School for low-income, at-risk girls proposed in Delaware

Four years after the successful launch in Wilmington, Delaware, of a private school to help disadvantaged boys reach their academic potential, a group from Ursuline Academy is trying to launch a similar program for middle-school girls. Members of a steering committee at the mostly girls Catholic school said they are driven by social conscience because girls often have fewer opportunities to better themselves through education. The school would be similar to the all-boys Nativity Preparatory School of Wilmington, which threw a lifeline to low-income, at-risk boys when it opened in 2003. The proposed girls' school would be modeled after Nativity Prep and the nationwide NativityMiguel Schools Network that focuses on urban students, providing discipline and individual attention. Read about the school at delawareonline.com.