Please join us for eats, drinks, & good times at the
ACCESS Winter Party
sponsored by the Friends of ACCESS!

Friday, Feb 1st, 2019
7 PM – 10 PM
John D. McGurk’s
Irish Pub & Garden

Space is limited!
Tickets will be available for purchase at the door. 
For a copy of the invitation, please click here.

If you can’t attend, there is still an opportunity to contribute to the event.  Please click here to donate online today.

To donate by mail, please send a check made payable to “ACCESS Academies.” Our address is 3500 Lindell Blvd., Fitzgerald Hall – Room 211, St. Louis, MO 63103.  For additional questions or comments, please don’t hesitate to contact us.

We are thrilled to share the following message from Aaron Tucker, an ACCESS alumnus.

“I am a sophomore at Missouri University of Science & Technology in Rolla, MO, earning my Bachelors of Science in Engineering Management with an emphasis in Information Technology. College was quite a challenge for me as far as transitioning into a new phase in my life. However, in the face of adversity, I remained confident and am now not only succeeding but I feel like I am thriving. I have joined a fraternity, Tau Kappa Epsilon, and serve as the Philanthropy Committee Chairman, organizing fundraisers benefitting St. Jude Children’s Research Hospital, and head the Public Relations Committee. I also sing with an acapella group.
Next semester, I’ll be a Supply Chain/Materials Intern at Altec Industries in Elizabethtown, KY, as part of Altec’s Co-op Program.”

ACCESS alumnus, LaVaughn C., has been offered an internship with McCarthy Building Companies, Inc.

A sophomore at Bradley University majoring in Construction Management, LaVaughn is a member of the American Society of Civil Engineers, the National Society of Black Engineers, and the Society of Hispanic Professional Engineers.

We would like to congratulate Jada D., an ACCESS graduate currently attending Cardinal Ritter College Prep, for earning the National Catholic Educational Association’s 2018 Seton Scholarship! As a Seton Scholar, Jada will serve as an ambassador for Catholic schools throughout the country.

Jada was nominated to receive this scholarship by 2018 NCEA Seton Award Honoree, Kevin Short, Managing Partner & CEO of Clayton Capital Partners and Board Chairman of Today and Tomorrow Educational Foundation.

Damen Alexander, an ACCESS alumnus, will be serving on the plenary panel, “Gun Violence and the Catholic Church: What Our Faith Teaches Us and How Do We Respond,” during the 2nd Annual Sister Antona Ebo Social Justice Conference. The conference, sponsored by the Peace & Justice Commission – Archdiocese of St Louis, the Catholic Youth Apostolate of the Archdiocese of St. Louis, and the Society of St. Vincent de Paul Archdiocesan Council of St. Louis, will be held September 15th at St. Louis University High School.

Damen, who graduated from Most Holy Trinity School & Academy and St. Louis University High School, is an organizer for March for Our Lives St Louis and pursuing his Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and Government at Saint Louis University.

Also attending will be ACCESS Board members, Marie Kenyon, the Director of the Peace and Justice Commission, and Fr. Chris Collins, SJ, Assistant to the President for Mission and Identity at Saint Louis University, who will lead the closing prayer and call to action.