Leadership
Molly Franklin Lucia
Co-Founder | Head of School
Molly has spent her career asking one question: What kind of school best prepares children for a rich, meaningful life, no matter what lies ahead?
With degrees in Early Childhood Education and Educational Leadership, experience in both traditional schools and innovative microschools, and seven years leading Acton Academy Lakewood, she has dedicated her career to building a school where every learner is known, challenged, and trusted with meaningful responsibility.
Her hope is that every young person leaves Acton with the character, confidence, and self-knowledge to build a deeply meaningful life.
Dominick A. Lucia
Co-Founder | Operations & Business Development
Dominick believes children learn best when they are trusted with meaningful work.
Drawing on decades of experience in business leadership, entrepreneurship, and organizational development, he helps ensure Acton Academy Lakewood remains a strong, sustainable school where learners, families, and guides can thrive.
To learners, though, he's simply Mr. Dominick.
He's just as likely to be returning from the hardware store, building alongside learners, or inviting them to help solve the next real-world challenge as he is to be working behind the scenes. Around campus, he's known for his quick wit, practical wisdom, and the genuine relationships he builds with young people.
For Dominick, every project gives learners the opportunity to build responsibility, craftsmanship, initiative, and pride in meaningful work.
Why Acton Academy Lakewood?
After years of raising children, working in education and business, and exploring different approaches to learning, we discovered the Acton Academy model.
It put into practice many of the principles we had come to value: strong academics, meaningful responsibility, and high expectations for young people. What convinced us was seeing how naturally Acton combines joy with rigor, freedom with responsibility, and strong relationships with high expectations.
We opened Acton Academy Lakewood to bring that opportunity to families in our community.
Our Leadership Philosophy
Schools should be built around what helps children become capable, not around what is easiest for adults. That conviction shapes every decision we make.
From how learners spend their day to how they earn responsibility and how guides support growth, our goal is always the same: to support young people as they prepare themselves for meaningful lives.
Strong academics are essential. So are character, responsibility, perseverance, and meaningful work.
Children rise to high expectations when they are known, challenged, and trusted with real responsibility. That's the school we're committed to leading every day.
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