Today’s the day—our first Steel City Eats! 🎉
How can you support? 🍴
✅ Grab your grub at Panera from 4–8 pm using the flyer (in person or online with code FUND4U).
✅ Share the flyer with your network via text or socials.
✅ Remind your kiddos to tell their friends, too!
Let’s raise some dough for Steel City Academy! 💙🔥💰
📣 Have you marked your calendar yet? Steel City Eats is almost here! 🍴🔥
We’re launching our brand-new program with our FIRST restaurant partner: Panera Bread in Merrillville! 🙌
📅 Tuesday, September 30th
⏰ 4:00–8:00 PM
📍 Panera Bread – 303 E 81st Ave, Merrillville, IN
Here’s how it works:
✅ Dine in, pick up, drive thru, or order online.
✅ Show your flyer (digital or printed) OR enter code FUND4U online.
✅ 25% of your order will come back to Steel City Academy to support our students! 💙🔥
Eat well. Support local. Strengthen our school.
✨ Eat. Support. Repeat. ✨
#SteelCityEats #WeAreSteelCity #EatSupportRepeat
We’re launching our brand-new program with our FIRST restaurant partner: Panera Bread in Merrillville! 🙌
📅 Tuesday, September 30th
⏰ 4:00–8:00 PM
📍 Panera Bread – 303 E 81st Ave, Merrillville, IN
Here’s how it works:
✅ Dine in, pick up, drive thru, or order online.
✅ Show your flyer (digital or printed) OR enter code FUND4U online.
✅ 25% of your order will come back to Steel City Academy to support our students! 💙🔥
Eat well. Support local. Strengthen our school.
✨ Eat. Support. Repeat. ✨
#SteelCityEats #WeAreSteelCity #EatSupportRepeat
📸✨ Mark your calendars – Picture Day is coming, Steel City! ✨📸
🗓️ Tuesday, October 7th is Picture Day, and we can’t wait to see our students shining bright with their best smiles! 💙🔥
Here’s how it works:
1️⃣ Pre-order today at mylifetouch.com using Picture Day ID: EVTD6CC33
2️⃣ Students will be photographed on Picture Day.
3️⃣ Orders will be sent home after Picture Day.
👩🎓 Seniors – your special Cap & Gown photos will take place on Wednesday, November 5th (this is also the make-up day for any students who miss Picture Day).
Let’s get ready to show off those Steel City smiles! 😁💙🔥
🗓️ Tuesday, October 7th is Picture Day, and we can’t wait to see our students shining bright with their best smiles! 💙🔥
Here’s how it works:
1️⃣ Pre-order today at mylifetouch.com using Picture Day ID: EVTD6CC33
2️⃣ Students will be photographed on Picture Day.
3️⃣ Orders will be sent home after Picture Day.
👩🎓 Seniors – your special Cap & Gown photos will take place on Wednesday, November 5th (this is also the make-up day for any students who miss Picture Day).
Let’s get ready to show off those Steel City smiles! 😁💙🔥
🎓🔥 College GO! Spirit Week is HERE! 🔥🎓
Next week, we are celebrating College GO! Week at Steel City Academy – a critical part of our mission to ensure 100% of our graduates are prepared and equipped for their post-secondary pathway, whether that’s college, military, or trade school! 💪💙
👉 Check out the lineup:
📅 Monday: IU Day ❤️🤍
📅 Tuesday: Purdue Day 🖤💛
📅 Wednesday: Represent Your Squad 💙🤍
📅 Thursday: Out-of-State College 🌎🎓
📅 Friday: HBCU Day ❤️💛💚🖤
We’re inviting staff, students, AND families to partner with us in this joyful celebration of what’s possible for our students' futures. Let’s fill our halls with college pride, energy, and inspiration all week long! ✨
📌 Mark your calendars: September 22–26!
