ACCESS ACADEMIES

Access was founded in 2005 by a small group of St. Louisans convinced that education was the most enduring path out of poverty. Embracing an innovative model that emphasized extended school days, a challenging enrichment curriculum, and hands-on counseling, they started the first Academy with 15 students in a single South City middle school. Today, Access partners with three middle schools and 26 private high schools, and it serves over 500 students across the St. Louis metropolitan area... Access provides a selection of over 80 after-school enrichment programs to challenge students in important STEM subjects like robotics, coding, and computer science, as well as in key areas such as leadership and character development, entrepreneurship, and languages... Access invests over $759,000 annually in scholarships so our students can attend one of 26 local, college-preparatory private high schools. In addition, we manage a Work-Study program so our high school and college students can..

Also known as: Access

Primary location: Louis United States