We are excited to join BJP in welcoming Ms. Maysa Antonio as the school’s next Principal! Ms. Maysa joins BJP with significant experience in educational leadership. For the past five years, she has served as an Assistant Principal at Hunter College High School in Manhattan. Before moving to Hunter, she served as Principal of St. Joseph’s High School (now closed) in downtown Brooklyn. That is where she began her formal career in education as a math teacher, progressing to become department chair and then assistant principal. Ms. Antonio holds multiple degrees, including a Master of Science in Education, Administration, and Supervision from Fordham University. She not only understands the value of a Jesuit, Catholic education from first-hand experience, but also wholly believes in the students, faculty, and mission of BJP.
Loyola Academy of St. Louis Receives $40,000 Grant to Support Its Nutrition Program
Loyola Academy of St. Louis announced it received a grant for $40,000 from Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the U.S. This grant will be used toward supporting the nutrition program for students at Loyola Academy.
Bayer Fund and Loyola Academy of St. Louis share a mutual goal of seeing the communities we serve flourish. Students at Loyola Academy are in attendance from 7:30 AM to 5:30 PM each day. This grant from Bayer Fund will support Loyola Academy’s young men by providing a daily healthy and nutritious breakfast, lunch, and afternoon snack to ensure that each student is fully fueled and engaged in the classroom throughout the extended school day. As a previous grant recipient, Loyola Academy students have outpaced their same-aged peers on the nationally normed NWEA assessment in mathematics, language usage, and science for the last nine years.
Bayer Fund supports Bayer, one of the country’s largest life sciences companies, mission of Health for All, Hunger for None by working with organizations and non-profits, like Loyola Academy, to support health and wellness and food and nutrition.
“Bayer Fund is proud to support Loyola Academy and their work to make real, sustainable impacts in their community,” said Michael Parrish, President of Bayer Fund. “Programs like Loyola Academy combat the critical issue of food insecurity, and we’re honored to play a role with helping even more people in our community have access to healthy, nutritious food.”
Last year, Bayer Fund supported more than 2,200 charitable and nonprofit organizations to help address essential needs in food and nutrition and health and wellness. To learn more about Loyola Academy of St. Louis, please visit www.loyolaacademy.org.
About Bayer Fund
Bayer Fund, a philanthropic arm of Bayer in the U.S., is a nonprofit organization dedicated to strengthening the communities where Bayer customers and employees live and work by providing funding for food and nutrition, education, and health and wellness projects. For more information, please visit www.fund.bayer.us.
🎓 From Middle School to College Graduation: Our Alumni Are Finishing Strong
NativityMiguel Alumni Are Not Just Reaching College—They’re completing it at rates far above the national average.
At the NativityMiguel Coalition, graduating 8th grade is just the next step in our students’ 13+ year journey with us. We are proud to share the post-secondary completion results for our middle school classes of 2014 (corresponding to the high school class of 2018) and 2016 (corresponding to the high school class of 2020). The outcomes speak for themselves!
🎓 Class of 2014 (High School Class of 2018)
✅ 77% completed a 2- or 4-year degree or program within 6 years
📈 That’s 15% above the national average
✅ 80% of those who completed earned a 4-year college degree
📈 That’s 31% above the national average
🎓 Class of 2016 (High School Class of 2020)
✅ 63% completed a degree or program within just 4 years
📈 That’s 15% higher than the national average
💡 Why This Matters
Our alumni—many of whom are first-generation college students—began their academic journey in small, faith-filled schools where they were encouraged to become their best, most authentic selves.
Today, they are:
💼 Entering the workforce
🎓 Starting graduate school
🎖️ Serving in the armed forces
The NativityMiguel model works. Across our member schools, students receive support beginning as early as Pre-K and continuing through middle school, high school, college, and beyond. These outcomes reflect the power of combining high expectations, comprehensive support, and faith-based values to unlock each student’s full potential. We don’t simply guide students to college — we walk with them as they graduate, build careers, and thrive in life.
Please read the post-secondary completion reports by clicking here: