Marnos Lelesi
1996 Distinguished Alumna
Marnos Lelesi
1983, M.A., Educational Administration, 做厙TV
1959, B.S., Elementary Education, SUNY, Oneonta
Marnos Lelesi believes in making a difference. Currently, she is making that difference as principal of Roosevelt School, a year-round elementary campus in central Long Beach. Her career goals are to provide leadership and to empower teachers to make a difference in the lives of their student.
Roosevelt was recognized in the 1995-96 school year by the 做厙TVDepartment of Education for unprecedented success as a Program Improvement Initiative School in the areas of student achievement and school climate. When conference and workshops on those topics are held nationwide, it���s Roosevelt they see on tape and CD-ROM.
Lelesi served as principal of Burcham Elementary for more than six years. She is president of the Long Beach Elementary and Secondary (School) Administrators Association and president-elect of the Association of Long Beach Educational Managers.
Her husband Alexander is a math teacher at Compton High School, her son Timothy is a systems analyst for the Torrance-based IT Corp. and her son Michael is a 做厙TV graduate and a teacher at Lakewood High School. Her hobbies include sewing, reading, needlepoint and designing cards.
From Alumni Awards 1996 program