#CollegeGoWeek #FutureFlames #WeBelieve
Next week, we are celebrating College GO! Week at Steel City Academy – a critical part of our mission to ensure 100% of our graduates are prepared and equipped for their post-secondary pathway, whether that’s college, military, or trade school! 💪💙
👉 Check out the lineup:
📅 Monday: IU Day ❤️🤍
📅 Tuesday: Purdue Day 🖤💛
📅 Wednesday: Represent Your Squad 💙🤍
📅 Thursday: Out-of-State College 🌎🎓
📅 Friday: HBCU Day ❤️💛💚🖤
We’re inviting staff, students, AND families to partner with us in this joyful celebration of what’s possible for our students' futures. Let’s fill our halls with college pride, energy, and inspiration all week long! ✨
📌 Mark your calendars: September 22–26!
#CollegeGoWeek #FutureFlames #WeBelieve
🔥 HISTORY MADE! 🔥
Today our Steel City girls took the field for our FIRST-ever Girls Flag Football game — and we couldn’t be prouder! 💪🏽🏈 Their grit, hustle, and teamwork were on full display. What an awesome opportunity for learning and real-life reps to get us READY for the next one next week!
A HUGE shoutout to Coach Kelly — her passion and fire on the sideline lit up the field! 🔥 From teaching the game to building skills in practice to cheering & coaching our girls on every single play, her leadership made this moment possible. 💙
And a big thank you to Mr. Stevens for his unwavering support — driving the mini bus all the way to Terre Haute AND capturing these great photos 📸 🙌
Now it’s your turn to show up, Flame Fam! 🔥
📅 Next Game: vs. Lighthouse
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Dean & Barbara White Community Center, Merrillville
Let’s pack the stands and cheer on our girls! GO FLAMES! 🔥💙#GirlsFlagFootball #FirstEver #WeBelieve #GoFlames #SteelCityStories
Today our Steel City girls took the field for our FIRST-ever Girls Flag Football game — and we couldn’t be prouder! 💪🏽🏈 Their grit, hustle, and teamwork were on full display. What an awesome opportunity for learning and real-life reps to get us READY for the next one next week!
A HUGE shoutout to Coach Kelly — her passion and fire on the sideline lit up the field! 🔥 From teaching the game to building skills in practice to cheering & coaching our girls on every single play, her leadership made this moment possible. 💙
And a big thank you to Mr. Stevens for his unwavering support — driving the mini bus all the way to Terre Haute AND capturing these great photos 📸 🙌
Now it’s your turn to show up, Flame Fam! 🔥
📅 Next Game: vs. Lighthouse
🕓 4:00 PM
📍 Dean & Barbara White Community Center, Merrillville
Let’s pack the stands and cheer on our girls! GO FLAMES! 🔥💙#GirlsFlagFootball #FirstEver #WeBelieve #GoFlames #SteelCityStories
🚨 2 Years of Literacy Focus → Big Results 🚨
We are proud to celebrate our Steel City juniors who showed up and achieved big on the College Day English SAT last year! 💙🔥
📚 #1 in Gary in English — 54.2% of our juniors reached college-ready proficiency, putting us within 1% of the state average!
📈 That’s 28.5% higher than the next highest-performing Junior class in Gary.
🌟 Our students are also outperforming their regional peers in in East Chicago, Hammond, Hobart, Merrillville, Portage, and more on this College Board Assessment.
For the past two years, we’ve been laser-focused on literacy — and now we have the results to show that when we put our mind and focus to something, we can and will drastically change student outcomes! 💙🔥 A huge shout-out to our incredible teachers, parents staff, instructional leadership team, and Literacy Cadre team for making this all possible.
We also know we still have room to grow in ensuring even more of our students are college-ready in English. We are thrilled to be pivoting our big focus to math for the 2025–2026 school year — and we are confident the same intentionality and effort will yield incredible results. 💙🔥
We are so proud of the hard work of our students, staff, and families — this is what believing in potential and purpose looks like! 💙🔥
#SteelCityStrong #CollegeReady #Believe
We are proud to celebrate our Steel City juniors who showed up and achieved big on the College Day English SAT last year! 💙🔥
📚 #1 in Gary in English — 54.2% of our juniors reached college-ready proficiency, putting us within 1% of the state average!
📈 That’s 28.5% higher than the next highest-performing Junior class in Gary.
🌟 Our students are also outperforming their regional peers in in East Chicago, Hammond, Hobart, Merrillville, Portage, and more on this College Board Assessment.
For the past two years, we’ve been laser-focused on literacy — and now we have the results to show that when we put our mind and focus to something, we can and will drastically change student outcomes! 💙🔥 A huge shout-out to our incredible teachers, parents staff, instructional leadership team, and Literacy Cadre team for making this all possible.
We also know we still have room to grow in ensuring even more of our students are college-ready in English. We are thrilled to be pivoting our big focus to math for the 2025–2026 school year — and we are confident the same intentionality and effort will yield incredible results. 💙🔥
We are so proud of the hard work of our students, staff, and families — this is what believing in potential and purpose looks like! 💙🔥
#SteelCityStrong #CollegeReady #Believe
Check out September's lunch menus and see what yummy 😋 items we have coming your way this month for breakfast and lunch! 🥞💙🥪
📚✨ It’s time for Back to School Night at Steel City! ✨📚
Join us this Wednesday, August 20th from 4:00–5:30 pm for an evening of connection and community:
👩🏽🏫 Meet the staff & teachers
📲 Get logged into PowerSchool to stay on top of grades
🛍️ Shop your Steel City swag
👉 Freshman families (Class of 2029): Don’t miss the Indiana New Diploma Meeting at 4:15 pm—an important session just for you!
We can’t wait to see you Wednesday and kick off this school year together! 💙🔥 #BELIEVE
Join us this Wednesday, August 20th from 4:00–5:30 pm for an evening of connection and community:
👩🏽🏫 Meet the staff & teachers
📲 Get logged into PowerSchool to stay on top of grades
🛍️ Shop your Steel City swag
👉 Freshman families (Class of 2029): Don’t miss the Indiana New Diploma Meeting at 4:15 pm—an important session just for you!
We can’t wait to see you Wednesday and kick off this school year together! 💙🔥 #BELIEVE
🌟✨ Tomorrow is the BIG day - our first day of school for our youngest students in Grades K–3! ✨🌟
We cannot wait to fill our halls with the bright smiles, curious minds, and eager brains of our littlest learners. This is the start of a brand new chapter - one filled with purpose and joy. 💙🔥
📅 First Day of School for Grades K-3: Monday, August 11th
⏰ Doors Open: 7:50 am
📚 Classes Begin: 8:00 am sharp!
Reminder: Students and families must have attended BOTH orientation and registration in order to be eligible to start. ✅ Check your email for details on make-up orientation if you still need to attend.
Let’s make it the best first day ever! ✨ Tomorrow we BELIEVE in all that’s possible. 💙🔥
#SteelCityStrong #FirstDayJoy #Believe
We cannot wait to fill our halls with the bright smiles, curious minds, and eager brains of our littlest learners. This is the start of a brand new chapter - one filled with purpose and joy. 💙🔥
📅 First Day of School for Grades K-3: Monday, August 11th
⏰ Doors Open: 7:50 am
📚 Classes Begin: 8:00 am sharp!
Reminder: Students and families must have attended BOTH orientation and registration in order to be eligible to start. ✅ Check your email for details on make-up orientation if you still need to attend.
Let’s make it the best first day ever! ✨ Tomorrow we BELIEVE in all that’s possible. 💙🔥
#SteelCityStrong #FirstDayJoy #Believe
⚙️💙 Last week, our Steel City team was gearing up for the 2025-2026 school year — and we are more ready than ever!
Our incredible staff dove deep into analyzing last year’s data and rolling out this year’s Big Rocks to ensure we are at our best for our students. We internalized standards, strengthened our mathematical conceptual understanding, engaged in powerful Squad sessions, and continued building the strong relationships that make our team unstoppable! 💙
We also had the joy of welcoming all of our parents and students for grade band orientations and registrations, setting the stage for a successful start to the year.
This is going to be the best year yet… #BELIEVE 🔥💫
Our incredible staff dove deep into analyzing last year’s data and rolling out this year’s Big Rocks to ensure we are at our best for our students. We internalized standards, strengthened our mathematical conceptual understanding, engaged in powerful Squad sessions, and continued building the strong relationships that make our team unstoppable! 💙
We also had the joy of welcoming all of our parents and students for grade band orientations and registrations, setting the stage for a successful start to the year.
