 Heidi Klosterman, center, worked with Jasmine Demsko-Khan, left, and Lilian Milbourn at St. Cecilia Academy in South St. Louis. The NativityMiguel model school includes extended school days and extended academic years, effective student guidance, tuition assistance, mandatory parental and community involvement and four years of structured post-graduate support. A dinner June 8 will raise scholarship funds to benefit graduates of St. Louis’ seven NativityMiguel middle schools. The event is a collaboration of ACCESS Academies, which operates four middle schools, plus De La Salle Middle School, Loyola Academy and Marian Middle School. Read More> |
New Events Link Fr. Vatterott on KHITS!Father shared his message of faith, fish fries and St. Cecilia’s mission
to continue building a vibrant parish and a leading elementary school based
oon the successful NativityMiguel model.
Review of our Fish Fry by
Momentum in Education
When a child embarks for the first day of school, it begins a journey of aspirations. But what are the odds those aspirations can be met in an elementary school system in which 75 percent of the students, most minority children, qualify for national poverty programs; or when 64 percent are being raised by only one parent; or where many, when the school day ends, return to neighborhoods with the highest crime rates in St. Louis? Conventional wisdom says "not good," especially when those students hit a brick wall called middle school.
And yet, aspirations are on the way to being fulfilled today at four schools in St. Louis — Central Catholic School & Academy, Holy Trinity School & Academy, The Academy at King of Glory Lutheran School and St. Cecilia School & Academy—
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Press Release
Letter from Janet Edwards, Maryville
University, Marketing and Community Relations Many thanks to Father Vatterott for his help. And
thank you for the photos!....Read More>
Luis Llanos and
Alex Carillo,
both 2006 graduate's of St. Cecilia, awarded scholarship.....
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St. Cecilia Teacher and Student
artwork displayed at Regional Arts Commission
“Time Well Spent”......Read More>
Hi Donna,
Attached is the article we plan to run this afternoon in our fac/staff
weekly newsletter. It will also likely run on the web. I wrote it
because we want to call attention to the good works of our employees,
and it will also help us preview this year’s Maryville Reaches Out day …
which is how these guys found your church in the first place. Hopefully
the story will inspire others to help out not only on that day, but
above and beyond as these gentlemen have done.