Hartford &

New Haven, Connecticut

Hartford and New Haven are two of Connecticut’s most impoverished cities, rich in ethnic diversity. Members serve in two Nativity-Miguel Network tuition free middle schools, whose motivation is the belief that education breaks the cycle of poverty. Members work under the guidance of mentor teachers and teach small classes, conduct co-curricular activities and field trips and are an integral part of the school community. The schools run on an extended day program and classes continue in the summer.

Site Director: Kristen Impastato
Phone: 617-620-3865
E-mail: hartford@ndmva.org

Saint Martin de Porres Academy - New Haven

St. Martin de Porres Academy, "Educating one precious child at a time," is a faith-based, NativityMiguel Network middle school that provides tuition free, extended day education for underserved girls and boys in grades five through 8, from low-income families in the New Haven area. It is an independent Catholic school committed to a belief in the dignity and worth of every person. The school strives to provide each child with a promising start in life and to equip its students to fulfill their academic potential while achieving spiritual and social maturity. The school welcomes children of all faiths, races, and cultures. The school has an outstanding music program in addition to its other co-curricular activities. The Members live in community housing that is subsidized by the school.
Visit the school’s website: www.saintmartinacademy.org

Grace Academy - Hartford

Grace Academy, "a Star of Hope in Hartford" is an independent school dedicated to providing a quality, tuition-free education to girls of all faiths from low-income families residing in Hartford’s inner city neighborhoods. The school works to inspire in students a love of learning, an awareness of their own interests and ideas, a fundamental understanding of culture, and an abiding sense of responsibility to their community. It is a newly established school which opened in September 2010 with grades five and six. It will become a grades 5-8 middle school by September 2012. Members live in community housing made available through the school.
Visit the school’s website: www.graceacademyhartford.org