This is going to be the best year yet… #BELIEVE 🔥💫
🎉 Steel City Families — come one, come all! 🎉
We're excited to share an incredible opportunity happening right here in our community! The City of Gary & First Lady Melton are hosting the 2nd Annual Back to School Fest this Saturday, August 2nd from 9:00 AM–12:00 PM at RailCats Stadium and Steel City Academy will be there! 🔥
📚✏️ There will be FREE giveaways for students from Pre-K to High School, including:
Backpacks filled with supplies
Sneaker gift cards
Books
🧡 Plus, check out all the free services and fun:
Haircuts & nail painting
Immunizations & physicals
Barber/stylist vouchers
Community & health services
After school programs
Voter registration
✨ Free busing will be available to and from the stadium, and everything is available while supplies last — so get there early!
Let’s kick off this school year with community, resources, and joy — we can’t wait to see our students and their families there! 💙🔥
#SteelCityStrong #BackToSchoolFest #GaryIN #CommunityFirst
🎉✨ Orientation & Registration Time at Steel City! ✨🎉
Families and Students, the moment is HERE — and it’s one of the most important of the year! 💙🔥
📣 Orientation & Registration are approaching and your attendance at BOTH is required for your student to start the school year. These sessions are about more than logistics - they are about partnership, alignment, and setting the tone for an incredible year of growth and learning!
This is where we come together — school and family — to ensure we are deeply aligned on how to best support your remarkable child(ren). 🔥💪
🗓️ REMINDER: If you have students in multiple grade bands, a parent or guardian must attend an orientation for EACH student.
At Orientation & Registration, you will:
✅ Learn about our academic priorities for the year
✅ Meet members of our leadership team
✅ Receive bus information
✅ Take your family photo for your ID
✅ And so much more!
Let’s start this year strong — TOGETHER. 💙 See you there!
#SteelCityStrong #OrientationAndRegistration #FamilyFirst #TogetherWeRise
Families and Students, the moment is HERE — and it’s one of the most important of the year! 💙🔥
📣 Orientation & Registration are approaching and your attendance at BOTH is required for your student to start the school year. These sessions are about more than logistics - they are about partnership, alignment, and setting the tone for an incredible year of growth and learning!
This is where we come together — school and family — to ensure we are deeply aligned on how to best support your remarkable child(ren). 🔥💪
🗓️ REMINDER: If you have students in multiple grade bands, a parent or guardian must attend an orientation for EACH student.
At Orientation & Registration, you will:
✅ Learn about our academic priorities for the year
✅ Meet members of our leadership team
✅ Receive bus information
✅ Take your family photo for your ID
✅ And so much more!
Let’s start this year strong — TOGETHER. 💙 See you there!
#SteelCityStrong #OrientationAndRegistration #FamilyFirst #TogetherWeRise
🔥💙 IT’S HAPPENING! 💙🔥
The first days of school are officially on the books, and we can’t wait to welcome our students back to Steel City Academy! Whether it’s your very first day or your final first day - this year is going to be one for the books. 📚✨
🚌 Here’s when each grade level kicks off:
🔹 Grades K–3: Monday, August 11, 2025
🔹 Grades 4–6: Tuesday, August 12, 2025
🔹 Grades 7–11: Wednesday, August 13, 2025
🔹 Grade 12: Thursday, August 14, 2025
💥Every moment matters this year—so make sure you’re ready to move with purpose and learn with purpose from DAY ONE.💥
📅 Stay tuned—registration and orientation details are coming soon! These are required before the first day of school. Let’s go, Steel City! 🔥📣 #SteelCityStrong #BackToSchool #BuiltWithPurpose
We're jumping with #JOY 🤩 this Friday because today marks just 1 MONTH until we welcome back students for the 2025-2026 school year! 💙⚙️🔥 For our returning and fully enrolled new families, keep your eyes on our social media 📱and your inboxes 💻 for info regarding orientation and registration sessions!
