Confluence Academies
Amanda Mard is an accomplished Elementary School Teacher at Confluence Academies, where employment commenced in June 2018. Prior to this role, Amanda served as a Leasing Consultant with BG MULTIFAMILY from February 2019 to August 2020, balancing leasing responsibilities with marketing and social media management for the apartment complex. Amanda gained experience as a Sports Photographer in a student work-study position at Benedictine College from August 2015 to May 2018. Amanda holds a degree in Elementary Education with an emphasis in Fine Arts from Benedictine College, obtained in 2018.
Confluence Academies
Welcome to Confluence Academies! Confluence Academies is a non-profit public charter school system that strives to provide the highest quality pre-collegiate education to students in pre-kindergarten through high school. Confluence Academies is governed by one Board of Directors with one charter school sponsor – University of Missouri-Columbia. University of Missouri-Columbia sponsors five sites - Old North, South City, Aspire Academy, Confluence Preparatory Academy, and Grand Center Arts Academy. Aspire Academy and Confluence Academy-Old North serve students in grades PreK-8; Confluence Academy-South City serve students in grades PreK-8 too. Confluence Preparatory Academy serves students in grades 9-12, and Grand Center Arts Academy serves students 6-12. To learn more about MU as a charter school sponsor, click here. Since its establishment in 2003, Confluence Academy has grown as a public charter school from one campus and 245 students to a network of five schools serving nearly 3,000 students. Throughout its history, Confluence has become one of the most successful networks of public charter schools in the City of St. Louis and in Missouri.