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- is a scholarship Catholic middle school in the Diocese of Rockville Centre
- provides an innovative educational opportunity for young men from economically disadvantaged backgrounds
- currently serves 48 fifth through eighth-grade students
- is rooted in more than 325 years of De La Salle Christian Brothers tradition
- was established in 2002 - beginning with eleven fifth grade students
- has a professional state certified staff of seven teachers
- maintains a curriculum which meets and surpasses the guidelines established by the Board of Regents of the State of New York
- provides a A "Breakfast Club" serving milk and cereal for all students every day
- student body comes from Freeport, Roosevelt, Uniondale, Hempstead, Elmont, Rosedale, Baldwin, Westbury, and Copiague and represents more than a dozen countries
- more than 77 percent of our students qualify for free or reduced price federal lunch
- celebrated two graduating classes of eighth graders and all of our alumni were accepted to private Catholic high schools
- in 2006 - 2007 more than 95 percent of our students raised their reading skills one full grade level in less than ten months
- schedules field trips to New York Hall of Science, Long Island Children's Museum, Bishop Loughlin Memorial High School, Adams Playhouse at Hofstra University, Alley Pond Park, Firefighters' Museum in Garden City, and more.
- offers "Extended Day" study time and social activities Tuesdays, Wednesdays, and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5 PM
- participates in extra-curricular activities such as week long visits to Spring Brook Farm in Vermont for the Farms for City Kids program
- encourages parental involvement
- receives financial support from 100 percent of its Board of Trustees
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