{"id":740,"date":"2026-06-09T14:59:26","date_gmt":"2026-06-09T18:59:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www-la.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/media\/?page_id=740"},"modified":"2026-06-13T17:03:09","modified_gmt":"2026-06-13T21:03:09","slug":"meet-the-reading-retreat-staff","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www-la.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/media\/meet-the-reading-retreat-staff\/","title":{"rendered":"Meet the Reading Retreat Staff"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-page\" data-elementor-id=\"740\" class=\"elementor elementor-740\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bf9162d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bf9162d\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-0c0cd49\" data-id=\"0c0cd49\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-b36fdbf elementor-widget elementor-widget-heading\" data-id=\"b36fdbf\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"heading.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<h2 class=\"elementor-heading-title elementor-size-default\">Meet the Reading Retreat Staff<\/h2>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-37c77d9 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"37c77d9\" data-element_type=\"section\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-1ce0dfd\" data-id=\"1ce0dfd\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-cfcdcbe elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"cfcdcbe\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figure class=\"wp-caption\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img decoding=\"async\" width=\"150\" height=\"150\" src=\"https:\/\/www-la.stjohns.k12.fl.us\/media\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2024\/09\/bio-pic-150x150.jpeg\" class=\"attachment-thumbnail size-thumbnail wp-image-232\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<figcaption class=\"widget-image-caption wp-caption-text\">Mrs. Masitti, Media Specialist<\/figcaption>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/figure>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-51728ce elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"51728ce\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p>Welcome to the Reading Retreat!&nbsp; I am Mrs. Masitti, your Media Specialist here at Lakeside Academy.&nbsp; I&#8217;ve been teaching for more than 20 years and have been a Media Specialist for 7+ years.&nbsp; Born and raised in a suburb of Chicago, I taught Kindergarten and 1st grade in Mundelein and Batavia, Illinois.&nbsp; I also taught 1st grade, 2nd grade and was a Learning Specialist in South Florida at Nova Southeastern University and Pine Crest School. 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