La Salle, Inc

CATCH A RISING STAR GALA

Photos and story by James Anderson

Held at the Marriott St. Louis Grand Crystal Ballroom, this year’s Catch a Rising Star Gala celebrated 20 years of La Salle, Inc. and La Salle Middle School and honored Mark Lombardi, president of Maryville University in Town and Country. With a mission to make quality education accessible to everyone, La Salle, Inc. provides charter school students at La Salle Middle School in north St. Louis with opportunities to succeed regardless of their background or access to resources. La Salle, Inc. is able to give funding to this public charter school through donors’ financial support, including the $350,000 raised at this year’s gala. Gala co-chairs were Brad and Laurie Phillips.

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Our teachers, staff and donors care deeply about the success of our students, graduates and their families, as evidenced by the fact that 97 percent of our students graduate from high school, and 85 percent of them enroll in college or enlist in the military.

– LASHANDA R.

BOONE,

EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR (PICTURED WITH MARCIA SULLIVAN) Marcia Sullivan, Mark Lombardi Jen and Phil Toben

Laurie and Brad Phillips, James Hill

Tim and Danielle Harrison