STAFF

Lesa Mecham

First Grade

I love kids! This is probably because I’m a kid at heart and I had a wonderful childhood; growing
up in Alpine, attending school in Alpine and American Fork, and doing all the fun things that
kids did then and some still do today.
I also love learning and have had many amazing teachers help me along the path to becoming a
teacher myself. I feel that every child has the ability to learn and succeed if given the right
combination of love, attention, confidence, fun and instruction.
I enjoy living in Alpine surrounded by great friends and beautiful surroundings. A few of my
favorite things are flowers and gardens, lavender, children’s books, road trips, walking,
flamingos, diet Coke and ice cream. My husband and I have 4 amazing children, a wonderful
son and daughter-in-law and a very darling 3 year-old grandson and his baby sister who was
born in May–what a Grammy’s delight! My family is the joy of my life and spending time
together is what I look forward to. We enjoy camping, fishing, hiking, sports, backyard
family-friendly competitions and any activity that takes us outside or especially into the
mountains.
I graduated from Brigham Young University and then taught 2nd and 3rd grade before staying
home to see our kids through high school. Once our twins graduated, I returned to teaching
and feel very fortunate to be at Lincoln Academy. This will be my seventh year at Lincoln and I
love teaching first grade! I look forward to each new class of students and the enthusiasm,
smiles and eagerness to learn that they bring to the classroom, as well as the great strides they
make during the year. I appreciate the opportunity to teach and learn from wonderful
coworkers, students and parents at Lincoln Academy.