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    “Academy students are guided with a philosophy of discipline surrounded by love.”

    — An Academy parent

Department Faculty

Lesley Babcock, Department Chair
lbabcock@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s): Secondary Education, English, Minor Library Science; 
Master of Education in Administration and Supervision
Teaching Experience: 17 years

Joseph Bordlee
jbordlee@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s): Bachelor of Art in Journalism; Masters in Education
Experience: 21 years
Award(s): Article published in the English Journal

June Buckley
jbuckley@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s):  Bachelor of Arts in Secondary English and Social Studies 
Teaching Experience: 27 years
Awards:  Who's Who Among America's Teachers (four times); National Honor Roll's Outstanding American Teachers; One of 45 teachers nationwide selected to receive a scholarship to 
Bearing Witness Summer Institute, Washington, D.C. (2001); Teacher Who Made a Difference (Nicholls State University-2007 and 2008); Article published in English Journal

Rinda Coleman
rcoleman@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s): Bachelor of Music; Master of Church Music; currently working on Master's in English
Teaching Experience: 36 years

Diane Kumpf
dkumpf@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s): Bachelor of Art in English
Teaching experience: 38 years
Award(s): You Made a Difference 2006

Deborah Vachetta 
dvachetta@theacademyofourlady.org
Degree(s): Bachelor of Art in Secondary Education
Teaching experience: 30 years
Award(s): Teacher of the Month, March 2009

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Academy of Our Lady lives the Salesian family spirit of reason, religion, and loving kindness and instills in young women the values to live as Catholic Christians, the drive for life-long learning, and the skills to succeed as responsible citizens in society.