S. Hughie Lassiter, author.
S. Hughie Lassiter was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. He has been teaching school for over 10 years and worked as a social worker for 15 years. He currently is a Special Education Teacher in Philadelphia where he teaches in a self-contained classroom for elementary and middle school students. S. Hughie Lassiter completed undergraduate school with a B.A. degree in Social Work from Cheyney State College, and attended graduate school where he earned his teaching certification in Special Education from Cheyney University of Pennsylvania. In 2004, he designed an educational program where he used skateboarding to teach concepts of math, geometry and science to elementary and middle school students. His educational program was successful in Philadelphia, Atlanta and Los Angeles. As an educator, S. Hughie Lassiter believes in the fundamentals of learning…reading, writing and math, and has written these books for students who’s reading levels range from primer to the 5th grade for them to improve in phonetics and reading comprehension skills.