From the very beginning, LPA has been supported by a wealth of community partners who share our vision of creating a top-ranked school in the City of St. Louis. Here are just a few of our partners—and there’s always room for more.

Our community partners:

  • Arts Council of Lafayette Square
  • Benevity Community Impact Fund
  • Beyer’s Lumber and Hardware
  • BJC Behavioral Health
  • Camp Manitowa
  • Center for Hearing and Speech
  • Central Education Alliance of Missouri
  • Character Plus
  • City Church
  • Department of Conservation
  • Downtown CID
  • Downtown Partnership
  • Dr. Terry Harris
  • Elephant Power/Candace Glass
  • EyeCare Charity of Mid-America
  • Gene Reynolds Foundation
  • Great Circle
  • Green Tree Church
  • Guarantee Electric
  • Kearney Alliance
  • Landesign
  • Lenhardt Tree and Lawn Service
  • Litzinger Road Ecology Center
  • Looking Glass Designs of Lafayette Square
  • McCarthy Building Companies
  • McGowan Brothers
  • Miriam Learning Center
  • Missouri Charter Public Schools Association
  • Missouri Foundation for Health
  • New Music Circle
  • Saint Louis University Department of Nutrition
  • St. Louis Parking Company
  • St. Louis Symphony Orchestra
  • Teach For America
  • Thompson Coburn
  • UIC
  • University of Missouri St. Louis
  • Urban Harvest STL
  • US Charitable Gift Trust

Founding supporters:

LPA received financial and in-kind donations—as well as countless volunteer hours—from the following organizations, individuals and families who had the foresight, courage and generosity to invest in a school that had yet to open. Without these visionaries, LPA wouldn’t exist. So they will always be remembered and cherished by the LPA community.

  • Paul and Jacquelyn Brown
  • Dr. Robert Dillon
  • Shane and Erin Duggin
  • GreenTree Church
  • Katie and Michael Heaney
  • Karen and Mark Leverenz
  • Matt O’Leary
  • Susan and Wes Marino
  • Hannah and Michael Miller
  • Terry and Peggy Rassieur
  • Franklin and Mary Rassieur
  • Dr. Gene Reynolds
  • Drew Sokol
  • Michael Werkheiser
  • Phil Woods