🚨🔥💙 CALLING ALL NEW AND RETURNING FAMILIES!!! 💙🔥🚨
Mark your calendars 📅 because you're invited to the Steel City BBQ on July 16 from 3-6 PM at 2650 W 35th Ave! 🍔🍪🌭 Come enjoy free food 🍽️ , games 🏀 , music 🎵, and fun while catching up with friends, families, school staff, and welcoming new students who will be joining us this fall! Drop a comment below if we can expect to see you there! 💙⚙️🔥
#SteelCityStrong #RootedInCommunity
Mark your calendars 📅 because you're invited to the Steel City BBQ on July 16 from 3-6 PM at 2650 W 35th Ave! 🍔🍪🌭 Come enjoy free food 🍽️ , games 🏀 , music 🎵, and fun while catching up with friends, families, school staff, and welcoming new students who will be joining us this fall! Drop a comment below if we can expect to see you there! 💙⚙️🔥
#SteelCityStrong #RootedInCommunity
Steel City Academy wishes you a Happy Juneteenth ❤️ ✊🏾💛✊🏿💚 and reminds you that our offices are closed today in celebration of the holiday!
Juneteenth commemorates the end of slavery in the United States 🇺🇸 and the day in 1865 when enslaved African Americans 🤎🖤 in Galveston, Texas learned of their freedom, two and a half years after the Emancipation Proclamation.
Today, Juneteenth ❤️💛💚 serves as an important reminder of the moral stain of slavery and continued racism on America's history, a celebration of the progress we have made, and a commitment to the work we still have to do to build an equitable world for everyone. 💙⚙️🔥
#CommittedToABrighterFuture
The countdown to summer ☀️ is over and now we're counting down the days until students are back in the building for summer school and the 2025-2026 school year! 🤓📚🍎 While our students and teachers are enjoying their much deserved summer break, our office 📞, building 🏫, and administrative staff 🖥️ are keeping busy processing enrollment applications ✅, deep cleaning classrooms 🧽🫧, and preparing to make 2025-2026 our best year yet! 💙⚙️🔥
#NeverStopImproving #CommittedToGary #BuiltOnCoreValues
🚨 BIG NEWS! 🚨 Steel City Academy is hosting its first ever SCIENCE FAIR! 🔬✨
A huge shoutout to our incredible chemistry teacher, Ms. Brown, for making this unforgettable experience possible! 🙌 Thanks to her vision and leadership, our student scientists are showcasing their critical thinking, inquiry skills, and scientific knowledge in some seriously amazing ways! 🧪🧠💡
Stay tuned for photos from the fair and drop some love in the comments for our student scientists! 💙🔥 #SteelCityScience #STEMinAction #WeAreSteelCityStrong
🎤✨ Introducing: Gary Voices – Bridging Generations Legacy Project! ✨🎤
Steel City Academy is thrilled to launch an incredible new opportunity for our 6th–8th grade students in partnership with This Is Gary! 🏙️
🎙️ What’s it all about? 🎙️ Students will become student journalists—interviewing former alumni and staff from the historic Lincoln Achievement Center and Duncan Elementary as we prepare to bring these buildings back to life in the historic Midtown neighborhood. Through storytelling, they’ll help preserve the rich history of our city and sharpen their writing and communication skills!
📅 STUDENT INFORMATION SESSION + JOURNALISM TRAINING
🗓️ Monday, May 12th
🕥 10:15 AM – 11:00 AM
🚨 Spots are limited! Interested students should sign up with Ms. Kirley ASAP! Don’t miss your chance to make your mark on history.
📣 And to all former Lincoln and Duncan alumni and staff—stay tuned! We are so looking forward to meeting you, learning from your rich history, and sharing our initial plans to bring joy and education back to these beloved spaces. Let’s celebrate our past while empowering the next generation to lift their voices for the future! 💙 #GaryVoices #SteelCityAcademy #StudentJournalism #LegacyInTheMaking #BridgingGenerations
🍎👩🏽🍳 Happy School Lunch Hero Day to the amazing Ms. Renee! 🍽️💫
You lead our kitchen with so much joy, a heart full of service, and endless love for our students! From warm meals to warm smiles, you brighten every day at Steel City. 💙✨ We are so grateful for you — today and every day! 🫶🏽 #SchoolLunchHeroDay #ThankYouMsRenee #SteelCityStrong
