About Us

Lewshawnda Haywood is a passionate educator with over 25 years of experience teaching and tutoring children ages 2 to 18. She is the founder and visionary behind Polyglots Academy, where she leads with a deep commitment to multilingualism, literacy, and educational equity.

Mrs. Haywood holds formal academic training in Early Childhood and Elementary Education and has pursued extensive studies in Modern Standard Arabic, Spanish, Mandarin Chinese, and Brazilian Portuguese. She is a highly qualified educator who has held various teaching credentials and unique licenses throughout her career, equipping her to work across diverse educational settings and student populations.

As a multilingual educator and self-taught language learner, Mrs. Haywood has created a wide range of original curricula to empower underserved learners—especially African-American students—with culturally relevant, engaging tools for literacy and language acquisition. Her teaching experience spans public, charter, private, micro, and homeschool environments, where she is especially known for her work in reading intervention, early literacy development, foreign language instruction, and inclusive curriculum design.

She believes every child is capable of greatness when nurtured in a creative, structured, and multilingual learning environment.

Mr. Antwyne Haywood is a former licensed educator in the state of Georgia and brings over 30 years of experience to the field of education. His teaching experiences include: robotics, mechatronics, and semiconductors at a public high school and serves as the co-founder and school administrator of Polyglots Academy.

His career has included roles as principal, administrator, social worker, mentor, and teacher for numerous organizations including Lewis University, Ramsey County, and Lutheran Social Services of Minnesota. He has also taught science and math to private school students in Kindergarten through 8th grade for more than a decade.

Mr. Haywood has lead a successful robotics team that competed at the district, state, and national level. He has also lead LEGO robotics instruction for middle schoolers and hosted an annual LEGO robotics competition every Fall. His passion for technology, student mentorship, and STEAM education drives his work with youth of all ages.