The Opportunity

ALA provides equal opportunity to all students in the city, leveling the playing fields for Lawrence students who want to accelerate their learning. ALA promises a first-of-its-kind experience: the personalization of an accelerated academic program combined with access to the robust enrichment programs available to LHS. The result is a school that challenges its students every day and ultimately prepares them for admission to the nation’s most competitive colleges and universities.

ALA Students in Lab

Challenging Curriculum

Our academic program challenges and inspires students to discover their passion and realize their potential. Our learning community is highly collaborative, real-world focused, and research-based.

ALA Students together

Core Academic Knowledge

Abbott Lawrence Academy is a 9-12 community that provides a high quality, rigorous, college preparatory education for each student in a safe and nurturing learning environment that values hard work, determination and citizenship.

equal opportunity

ALA believes that we are a family that fosters student development academically and socially while equipping students to matriculate and succeed in higher education and beyond

Merrimack ALA Program

Early College

In partnership with Merrimack College (North Andover, MA), our Early College program allows students to take courses on the Merrimack campus beginning their junior year.

We welcome you to learn more about our admission process

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The ALA Curriculum

We welcome you to learn more about us

Our academic program challenges and inspires students to discover their passion and realize their potential. Our learning community is highly collaborative, real-world focused, and research-based.

ALA’s Early College Program welcomes Mayor De Pena, Senator Payano, Representative Paulino, and Superintendent Rodriguez

ALA had the honor to welcome “Mayor Brian de Pena, Senator Pavel Payano, Representative Francisco...

ALA Golden Age Homecoming

ALA Fall Dance Golden Age of Hollywood was so much fun.

Open House 2023

Thank you to the PTO & to all 300 plus families that came to learn...
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Meet Our Teachers and Administrators

Our Faculty

Gernelin Capellan_Teacher

Gernelin Capellan

Advanced Honors Spanish 3, 4 & Caribbean Studies Teacher
Kaitlin Dinet_Teacher

Kaitlin Dinet

Advanced Honors Biology, Merrimack Biology & AP Seminar
Shannon Morey_Teacher

Shannon Morey

Advanced Honors Foundation of Physics and AP Physics Teacher
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Rose Hodge

History Teacher