• Who We Are
• Board
• The Nativity Model

Who We Are

Connecticut Urban Education Fund
P.O. Box 2081
New Haven, CT 06521

For more information, or to make a donation please contact one of the following people:

Michael Dowley Executive Director Phone: 203.481.0769	Jean M. Sheeley Development Director Phone: 203.481.0769
Email: info@cuef.org

Our Board

Kenneth Brown, President
Dick Fitzpatrick, Vice President
John Crawford, Treasurer
Kathy Tonucci, Secretary

Ernie Asprelli, Jr., Jay Bowes, Hart Caparulo, Ed DeMarseilles, Michael Dowley, John Farrell, Robert Gifford, Bart Lombardi, J. Michael McHugh, Al Mignone, Paul Morris, Alan J. Ouimet, Barbara Pearce, Mary Pepe, Gary R. Smart & Paul K. Sullivan Jr.

The Nativity Model

The first Nativity School was opened by the Jesuits in 1971 to educate at-risk children from the Lower East Side of New York City. The mission was to create a high-quality, non tuition-driven school for students who could not afford a costly private school education.

The Judeo-Christian values which inspired the Nativity Model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In the Nativity Model, students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion or ethnicity. Since 1989, this model has been replicated over 40 times in cities across the country, focusing on the middle school years and all committed to accompanying their students through high school and into college.