Lionsgate Academy

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Lionsgate Academy
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Location
Minnetonka, Minnesota
Shoreview, Minnesota
North St. Paul Minnesota
United States
District information
Type Public Charter School
Grades7–12
Established2008 [1]
Students and staff
Students185 (2023–24)
Staff200+
Other information
Website lionsgateacademy.org

Lionsgate Academy (District 4183) is a Minnesota public charter school which serves grades from 7 up to 12. [2] Established in 2008, Lionsgate Academy is open to students of all abilities: however, their program is inclusively designed to meet the unique needs of students on the autism spectrum. The school has multiple locations.

History

Lionsgate was founded by Bernadette Groh and Tamara Phillips, with the aim to educate students with autism. The first meetings regarding the school's founding were held in July 2006, which launched the school's first board. [3] Following the creation of the mission regarding impacts on both the lives of teenagers with autism during the high school days, as well as an adult, the founders wanted a name that would reflect to their mission as well as their particular needs.

The name Lionsgate Academy originated from the translation of the founders' children's names, Ari, which translated to 'lion' in Hebrew and Arabic. Soon after, an application to the Minneapolis Board of Education was written and completed by July 2007, with acceptance announced in October 2007. With the announcement of the acceptance, word of the school was spread via the Star Tribune and other newspapers. [4]

First opening on September 2, 2008, to seventy students in grades 7 to 10, the school began rapid growth, reaching 151 students by the school year of 2012 to 2013.

In 2011, the school saw its first graduating class, which resulted in the formation of the AIM Program, [5] which is a transitional program for students seeking to become more independent in the areas of Independent Living, Employment, and Post Secondary Education. The program AIM serves students from 18 to 21 years of age, and is located off-site.

For the school's first eight years, it was located at 3420 Nevada Avenue North in Crystal, Minnesota, in a shared building with the local Cornerstone Church. [6] The building, which is now Beacon Academy, was originally Crystal Heights Elementary School, before its purchase by the church, making it particularly suitable for Lionsgate Academy.

In November 2015, Lionsgate leased a former office building at 5605 Green Circle Drive in Minnetonka, and opened in the school year of 2016. Wellington Wealth Management, Inc. owns the building. [7]

At the Ribbon Cutting for the school's Green Circle Drive location in November 2016, Lionsgate announced an expansion on the east side of the Twin Cities. The school, which will initially serve grades 7 to 10, like Lionsgate when it first opened, opened in the school year of 2018 to 2019. [8] It is located at 599 Cardigan Rd. in Shoreview.

A second location opened in Shoreview, Minnesota in 2018, to accommodate more families living on the east side of the Twin Cities.

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References

  1. ↑ "Lionsgate Academy | A public charter school that serves students living with autism". Archived from the original on 2014-08-26. Retrieved 2022-07-12.
  2. ↑ "Lionsgate Academy". MN Association of Charter Schools. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  3. ↑ "History". Lionsgate Academy. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  4. ↑ "A school where autistic kids aren't alone". Star Tribune. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  5. ↑ "AIM". Archived from the original on 2016-03-04. Retrieved 2015-04-28.
  6. ↑ "cornerstonecrystal.org – Connecting People to Christ and His Community" . Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  7. ↑ Bretts, Anne (2015-12-23). "Just Sold: Wellington buys Minnetonka office for charter school". Finance & Commerce. Retrieved 2019-08-22.
  8. ↑ "Lionsgate Academy – Lionsgate to open second campus!". Archived from the original on 2018-01-25. Retrieved 2017-07-19.
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