th graders. Seventh graders in Algebra I take Geometry in 8th grade.

Lamar’s Math teachers are Ann KestnerAlicia RoalsonLeticia SandersCarolina Ramirez, and Derek Wright.

Science

The Lamar Middle School science teachers are Erika Pena-Montemayor, Tricia Ballee, Lindsey StreichAutumn TorresJoseph SosaBianca Blaney, and Anna Flores.

Social Studies

The Social Studies teachers at Lamar are Travis DoolittleJohn JusticeJennifer RichterDaniel SmithGlenna Smith, and Ana Espinosa (Dual Language SS) 

Languages Other Than English

Lamar offers Spanish I and II for non-Speakers, Spanish II, III, and IV for native or fluent Spanish Speakers, and French I and II.

The world language teachers are:

Lori Saucedo (Spanish) - lori.saucedo@austinisd.org

Colleen McGrath (French)- colleen.mcgrath@austinisd.org

Ana Espinosa-Sanchez (Spanish) - ana.espinosasanchez@austinisd.org