Sponsor A Student
Our Mission
Girls School Since 2015
By sponsoring a student, you invest in a young
person’s future! SPONSOR A STUDENT FOR:
-Hour Day: $50
-School Activities: $1,500
Please make checks payable to Bellesini Academy.
Gifts are tax deductible to the extent permitted by law.
Blessed Stephen Bellesini O.S.A. Academy is an independent, tuition free Catholic middle school providing quality scholarship education to deserving boys and girls in grades five through eight in Lawrence. We believe that education is the key to breaking the cycle of poverty.
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Pledged gifts for this fiscal year may be paid out through June 30th.
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Our mission is to provide an academically challenging and highly structured environment that develops the potential for each student to succeed in competitive secondary schools and colleges.
About Us
Tuition-free independent Catholic middle school founded in 2002
Serving boys in grades 5-8
Expanding to serve girls in grades 5-8
“Prep for Prep” curriculum prepares students for private high school
Small classes, personalized instruction
12-hour school day includes afterschool & evening study program
Co-institutional, not coed, with single sex classes geared toward the differing needs of boys and girls.
Boys School Since 2002
Who We Serve
Capital Campaign BUILDING EXPANSION: $1.3 MILLION
To be constructed and completed in time for the start of the 2017-18 school year. This addition will provide the space needed to house 120 students in a co-institutional setting while also improving our all students' access to science and technology labs.
GIRLS SCHOOL FUND: $1 MILLION
Our need for operating funds will increase over the coming years, with our operating budget expanding by nearly 50% in order to educate 100% more students. Our campaign seeks to raise $1 million towards the additional expenses we will face in the first years of the girls school.
Endowment: $200,000
Gifts to Bellesini’s endowment are assets that are invested in perpetuity. Endowment funds will provide a steady predictable source of income over time, allowing the Academy to build its programs and secure its future.
60 boys in grades 5-8
60 girls in grades 5-8 by 2018-19
Provide support services to 125+ alumni
Applicants qualify for free/reduced lunch
Average family income: $31,725
Single parent households: 66%
English is a second language: 69%
91% Latino, 6% White, 3% African American
Students of all faiths are welcome