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EDUCATION:

August 2007
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington| Wilmington, DE
Awarded: $360,000

Providing one fully endowed scholarship to this tuition-free, faith-based, private middle school for boys, ages 10-14, from low-income families. Nativity Prep is a member of the Nativity Schools Network, following the model of an inner-city school teaching ethics, leadership skills and traditional academics. The school targets average to above average children who have been identified as high risk and attempts to help those children who have the highest potential for success but face the greatest risk of being lost in the system. The school pledges it will be available as a resource to the child throughout his entire education.

May 2005
Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington | Wilmington, Delaware
Awarded: $90,000

Providing a two-year grant with a second-year challenge for the extended-school-experience summer program. The school is a tuition-free, faith-based, private middle school for boys from low-income families and serves 27 to 37 boys, ages 10-14. The summer program is available to students who meet academic and conduct standards. The program is conducted on the de Sales University campus and participants experience the challenges and opportunities that a university offers. The program includes academics, library research, science lab work, Shakespeare festival, field trips and athletics. The support of this school complements the foundations of two other affiliated schools following this model in Tampa and St. Petersburg, Florida.