About Covenant Prep

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Our History

Hartford’s Covenant Prep is a member of the NativityMiguel Network of Schools, which serves over 4,300 middle school age boys and girls in 27 states. Across the network:

Approximately 90% of the students attending NativityMiguel Schools qualify for the Federal Government’s Free and Reduced Cost Lunch program, an indication that a family is living at or near poverty.

92% of NativityMiguel students graduate from high school. This past fall, 96% of the students who graduated from a NativityMiguel School in 2003 enrolled in a two-or four-year college. Average attendance is 97%

Although the NativityMiguel Network of Schools is rooted in the traditions of the Jesuit Order, the Covenant Preparatory School of Hartford has no specific religious affiliation. The students, teachers and staff come from a variety of faith backgrounds. Students are exposed to the history and development of a diversity of faiths as a basis for understanding values and ethical behavior. Service to community is part of the school’s heritage and permeates the culture of the school. The NativityMiguel model offers students a life-changing experience through educational enrichment. As committed and promising young men, our students understand their responsibility to give back to their communities and in each students is instilled the goal of someday returning as a teacher.

Covenant Preparatory School is an independent, tuition-free middle school for boys from under-served families in the City of Hartford.  The school provides a challenging and supportive learning environment, where motivated students of all faiths are offered an intellectual, cultural, physical and moral education.

The goal at Covenant Prep is to graduate young men who are academically prepared for further education, inspired to lead their lives with humility, and dedicated to serving others.  As such, it is designed to address Hartford’s educational crisis, one boy at a time, in a small school setting.

Each student is carefully selected based on an admissions test, an interview, transcripts of grades and teacher recommendations. All of these criteria being equal, preference is given to the most financially challenged applicants.

Critical to the success of Covenant Prep is the willingness of the parents or guardians of students to sign a covenant indicating their commitment to the mission of the school and to high academic and personal standards. Parents or guardians are required to volunteer their time, energy, talent and skill to the School, and such involvement in their children’s education is a condition of continuing enrollment at Covenant Prep.

Also critical to the success of the school are the volunteer faculty and staff, which include both recent college graduates and older, more experienced teachers who serve as mentors for their younger colleagues. The faculty and staff teach small classes, tutor individuals, coach teams and guide the growth and development of students by example. As such, they possess a strong faith in the mission of the school and a selfless dedication to the aspirations of its students and their families.

The School is led by a Board of Directors comprising local business and community leaders.  Covenant Prep is funded by private donations.

COVENANT PREPARATORY SCHOOL 135 BROAD STREET HARTFORD CONNECTICUT 06105  PHONE: 860.547.0289