Gladstone, MO · Near St. Andrew the Apostle School
After-School Coding Near St. Andrew the Apostle School
Parents near St. Andrew the Apostle School report something they didn't expect: the changes show up at home before they see them anywhere else. More persistence on homework. Better handling of frustration. Self-control that simply wasn't there before LTCA.
📍 Serving Families Near St. Andrew the Apostle School in Gladstone, MO
St. Andrew the Apostle School families in Gladstone, Missouri know what a structured, values-driven education looks like, and that is what Love to Code Academy delivers after the school day ends. As a private K-8 school, St. Andrew the Apostle already asks students to show up prepared and take their work seriously. LTCA builds on that foundation at our Northland campus on Barry Road, where coding, robotics, and esports become the setting for practicing persistence, self-control, and teamwork in real time. Every session is led by a coach trained to name character the moment it shows up, not only at report card time. Students work in small groups on projects that actually run, actually compete, or actually ship, and they earn belts that mark real growth, not just attendance. Families who choose LTCA after St. Andrew the Apostle School often say the same thing: their child already had the discipline, they just needed a place that measured it. K-8 students are welcome across all three tracks, and most families start with a single trial class to see how their child responds to a room built around effort instead of screen time. Schedule a trial class and find out what your child is capable of building.
Why Families Choose LTCA
Why families nearby choose Love to Code Academy
Technology is the environment. Character is the outcome. Every session at Love to Code Academy is structured around one controlling idea: we grow kids, not just coders. The projects students build are real. The growth that happens while building them is the point.
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One program, three tracks
Students choose Coding, Robotics, or Esports — or move between all three. Every track runs on the same character framework and the same belt progression from White to Black.
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The belt system makes growth visible
Nine belts track both technical skill and character development simultaneously. Parents always know exactly where their child stands and what specific behaviors they are working toward next.
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Coaches, not just instructors
Every LTCA coach is trained to name character traits in real time — not at end-of-semester reviews. Persistence is recognized when it happens. Teamwork is named the moment it is shown.
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Fits a busy family's schedule
After-school sessions, weekend options, and summer camps — designed for students who already have full schedules. Families in the Northland can build LTCA into any routine without conflict.
Three Tracks. One Character Framework.
Choose the track that fits your child
Every track at Love to Code Academy is built on the same foundation — the LTCA Character Framework — with ten observable traits reinforced in every session, regardless of which program your child is in.
💻 Coding
Block-based and text-based coding using Scratch, Kodable, and Microsoft MakeCode. Students build real projects and develop the persistence to debug and rebuild when something doesn't work.
Students from St. Andrew the Apostle School bring the discipline and attention to detail developed in a private school environment — traits that accelerate progression through the coding curriculum.
🤖 Robotics
Hands-on building with LEGO Education and VEX Robotics. Students design, build, and compete — developing teamwork and engineering mindset through real physical challenges that can't be simulated.
Students from St. Andrew the Apostle School thrive in Robotics because the track rewards the methodical, detail-oriented approach that strong academic environments develop early.
🎮 Esports
Structured competitive gaming built around self-control, sportsmanship, and team communication. The game is the environment. Character is what we are developing in every session.
Students from St. Andrew the Apostle School who enter the Esports track often bring the same competitive intensity they apply in academics — LTCA gives that energy structure, strategy, and a character framework.
The LTCA Character Framework
Character traits parents can see at home
Ten traits. Reinforced every session. Visible to parents at home. Every coach at Love to Code Academy names character traits in real time — when students show persistence, when they demonstrate teamwork, when they handle a setback with self-control. Parents in the Gladstone area report seeing these changes at home first. Below are five of the ten traits developed across every LTCA session.
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Persistence
The culture of persistence at LTCA starts day one. Coaches don't rescue students when they get stuck. They observe, then name the moment a student chooses to keep going. “That right there is persistence” becomes a phrase students recognize, internalize, and eventually begin saying about each other.
Learn about Persistence⚖️
Integrity
In a program built around competition and advancement, integrity is the foundation. LTCA students learn early that a belt earned dishonestly means nothing, and coaches reinforce that the standard exists to make the milestone real. Integrity isn't taught through values posters. It is built through real moments of choice under observation.
Learn about Integrity🤝
Teamwork
In every LTCA session, teamwork is defined, observed, and named, not just encouraged. Students with assigned roles, shared outcomes, and coaches who recognize real collaboration versus performed participation develop a fundamentally different understanding of what it means to contribute to a group.
Learn about Teamwork🔥
Passion
At LTCA, passion is observed in the student who stays on a problem past the end of session, who asks what comes after Black Belt, who shows up to open lab on a day they weren't required to. Coaches name it when they see it, because named passion becomes a defining part of a student's identity.
Learn about Passion🏆
Mentorship
At LTCA, the older students are the best argument for what the program produces over time. Students in the Lab Tech pathway naturally model the character framework for younger students, not because they were told to, but because they have internalized it. Mentorship here is organic, structured, and entirely observable.
Learn about Mentorship🥋 The Belt System Makes Growth Measurable
Nine belts — White through Black — mark each student's development across both technical skill and character. Every belt has a defined identity and observable behaviors that must be demonstrated before advancement. Learn about the belt system
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Other schools in the Gladstone area
Love to Code Academy serves K–8 students from across Gladstone and the surrounding Northland. Click any school below for location-specific program information tailored to that school's families.
🏫 Chapel Hill Elementary
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🏫 Meadowbrook Elementary
North Kansas City School District · Gladstone, MO
🏫 Oakhill Day School
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