Agape Adventure Academy | Begin the Admissions Journey
This Is Not Just an Application
Applying to Agape Adventure Academy is not about filling a seat.
It’s about beginning a partnership. We are intentional about who we invite into our community because the culture of Agape is shaped by the families who walk alongside us. If you are here, chances are something in you already knows:
Your child was made for more than sitting still, staying quiet, and being measured by someone else’s pace.
Before You Apply
Agape Adventure Academy is a leadership-driven, faith-anchored micro-school. Our learners are trusted with responsibility, challenged physically and emotionally, and guided toward confidence, character, and ownership.
Families who thrive at Agape typically believe:
• Children grow when expectations are meaningful
• Formation matters more than performance
• Parents are partners, not customers
• Faith is lived, not just taught
If this resonates, you are in the right place.
Application Requirements
Before submitting an application, families should have:
• Attended a tour or family event (preferred)
• Reviewed our Admissions page and philosophy
Applications are reviewed on a rolling basis, and spaces are limited to protect the culture and experience of our learners.
What the Application Helps Us Understand
The application is not a test. It helps us understand:
• Your child’s personality, strengths, and needs
• Your family’s values and hopes
• Alignment with Agape’s leadership-based model
After review, selected families will be invited into a family conversation to discern next steps together.
Apply With Confidence
There is no pressure here — only clarity.
Some families will know immediately that Agape is home.
Others will discover that now is not the right season.
Both outcomes are wins.
Begin Your Application
Step 1: Visit Agape (Tour or Family Event)
Before applying, families are encouraged to experience Agape in person.
During your visit, you’ll see:
• Learners engaged in hands-on work
• Leadership and responsibility modeled daily
• A calm, purposeful learning environment
• The role movement, nature, and challenge play in formation
This step matters — Agape is intentionally different, and clarity up front leads to long-term success.
If you have questions before applying, we encourage you to reach out.
Email: April.maura@gmail.com
A School Built on Family Partnership
Agape Adventure Academy believes parents are the primary educators.
We work best with families who:
• Desire involvement, not outsourcing
• Value formation over convenience
• Are committed to growth — for their child and themselves
Education works when the family and school move in the same direction.
Why Families Choose Agape Adventure Academy
Families choose Agape because their children:
• Are known personally
• Develop confidence and resilience
• Learn responsibility through real action
• Grow physically, spiritually, and emotionally
• Are treated as capable, growing leaders
We believe children rise to the expectations placed on them, and we place them intentionally.
A Story Worth Reading
There was a moment she couldn’t forget. It wasn’t dramatic. No tears. No loud phone call from school.
Just a quiet sentence spoken over dinner. “I didn’t get to finish my work today.”
She looked up from her plate. “Why not?”
He shrugged. “We had to stop.” That was all he said. But something settled heavy in her chest.
Her son — bright, curious, always building something with his hands — had learned an early lesson: when the bell rings, you stop. Even if your mind is alive. Even if your heart is engaged. Even if you are right in the middle of understanding something that matters.
She tried to ignore it. Everyone goes through school. This is normal. But the comments kept coming.
“I got in trouble for asking why.”
“We didn’t go outside today.”
“I finished early and had to wait.”
She noticed the change slowly. The way his shoulders slumped more often. The way his questions came less freely. The way Sunday afternoons felt heavy because Monday was coming.
At night, after the house went quiet, she sat with the same question over and over:
Is this really how childhood is supposed to feel?
She prayed about it. Asked friends. Tried to talk herself out of it. But deep down, she knew the truth she had been avoiding:
Her child wasn’t struggling because he couldn’t keep up. He was struggling because he had nowhere to grow.
That’s when she heard about Agape Adventure Academy.
Someone mentioned it casually. Not as a pitch. Not as a sales line. Just a sentence:
“They treat kids like they’re capable.”
Capable. The word stayed with her.
She scheduled a visit — half hopeful, half guarded. She’d been disappointed before. Big promises. Shiny language. Little substance.
But when she walked into Agape, something felt different. The classroom environment wasn’t loud — but it wasn’t silent either.
Children were working. Moving. Talking. Thinking. No one barked orders. No one hovered.
Adults were present — watching, guiding, trusting.
Kids were climbing, lifting, building, negotiating rules for a game that mattered to them. No one rescued them from discomfort. No one rushed them out of it either.
Her son didn’t cling to her leg. He stepped forward. Later, in the car, he asked a question she hadn’t expected.
“Do they do real things here?”
She smiled. “Yes. They do.” Weeks later, after conversations and prayer and more than a few late-night talks, they made the decision.
The first month wasn’t perfect. Growth never is. There were moments of challenge. Responsibility felt heavy at times. Expectations were higher than he was used to.
But something else happened too. He started standing taller. Sleeping deeper.Talking about what he was learning — not because he had to, but because he wanted to.
One afternoon he came home dirty, tired, and smiling.
“I messed up today,” he said.
Her heart skipped. “What happened?”
“I forgot my role. But I fixed it.”
That was it. No fear. No shame. Just ownership. That night, as she watched him pray before bed, she realized something had shifted — not just in him, but in her.
She wasn’t rescuing anymore. She wasn’t managing his childhood. She was watching him step into it.
Agape hadn’t given her child something new.
It had returned something that had been quietly slipping away: confidence, responsibility, joy, and the belief that he was trusted.
This is what Agape Adventure Academy exists for. Not to be everything for every family.
But to be a place where children are formed, not processed. Where families are partnered with, not managed.
Where faith is lived in motion — through work, play, struggle, and growth.
If you’re here because something in that story feels familiar…
If you’ve felt that quiet nudge that there might be another way…
Then this page isn’t an accident.
It’s an invitation.
Book a Personal Tour
Families across St Louis are rediscovering what education can be. Schedule a tour of Agape Adventure Academy, a Christian nature school where faith and curiosity grow side-by-side. Schedule here.
Non-Discrimination Policy
Agape Adventure Academy admits students of any race, color, national and ethnic origin to all rights, privileges, programs, and activities made available to students at the school. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national and ethnic origin in administration of our educational policies, admissions policies, scholarships, or school programs.
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