Lift For Life Academy

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The Start of Lift For Life Academy's 25th Year!
Across the Academy, there is a sense of joy and eagerness for what the year holds. We can't wait to share our celebrations and successes with you as we embark on our 25th school year! Read all about the LFLA's start to this school year in our latest monthly newsletter linked below!
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Celebrate the start of the school year with us on Saturday night at The Hub STL for an incredible evening of live music featuring the talented band, Spontaneous Nugent! Come together to enjoy great tunes while making a difference for the students at Lift For Life Academy!
📅 Date: August 24
🕒 Time: 7:30 PM
📍 Location: The Hub STL
Enjoy free admission, live music, with delicious snacks and beverages available for purchase.
Lift For Life Academy will be accepting donations at the event to support our school's mission in honor of the start of our 25th school year!

📚✏ Back to School Orientations FAQs! Please make sure you attend on the correct date for your child's school and bring all required documents.

🥒 Ain't no party like a pickle party!
🥒 For the last day of summer school, middle school students picked fresh cucumbers, banana peppers, and shosh*to peppers from our gardens along with dill, cilantro, and basil to learn the pickling process!

It's that time of year again! Back to School and Student Orientation! 📚📝 All new and returning students need to stop by LFLA on the listed day per grade level for important information about the upcoming school year. Make sure you have all the important documents with you. We can't wait to see everyone's smiling faces for the '24-'25 school year!

Take a look at what our kids are up to this summer!

LFLA Summer Sessions! Learning, Celebrating, and Growing! Summer Session's in Full Swing! There's never a dull moment at LFLA! Students were welcomed back for the month of June to partake in Summer Session classes in an e

Our new elementary school principal, Danielle Price, would love to hear from parents and families to have open dialogue about ways to continuously make our school greater. Feel free to drop in any time between 2-6pm on June 5th!

❤️🎓🎊Congratulations to Lift For Life Academy Graduates! 🎊🎓❤️
This year, Lift For Life Academy graduated more than 200 students from Kindergarten, 4th grade, 8th grade, and 12th grade combined! The kindergarten and 4th grade ceremonies were held in LFLA’s gym on Wednesday, May 22nd, while the 8th grade and 12th grade ceremonies occurred at Harris-Stowe State University on Thursday, May 23rd.
Read more about our graduates here: https://conta.cc/3R6ZuR4

“The world hates change, yet it is the only thing that has brought progress.”—Charles Kettering

Congratulations to Ms. Tierra Jackson, the Interim Principal of Lift For Life Academy Middle School, effective June 1, 2024.

Ms. Jackson has had a unique pathway to principalship. She started with Lift For Life Academy in 2021 and served as an 8th grade ELA teacher for 4 short months before being promoted to the Culture Dean of the middle school. She has the uncanny ability to develop lasting relationships with students, parents and staff.

Earlier this school year, LFLA had a teacher leave in the middle of the year and Tierra volunteered to teach 8th grade ELA until the end of the school year. This demonstrates her flexibility, relentlessness and her pure dedication to her students academic success.

As an educator, she provides hands-on relevant ELA experiences and activities for her students as well as the passion that allows them to use their voice and go after what they desire. Her 8th graders called a Town Hall meeting with the Board of Directors and the Academy Leadership to discuss their view on the new homework policy. She has received several recognitions, such as, support staff of the year, Humanities teacher of the year, Leadership awards and more.

Her Professional Experience Includes:
- Culture Dean-Lift For Life Academy
- Lead ELA Teacher-Lift For Life Academy
- Instructional Coach-St. Louis Teacher Residency Program
- Dean of Students & Culture-Eagle College Prep
- Lead ELA Teacher-St. Louis Public Schools
- Curriculum Writer-St. Louis Public Schools
- Partner Teacher & Corp Member-Teach For America

Becoming a school leader has always been a part of Tierra's pathway. After one year as a first year teacher, Ms. Jackson's skills and talents were recognized by her principal who saw the leadership within her as a new teacher. Jackson wrote 9 years ago:

"My principal signed me up to be a partner teacher this summer (basically helping out incoming first year teachers & providing them with some helpful tips and feedback). She went to HR and made sure I got the position and then she volunteered me to do a professional development session for the rest of the teachers in the school on the behavior system we use in our classes. I think she might think I'm a decent teacher."

Ms. Tierra Jackson holds an EdS in Education Administration from Lindenwood University, Master of Art in Education from the University of Missouri-St. Louis and a Bachelor of Science in Communication Disorders from Southeast Missouri State University. Her 11 year old daughter Jacquari and 5 year old son Bryson are her pride and joy.

The Executive Director and Deputy Director are excited for the staff, students, parents, and community to be a part of the future endeavors of the new direction and progression of the middle school.

We also thank Dr. Leathers for her time and commitment to the Lift For Life Academy Family.

Please congratulate Tierra on this new endeavor to assist both students and staff as we continue to Educate, Empower, and Uplift daily!

This , let’s come together to make a difference for the scholars at Lift For Life Academy!

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Our 14th Annual Fashion Showcase was such a success! Read all about our event and make sure you subscribe to our newsletter so you don't miss out on more updates throughout the school year!

LFLA Students.... walked the runway! Celebrating the 14th Annual Fashion Showcase The 14th Annual Fashion Showcase was a resounding success! From students walking the runway to playing chess to showing off their talent

💐Mark your calendars for the LFLA Flower and Plant Sale!

🪴Come see us on Tuesday April 30 from 12pm-2pm in front of the LFLA Elementary School located at 1920 S. 7th Street. The "Our Planet" students have been working hard to plant and grow the starters for your garden. Stop by for your chance to purchase the award winning dahlia tubers, marigolds, zinnias, Tomatoes, herbs, peppers & more! Proceeds go to the LFLA "Our Planet" class.

Once a hawk, always a hawk ❤️

It is with a heavy heart to report that a former student passed away Tuesday night in a car accident while at school at Indiana State University where she was slated to graduate next month.

Zinyetta was a graduate of the class of 2017 and always had a huge smile on her face. Her jovial personality and spirit will be remembered by all. Four months ago, Dr. Noble highlighted Zinyetta in her weekly newsletter for becoming a member of Delta Sigma Theta Sorority.

LFLA, but make it fashion ✨
This past weekend we hosted the 14th Annual Fashion Showcase which featured, of course, the LFLA Fashion Design students as well as students from the Ceramics, Photography, and Woodworking classes, 1904coders, and the Chess Team.

We would like to say a special thank you to The Ritz-Carlton, St. Louis for providing a stunning venue as well as Susan Goldberg and Audra and Beau Herndon for being our event chairs, and Rene Knott for being the emcee for the day. We would also like to extend a heartfelt thank you to all of our wonderful sponsors and committee members who were instrumental to making this event a success.
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Total-ity cool day here at LFLA! ☀️🌙🌕

Dr. Noble's Weekly Update!

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Dr. Noble's Weekly Update!

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Dr. Noble's Weekly Update!

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Check out what the LFLA students are winning, creating, and learning!

LFLA Students are.... State Champions and more!! LFLA LADY HAWKS ARE STATE CHAMPIONS! Lift For Life Academy Girls Basketball Team won their 2nd state championship in 4 years. The Lady Hawks played the championship game at