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St. Cecilia’s Academy (south St. Louis)
906 Eichelberger
St. Louis, MO 63111
(314) 353-2455
Principal: Jim Ford

Educates middle school students (grades 6, 7 & 8) in a facility on the south side of the City of St. Louis.
Began operation in the fall of 2004 as an "embedded" NativityMiguel Academy and has a current enrollment of 68 students (grades 6, 7 & 8), with a maximum enrollment of 75 students. The Academy is a part of St. Cecilia School which has a total enrollment of 162 students.
Serves students mostly from the south side St. Cecilia Parish area and accepts students regardless of race, ethnicity, religion or economics. Read more...

Central Catholic Academy (mid-town St. Louis)
1106 N. Jefferson
St. Louis, MO 63106
Principal: Mark Michalski

Conducts a co-educational middle school program (grades 6, 7 & 8) divided into single-gender classrooms located in the historic downtown neighborhood of the City of St. Louis.
Has been providing a quality Catholic education as a St. Louis Archdiocesan elementary school for more than 140 years. The "embedded" NativityMiguel middle school began in September 2006 with a current enrollment of 113 students (grades 6, 7 & 8), with a maximum enrollment of 140.
Serves students from 37 different zip codes within the city, county and East St. Louis, Illinois. It seeks to meet the total needs of each student, developing religious values regardless of race, ethnicity or religious background. Read more...

Holy Trinity Academy (north St. Louis)
1435 Mallinckrodt
St. Louis, MO 63107
Principal: Dr. Ann Russek

Conducts a middle school program (grades 5 through 8) in a facility in the Hyde Park neighborhood of the City of St. Louis. Students in this area face severe risks to their well-being and have the highest percentage of risk indicators in the city: highest unemployment, drop-out rate, number of single parent families, drug-related crime, lead-levels in children, and derelict housing. In this community that experiences generational poverty, Holy Trinity Academy strives to accomplish system change through education.
Has been providing a quality Catholic education as a St. Louis Archdiocesan elementary school for more than 150 years. Began operation as an "embedded" NativityMiguel middle school (grades 5 through 8) in September 2006 and has a current enrollment of 27 students, with a maximum enrollment of 40.
Develops peacemaking skills in all students through the Peacemaker Program. This curriculum provides students with skills in empathy, problem-solving, impulse control, anger management, and practical ways to become peacemakers at school, in the family, and in the community.
Features Multiage Learning, an instructional design where students from two grades are blended together in a learning community that progresses with the same teacher for two years. It is an environment in which teachers continuously track student progress and where relationships are strengthened. Classrooms foster peer tutoring and allow peer modeling to take place.
Features Education Through Music and the Arts, a restructuring of the curriculum to fully integrate the arts with the academic program. Artisans and teachers use the arts as tools for teaching academic subjects. The approach pools the efforts of administrators, academic teachers, and teaching artisans to produce students who go on to secondary school and college. Read more...

The Academy at King of Glory School (south St. Louis)
4293 Chippewa
(314) 865-1144
St. Louis, MO
Principal: Ms. Beth Landon

Educates middle school students (grades 5, 6, 7, & 8) in the Shaw Neighborhood of south St. Louis; King of Glory can trace its roots back to 1839
Serves students from several zip codes; the student population consists of children from fourteen different countries, as well as white and African-American students from surrounding areas
Currently has 60 students in grades five through eight in addition to 114 students in Preschool to grade four
Has an extended school day that goes until 5:15pm on Monday, Tuesday, and Thursday, and until 4:00pm on Wednesday, and 4:30pm on Friday in which students are provided a snack as well as 10-15 minutes devoted to Silent Sustainer Reading (SSR), in addition to homework assistance and a variety of enrichment courses and athletic activities