Lift For Life Academy is a middle and high school founded in 1998 by Marshall Cohen. It was the first charter school in St. Louis, Missouri.
The idea for the Academy grew out of Cohen's other nonprofit organization, Lift For Life Gym which was once a garage, an after-school center for at-risk children located on the north side of St. Louis, 14th & Cass. Begun in 1988 as a gym for inner-city youth, the organization has since expanded to offer a variety of educational and recreational programs and activities.
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