Waisea Lesuma, Shoreline Middle School

Mar 24, 2026, 9:28 AM | Updated: Apr 14, 2026, 1:00 pm

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“Mr. Lesuma is super nice and gives candies for the most bare bones answers to questions he is super nice and kind and is very polite to his students. He is the GOAT im glad that he is my math teacher.”

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