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A SPICE 2005 Program
The Nativity Education Centers Network Model
Baltimore, Maryland
The Nativity Model is designed to transform the life and aspirations of youngsters from low-income families by encouraging them to realize their fullest human potential as productive members of society and as leaders and role models in their families and communities.
The program takes a comprehensive approach to student development, characterized by high academic expectation, moral and spiritual values, small classes, a supportive family-type educational community and an exceptionally dedicated faculty and staff.
The essential elements of a Nativity-modeled school are:
- Quality education: providing opportunities for academic, physical, social, moral and spiritual development
- For students of low-income urban families, who would not otherwise have access to such an education
- Not tuition driven. Faith-based
- Small classes. Extended day. Extended year
- Parental involvement
- Support during the high school years
The Judeo-Christian values which have inspired the Nativity model include a respect for the dignity and potential of each person, a responsibility to assist the poor and those in need, a strong sense of community within the one family of God, and the obligation to promote a society characterized by social justice. In this non-sectarian Nativity model students are enrolled without regard to race, color, religion or ethnicity.
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