Crossroads Academy Announces Inaugural Fundraising Event
Join students, staff and supporters for an evening of dinner, drinks and live entertainment as we DREAM BIG toward the vision of a vibrant and growing Downtown community. Kansas City’s top restaurants...
View ArticleConfluence Academy-Walnut Park Teachers, Staff Help Give Family a Fresh Start
For Immediate Release Date: October 26, 2012 Contact: Nez Savala, director, public relations, (314) 436-2313 ext. 7032, (314) 387-3592 cell St. Louis – On any Saturday, in any neighborhood, you...
View ArticleDESE Releases Missouri Charter School Enrollment Data
The Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education has released charter school enrollment figures for the 2012-2013 school year. Overall, charter school enrollment in Missouri decreased in...
View ArticleTennis Legend Navratilova Surprises Genesis Promise Academy Students
Tennis legend Martina Navratilova made a surprise visit to Genesis Promise Academy last month where she inspired students with her straightforward talk and even hit a few tennis balls around with...
View ArticleNew Video from IFF Highlights the Success of KIPP St. Louis
IFF- KIPP Inspire Academy from IFF CDFI on Vimeo. If you want to see how a charter school can turnaround a neighborhood watch this video from IFF on KIPP Inspire Academy in St. Louis. KIPP Inspire...
View ArticleKSDK Features St. Louis Language Immersion Schools
ST. LOUIS (KSDK) - For the past week, we’ve been bringing attention to the importance of reading and early education for all children. But the elementary school years are also the perfect time for...
View ArticleConfluence Academy-Old North Named Regional Winner of Shell Science Lab...
St. Louis – The National Science Teachers Association has named Confluence Academy-Old North as a regional winner of the third annual Shell Science Lab Challenge. The competition is sponsored by Shell...
View ArticleMore Bass for Grand Center Arts Academy
“This is better than Christmas morning,” say GCAA’s David Hayworth to Mike Thaman, Managing Director and CEO of Warson Capital Partners. Mr. Thaman came to GCAA to pass on his personal upright bass...
View ArticleLocal Artist Shane Evans To Create Art at DeLaSalle
Shane Evans, local creative and inspirational force will make presentations to the students at DeLaSalle Charter High School on Tuesday, May 7 and Thursday, May 9 at 9 a.m. During the May 9...
View ArticleSLLIS Spanish School Wins Recognition from Embassy of Spain
St. Louis, Missouri (May 8, 2013) – On May 8, 2013 The Education Office of the Embassy of Spain announced that it will honor The Spanish School(TSS), an elementary program of St. Louis Language...
View ArticleMissouri Legislature Appropriates $300,000 for Charter School Commission
As part of the state budget, the Missouri Legislature approved $300,000 for operations of the Missouri Charter Public School Commission. This commission was created with the passage of SB 576 during...
View ArticleFox4 KC Features Benjamin Banneker Garden Project
For original post, click here. KANSAS CITY, Mo. — A local school yard garden is producing big results for its community. Behind Benjamin Bannecker Charter Academy of Technology (BBCAT) sits a garden...
View ArticleKCPT Features Crossroads Academy
Crossroads Academy students and teachers was featured on KCPT’s The Local Show on Thursday, May 23rd. PBS camera crews spent several days at the school in April and May filming students and teachers...
View ArticleAcademy for Integrated Arts Celebrates “Night at the Nelson”
KANSAS CITY, MO – About 100 students, parents and guests at the Academy for Integrated Arts (AFIA), a charter public school in mid-town Kansas City, celebrated the end of the school’s first academic...
View ArticleSouth City Prep Student Wins Poetry Foundation Contest
Earlier today, one of our amazing scholars was profiled on KPLR Channel 11. Kalise Harris, a South City Prep 7th grade scholar, recently won the 7th grade Poetry Foundation contest by sharing her poem...
View ArticleGenesis Promise Academy Student Wins Arthur Ashe Essay Contest
The school year will start off with a bang for Jada Robinson, a fourth-grader at Genesis Promise Academy in Kansas City. The United States Tennis Association announced today that Jada, 9, has won the...
View ArticleCharter Schools Shine in Latest APR and MAP Scores
Missouri’s charter public schools shine in the recent release of Annual Performance Reports (APR) and Missouri Assessment Program (MAP) results by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education....
View ArticleDeLaSalle Education Center to Celebrate Completion of New Expansion and...
October 9, 2013 DeLaSalle Education Center will celebrate the completion of its new $8 million expansion and renovation project with a community Ribbon Cutting and Open House on the campus grounds at...
View Article6th Grader from Confluence Old North Finalist in Mayor’s Holiday Card Contest
Congratulations to Confluence Academy – Old North’s student, Destiny Davis, for being one of ten students whose work was selected as a finalist in the Mayor’s Holiday Card Contest. The contest...
View ArticleThe City Garden Facility Story – How Did We Get Here?
The City Garden Facility Story: How Did We Get Here? A Story of Creative Financing, Tax Credits and Community Collaboration for the Common Good Question: How can government, corporations, small...
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