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121 Graduates of St. Louis NativityMiguel Schools Honored at Scholarship Fundraiser That Generates $400,000

An icon of St. Louis education and the inspiring success of 121 students from low income neighborhoods were saluted at the third annual St. Louis NativityMiguel Scholarship Dinner. The June 8, 2011 event honored former University of Missouri-St. Louis Chancellor Blanche M. Touhill and the 2011 graduates of the St. Louis NativityMiguel middle schools, more than 96 percent of whom will attend college-preparatory high schools. The dinner raised $400,000 to benefit the graduates. Download News Release

Blanche Touhill to be honored at fundraiser for NativityMiguel grads

SCHOOL RULES: Friends of education will gather on June 8 at the Chase Park Plaza to fete longtime educator and NativityMiguel middle schools supporter, Blanche Touhill.

The fundraiser will benefit the graduates of St. Louis’ seven Nativity Miguel middle schools, and help them pay tuitions at area college-prep high schools. Touhill, a former chancellor of the University of Missouri-St. Louis, is being honored for her dedication to the advancement and accessibility of higher education for St. Louisans, paricular urban youth, for nearly 50 years. St. Louis Post-Dispatch article

Heidi Klosterman’s title at St. Cecilia Academy in South St. Louis is graduate support counselor, but it may as well be the good shepherd. Download St. Louis Review

Heidi Klosterman, 30, a graduate support counselor at St. Cecilia Academy in south St. Louis where, through ACCESS Academies, she helps students prepare for college prep high schools across the region. St. Louis Post-Dispatch article

Seven St. Louis NativityMiguel Schools Hope to Raise $350,000 at Third Annual NativityMiguel Scholarship Dinner June 8 at Chase Park Plaza

The St. Louis NativityMiguel Scholarship Dinner honoring Blanche M. Touhill on Wednesday, June 8, will raise scholarship funds to benefit graduates of St. Louis’ seven NativityMiguel middle schools.

Organizers hope to raise $350,000 to support tuition scholarships for more than 250 high school students who have graduated from the urban NativityMiguel schools and are attending a participating college-preparatory high school in St. Louis. Download News Release.