CUEF: Connecticut Urban Education Fund

St. Martin de Porres Academy
A Nativity School

"Educating One Precious Child at a Time"

Opening September 2005

St. Martin de Porres Academy is a Nativity Network middle school dedicated to providing a faith-based, tuition-subsidized education for girls and boys from low-income families in the greater New Haven area. We are a Catholic school upholding the belief in the dignity and worth of every person. We serve children of all faiths, races and cultures. Our goal is to prepare each student for a quality high school and college education.

The Connecticut Urban Education fund will find or provide scholarships so that, for almost all families, the only expenses are an activity fee of $20 per month and school uniforms. St. Martin's will admit 15 boys and 15 girls into our 5th grade.

Our students receive instruction in Reading, Writing, Mathematics, Science, Social Studies and Religion. Our fifth grade curriculum will challenge students to perform to the high standards expected of students who are college-bound. A foreign language is introduced in sixth grade and algebra in the eighth grade.

Students learn in groups of no more than 15. This means that each student receives individual attention, care and instruction by each member of our staff.

Our school features an 11-hour day. The program includes academic tutoring, extra-curricular, enrichment activities & athletics from 3:00-6:30pm, including a light meal.

All students participate in a summer program including field trips, camp experiences, academic enrichment, and community building activities.

Through daily prayer, worship services and spiritual retreats we instill in each student a belief in themselves and a closer relationship with God.

Through nonviolence programs, social awareness education and outreach activities we nurture students to be peacemakers and agents for change in our school, their families, and their communities.

7:30 - 8:00 am	Arrival & Breakfast
8:00 - 8:15 am	Prayer & Community Gathering
8:15 - 12:30 pm	Academic Classes
12:30 - 1:00 pm	Lunch
1:00 - 3:00 pm	Academic Classes
3:00 - 4:45 pm	Extended Day Activities
4:45 - 5:15 pm	Light Meal
5:15 - 6:30 pm	Study Hall
6:30 pm	Dismissal

Our facility at 43 Jones Road
Off Dixwell Ave on the Hamden / New Haven Line
Next to Eli Whitney Vocational-Technical School

The focus of our staff is to prepare our students intellectually, morally and socially for a challenging high school program. The faculty is comprised of dedicated teachers who provide a learning environment of high standards and expectations. They work in conjunction with post-college interns as well as highly qualified and professional volunteers. Parents, as our educational partners, receive frequent progress reports from our staff and four report cards per year.