Our Partners

Building Stronger Futures Through Community Collaboration

Inspire Academy thrives through meaningful partnerships with educational institutions, health organizations, faith-based communities, and local nonprofits. These collaborations enrich our students' learning experiences, provide essential resources, and strengthen our community connections. Below are the organizations that support our mission and help us create a nurturing environment where every student can succeed.

Colleges & Universities

Inspire Academy students benefit from connections with multiple colleges and universities early in their educational journey. In addition to these close partnerships, Inspire Academy students visit a variety of colleges during their elementary and middle school years to build comfort and a sense of belonging on college campuses.

Trine University

Inspire Academy has a charter contract with Education One at Trine University. Trine University provides support and accountability through instructional leadership coaching, governance training, data dashboards, and a variety of initiatives led by college students that connect with our K-8 students.

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Ball State University

Inspire Academy, originally chartered through BSU, continues to work closely with Ball State University through faculty leading immersive learning experiences that bring college students to Inspire Academy to support our students and staff, the development of a peer-tutoring writing center at Inspire Academy, professional development, and student teachers.

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Ivy Tech Community College

Ivy Tech students routinely complete education practicum hours in Inspire classrooms, supporting our teachers and students through tutoring and a variety of forms of classroom assistance.

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High Schools

The Indiana Academy for Science, Mathematics, and Humanities, one of the nations top high schools, brings advanced high school students to tutor Inspire Academy middle school students weekly in mathematics to ensure high school readiness and support a culture of achievement.

Inspire Academy coordinates with local high schools to ensure students and families understand all that is required for a successful transition from middle school to high school. Most of our graduates go on to attend either Muncie Central High School, Burris, Selma, Yorktown, or Delta High School.

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Health & Nutrition Organizations

Healthy Lifestyle Center provides healthy living resources through newsletters, intersession nutrition programming, and other health awareness programming.

Healthy Lifestyle Center

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Churches & Faith-Based Organizations

Inspire Academy was birthed out of the community development initiatives of Urban Light Community Church and benefits from ongoing support from this community of faith through teacher encouragement/prayer, winter outerwear donations, holiday food baskets, and tutoring/mentoring initiatives.

Urban Light Community Church

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Other Community Organizations

Inspire Academy partners closely with Muncie Public Libraries to ensure students have the opportunity to check out, receive, and return books directly at school. This partnership ensures that transportation or financial resources are not a barrier for children to access unlimited books to build a love for reading.

Boys and Girls Club and Motivate our Minds provide transportation directly from Inspire Academy to their locations in the city for families who choose to participate in programming with these organizations. Inspire Academy personnel are in close communication with these organizations so that families and staff are aware of and have access to a variety of community programs and resources.

2801 E. 16th St. Muncie, IN 47302

Telephone: (765) 216-7980
Fax: (765) 216-7798
Email: info@inspiremuncie.org

Our Partners

Building Stronger Futures Through Community Collaboration

Colleges & Universities

Trine University

Ball State University

Ivy Tech Community College

High Schools

Health & Nutrition Organizations

Healthy Lifestyle Center

Churches & Faith-Based Organizations

Urban Light Community Church

Other Community Organizations

Muncie Public Library

Boys and Girls Club

Motivate our Minds