Meet the Teacher

Mrs. Leigh Boulineau

Phone: (256) 614-3708

Email:

Degrees and Certifications:

BA English - The Colorado College MAT English - Jacksonville University Areas of Certification: State of Alabama: English Language Arts, Secondary Grades 6-12 General Social Science, Secondary Grades 6-12

Mrs. Leigh Boulineau

My name is Mrs. Boulineau (or Ms. B for short), and I teach the Standard and Honors English 9th-12th grade classes and AP English Language and Composition. I am also the 10th grade Homeroom Advisor and the Art and Photography Club sponsor. 

The Athens Renaissance high school faculty meet at the Exchange, an Athens Renaissance School campus, located in downtown Athens on the Square (111 Marion Street). If you’re looking for me, that’s where you’ll find me. Please come say hello if we have never met.

I am from Jacksonville, Florida originally, and I have lived in Alabama since 2011. Before that, my husband and I lived in North Carolina and Alaska. 

I have an undergraduate degree in English from The Colorado College in Colorado Springs, Colorado and a Masters of Arts in Teaching English from Jacksonville University in Jacksonville, Florida. I love all things grammar! Come see me if you need some help. 

I look forward to our time together. The key to success in life is communication, and English class is all about communication. I can't read your mind; if you have questions, message me and let me know!   

Catch All Grammar Sheet 

 

SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENTS 

 
All Rising 9th-12th graders will choose one book from the following lists. Find the class you will be in next year and follow the link (in RED) for the book page count and the corresponding assignment. *If you are a virtual student, please email your completed assignment to my School Email address: leigh.boulineau@acs-k12.org. If you have English second semester, you will need to complete your Summer Reading assignment by August 17th, and your grade will be applied to your English class in the Spring.
You may be able to check the book out of your local library or download a free version online. If not, each book title below has a link to Amazon, where you can buy the book online.  If you are unable to purchase a copy of the book, let me know, and I’ll get one to you.

9th Standard

True Grit by Charles Portis; Wonder by R.J. Palacio; The Ransom of Mercy Carter by Caroline Cooney

9th Honors

The Hobbit by J.R.R. Tolkien; Anne of Green Gables by L.M. Montgomery; The Sword in the Stone by T.H. White; Little Women by Louisa May Alcott; The Adventures of Tom Sawyer by Mark Twain

10th Standard

Inside Out and Back Again by Thanha Lai; All Quiet on the Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque; The Hiding Place by Corrie ten Boom; Night by Elie Weisel

10th Honors

All the Light We Cannot See by Anthony Doerr; I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai; Jane Eyre by Charlotte Bronte; The Book Thief by Markus Zusak

11th Standard

The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; Into the Wild by Jon Krakauer; The Red Badge of Courage by Stephen Crane

11th Honors

O Pioneers! by Willa Cather; Walden by Henry Thoreau; The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck; The Chosen by Chaim Potok
 
 
Never Cry Wolf by Farley Mowat

12th Standard

Wuthering Heights by Emily Bronte; The Time Machine by H.G. Wells; Robinson Crusoe by Daniel Defoe; A Room With a View by E. M. Forster
 
 
Sense and Sensibility by Jane Austen (or any Austen novel); Great Expectations by Charles Dickens; 1984 by George Orwell; Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens