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

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📍 Serving Families Near Donald D. Siegrist Elementary in Platte City, MO

Donald D. Siegrist Elementary families in Platte City, MO know the Platte County R-3 School District expects kids to work hard and follow through, and Love to Code Academy builds on that same standard. Our Northland campus on Barry Road, 248 NE Barry Rd, Kansas City, MO 64155, is where Siegrist students spend an afternoon a week building real coding, robotics, or esports projects, then get coached through the persistence, self-control, and integrity that make those projects possible. Siegrist families tell us the same thing more than any other: their child asks to come back, and that request becomes the easiest homework negotiation of the week. LTCA serves students in grades K-8, so a Siegrist kindergartner and a Siegrist fifth grader both start at White Belt and advance at their own pace, never by age alone. The growth is not something parents have to take on faith. Coaches name the trait the moment they see it, and belts mark the progress from White to Black in skill and character together. Ready to see what a session looks like for your Siegrist student? Schedule a free trial class and find out.

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 Donald D. Siegrist Elementary bring the curiosity and energy that LTCA coaches build on from the very first session — progressing from block-based to text-based coding as they advance.

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.

Elementary students from Donald D. Siegrist Elementary discover in Robotics that building something physical — and rebuilding it when it doesn't work — is one of the most satisfying forms of problem-solving they've ever experienced.

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.

Students from Donald D. Siegrist Elementary find in Esports a competitive environment that takes their gaming seriously — and uses it as the training ground for self-control, teamwork, and strategic thinking.

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 Platte 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

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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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.

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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

Also Serving Families Near

Other Schools in the Platte City Area

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

🏫 Barry Elementary