St. Ignatius Loyola Academy is located at 300 E. Gittings St. in Federal Hill.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy Release:
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, a tuition-free, private Jesuit middle school serving low-income boys in Baltimore City, is announcing the addition of a 5th grade offering in addition to its 6th, 7th and 8th grades starting with the 2016-17 academic school year. The change will increase maximum enrollment from 90 – 120 students.
“Our goal is to put more boys in Baltimore City on a path toward success through high school graduation and college enrollment – at a time when it’s needed more than ever in our city,” said John Ciccone, president at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy.
“In Baltimore City, just over 60% of males graduate from high school. Our boys are coming from the same neighborhoods, but succeeding – consistently, 98% of them graduate from high school. We are trying to get this level of support to more boys.”
When students begin in 6th grade at St. Ignatius Loyola Academy, they are often 1-2 grade levels behind in major subject areas like reading and math. The expectation is that starting in 5th grade, a year earlier, will help reduce that loss and give the child an additional year of support.
Student success is supported by a longer school day and year with rigorous curriculum, small class sizes, summer programming and mentoring support both at school, and beyond in high school and college.
The grade addition is the school’s largest growth effort to date.
St. Ignatius Loyola Academy runs solely on donations, and is not funded by the Archdiocese of Baltimore or federal, state or city governments. For more information on giving or the application process, please visit www.saintignatius.org.
via http://southbmore.com/2016/03/23/st-ignatius-loyola-academy-adds-5th-grade/
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