Leo Academy brings youth into heart of Lima
By Mackenzi Klemann - mklemann@limanews.com
Leo Academy students have a field day on Town Square. The school, formerly Golden Bridge Academy, moved to Town Square last fall to bring students closer to entrepreneurial action.
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LIMA Kendra Gottschalk had a vision to bring financial literacy and entrepreneurship into the classroom.
After two decades of working as a teacher in Lima schools and the former Quest Academy, Gottschalk accepted a teaching position with Golden Bridge Academy in 2019. She’s now principal of the elementary charter school, which recently changed its name to Leo Academy and relocated to the Cornerstone Building in Town Square, bringing her students within shouting distance of the financial institutions and entrepreneurs Gottschalk wanted to expose her students to before they head off to high school.