Vision Statement: Lift for Life Academy shall be an exciting and nurturing place of learning where students, staff, and parents work together in mutual respect so that students may achieve their personal best both academically and socially preparing them to achieve/excel in today’s diverse society.
The Lift For Life Academy Mission:To offer all St. Louis city students the opportunity to succeed academically and socially in a supportive, enriching environment that promotes life-long learners.
Belief Statements:
We believe that all students are capable of learning regardless of individual differences.
We believe student learning is best achieved in a positive, safe, nurturing and challenging environment.
We believe that education is the responsibility of the learner with progressive support from parents, teacher and the community at large.
We believe student attendance is essential for academic achievement and future success.
We believe that students will learn to be more self-aware, self-managed and self-directed.
We believe that teachers will help students see the connections between success in school and options for the future.
We believe that every child will participate in field experiences that expand their knowledge and understanding of their present and future world.
Lift For Life Academy High School students are learning about the world around them. Thanks to the efforts of teacher Margene Jerrolds, seven Academy 9th graders recently participated in a forum sponsored by the Pulitzer Center, in which they learned about the importance of water and its scarcity in parts of Africa.
You can view their video essays at http://waterwars.pulitzergateway.org.
Click on one of the following titles in the lower right column to go to each student’s essay:
How I Use Water (Kyasha M.)
Water in My Life (Quin M.)
Water in My Life (Alysha P.)
My Water Use (Malik M.)
How I Use Water (Khalil P.)
How I Take Water for Granted (Johari G.)
Water is Important in Our Lives (Donald E.)
The Pulitzer Gateway is a place where students and teachers can interact directly with Pulitzer Center-funded reporters -- and with each other -- to discuss and debate critical international issues and the challenges and promises of international reporting.
Now accepting applications for the 2009-2010 school year – INCLUDING 9th
and 10th GRADE!
Lift For Life Academy (LFLA) is the right choice for 6th through 10th grade:
Free & open to all city students
Small class sizes to individualize instruction
Literacy-focused curriculum
93% daily attendance rate
11-month school year providing extra emphasis on math, reading and writing skills
New computer labs, art, field study
Team sports and other school-sponsored activities – basketball teams (boys and girls), drumline, cheerleading, dance, and more
Free transportation
Programs:
Career Pathways
Title 1
Character Plus
After-school extra-curricular activities
Power Hour
U.S. Tennis Foundation tennis lessons
After-school tutoring
Yearly camp experiences
Grade level out-of-town explorations
From Ken Dobbins, President of Southeast Missouri State University:As sponsors of the Lift For Life Academy charter for several years, we at Southeast Missouri State University continue to be pleased with the progress being made by the Academy, and are excited to see dynamic plans for further development of its physical plant and enhanced educational opportunities for its students. Southeast staff members have visited often to stay in contact with the Academy's faculty and staff. Most recently, our Board of Regents and executive staff toured the facility to meet faculty, staff, and students and observe the Academy in operation on a typical day in the classrooms. We look forward to continuing to help these dedicated individuals with their ongoing good work.
Lift For Life Academy was the first independent charter school to open in St. Louis. When it opened in August 2000, LFLA was sometimes the school of last resort for students who had “fallen through the cracks” in public schools. Many were reading well below their grade level, some had learning disabilities that hadn’t been properly addressed, some just didn’t seem to see the point of going to school. But the Academy faculty believed in our students, and along with teaching them language arts, math and science, they taught the students to believe in themselves. It worked!
Today, Lift For Life Academy is a school of choice for city families looking for a creative, motivating alternative to public middle schools, and soon, we'll be able to offer that same alternative for high school. Lift For Life Academy will offer 9th grade in Fall 2008 and will add a grade each year with the plan to have a full four-year high school by Fall 2011.
Students are motivated to come to school – daily attendance averages over 93 percent, as compared to 83 percent* in St. Louis Public Schools. Student test scores are climbing. Of the 73 students in the 2006 graduating class, 88 percent were accepted to their high schools of choice, with the other students going to their neighborhood high schools.
Our dedicated faculty and creative approach to learning sets Lift For Life Academy apart. Whether the subject is language arts, physical education or even after-school activities, we pride ourselves on our ability to reach and motivate our students.
*Source: Missouri Department of Elementary and Secondary Education
Local News Segment About the Academy
Lift for Life Academy accepts federal dollars and is required to post complaint procedures under No Child Left Behind.
If you would like to make a comment or complaint concerning the academy's federal programs
and/or use of federal dollars, please contact our administrative offices at 314-231-2237
or via mail at:
Federal Programs Coord.
1731 South Broadway
St. Louis, MO 63104
Lift For Life Academy, 1731 S. Broadway, St. Louis MO 63104 • 314.436.2337
Lift For Life Gym, 1415 Cass Avenue, St. Louis MO 63106 • 314.588.8921
