Lamar Shambley - Mr. Breakthrough

By Kelnisha Lightbourne
Features Writer

The Breakthrough Chronicles wants to award math teacher Lamar Shambley with the title of MR.BREAKTHROUGH for his endless dedication to the program.


Lamar has dedicated his time to Breakthrough over the course of 10 years. He started his commitment to Breakthrough at Learning Bridge Norfolk, where he was a student and then went on to become a 6th, 7th and 8th grade teacher.

Lamar attends the College of William and Mary, where he will be a senior in the fall.
He is majoring in Hispanic Studies.

“I picked Hispanic studies as my major because I thought it felt like something good to do. Also, very few students at my school study Hispanic Studies,” Lamar said.

Even though he studies the Hispanic culture, he has always taught Math at Breakthrough.

Some students consider him to be very energetic.

‘‘I’m so energetic because I’m really passionate about the program and I know that the kids respond to you when your energetic, and I want them to be happy so they can come back to Breakthrough the next year,’’ Lamar said.

His students know him very well. Lamar’s student Daniel Thrower said she thinks “Lamar knows how to communicate well with his students.” She also thinks Lamar is funny, intelligent, and crazy in a good way, smart nice and compassionate.

Julina Gonzalez, another one of Lamar’s 7th grade students, said she thinks “Lamar is a fun teacher and if you have a question he will try his best to answer it even if he doesn’t know the answer.”


Lamar Shambley is truly Mr. Breakthrough.