North Kansas City, MO · Near Antioch Middle School

After-School Coding Near Antioch Middle School

The technology students learn at LTCA matters. But the persistence, self-control, and integrity they develop near Antioch Middle School will outlast every platform, language, and tool they will ever encounter in their academic and professional lives.

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Families near Antioch Middle School in North Kansas City come to Love to Code Academy because middle school is exactly when kids need structured challenge, not less of it. At our Northland campus on Barry Road (248 NE Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO 64155), Antioch Middle School students join classmates from across the North Kansas City School District in Coding, Robotics, and Esports tracks built for the complexity middle schoolers are ready for, all reinforcing the same character framework.

Because LTCA's program runs kindergarten through eighth grade, Antioch Middle School students enter our upper-level tracks such as text-based coding, VEX Robotics, and competitive Esports, environments where teamwork and self-control matter as much as technical skill. Coaches name those traits the moment they show up, whether that is a student staying calm after a lost Esports round or taking ownership of a robotics build that did not work the first time. The belt system tracks that growth alongside technical progress, so parents always know what their student is working on next. If your middle schooler is ready for a challenge that grows their character along with their skills, schedule a free trial class and see a session in person.

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 Antioch Middle School enter the Coding track ready for text-based languages and more complex project structures that match their growing analytical capabilities.

K–8 Scratch Kodable MakeCode

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🤖 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.

Middle school students from Antioch Middle School are ready for the engineering complexity and team leadership that upper-level VEX Robotics challenges demand.

Grades 3–8 LEGO Ed VEX

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🎮 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.

Middle school students from Antioch Middle School bring the competitive drive and social awareness that make LTCA's structured Esports environment especially powerful for character development.

Grades 4–8 Strategy Team Play

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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 North Kansas City 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

Persistence looks different in every session. It is the student who runs the same level five times until the code finally works, or the robot that falls over and gets rebuilt without a fuss. Coaches name it out loud, so students learn to recognize their own persistence as it happens, not just after the fact.

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Integrity

Integrity at LTCA means owning what you built, including the parts that do not work yet. Students learn to report their own bugs, credit a teammate whose idea worked better than theirs, and accept a fair loss in Esports without excuses. Coaches watch for these small, unprompted moments of honesty and reinforce them every time.

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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

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Passion

Passion shows up as the student who keeps building after the session ends, who asks to try one more level, or who wants to show a parent the project before it is even finished. LTCA coaches protect that spark by giving students real ownership over what they create, not just a checklist to complete.

Learn about Passion

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Mentorship

Mentorship begins the moment an older or more advanced student helps a teammate work through a problem instead of solving it for them. At LTCA, students on the Lab Tech Leader pathway practice this directly, guiding younger students through builds and modeling the patience that real leadership requires.

Learn about Mentorship

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🥋 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 North Kansas City Area

Love to Code Academy serves K–8 students from across North Kansas City and the surrounding Northland. Click any school below for location-specific program information tailored to that school's families.

🏫 Bell Prairie Elementary