Impact

The Impact of Your Ticket Purchase

The Impact Of Your Ticket Purchase

All proceeds benefit the Lutheran Elementary School Association

Since 2004:

100% of LESA member schools are nationally accredited
$7.1 million in need-based tuition assistance scholarships
5000+ hours of STEM & LEGO Education learning for
43,000 hours of professional development
$322,000 invested in ongoing learning opportunities for teachers & principals
$432,000 in mental health services & counseling funds for students
$491,000 in cost-savings for member schools from the Spire Natural Gas Aggregation program, the Colonial Williamsburg Summer Teacher Institute, and professional development grants

Students & Family

Our mission is to touch the lives of children and families through a high-quality, faith-based elementary school experience.

LESA’s impact with need-based tuition assistance program provides meaningful scholarships to children of all faiths who attend Lutheran elementary schools. Today, 1 in 7 Lutheran elementary school students in the greater St. Louis area receives tuition assistance from LESA.

“Train up a child in the way he should go, and when he is old he will not depart from it.”

Proverbs 22:6

Member Schools

LESA works collaboratively with member schools to provide programs and resources that serve teachers and students. Our impact includes:

professional development for 500 teachers and 35 administrators
mentoring materials for new teachers and administrators
STEM support through our Pre-K-8 LEGO kit lending program
curriculum guides that integrate our Christian faith into every aspect of instruction
accreditation support to schools renewing National Lutheran School Accreditation
cost-savings through the Spire Natural Gas Aggregation program and other partnerships
funding & resource coordination for standardized testing and school counseling services

“Our teachers go above and beyond. They’re always learning new things and bringing them back to the kids, and coming in and challenging them in new ways.”

Danni Eikenhorst, Parent

St. Louis Community

LESA Serves

31 Lutheran schools
9,500 students
500 faculty members

Scholarship Impact

To date, LESA has awarded more than $6.1 million in need-based tuition assistance to children of all faiths in the St. Louis Metro Area.

15% live at or below Federal Poverty Level
23% attend urban ministry schools
48% are of minority ethnicity
56% are non-Lutheran
5% no church affiliation

“Christian education makes a great difference in a society that seems to be headed in the wrong direction. I wanted my grandchildren to know God and be grounded in Christian values.”

Unity Lutheran School Grandparent