San Miguel Academy’s sixth-grade students recently completed an immersive, place-based learning project on peregrine falcons, led by Molly Albrecht, Director of Curriculum and Instruction. After reading My Side of the Mountain and Frightful’s Mountain by Jean Craighead George, students deepened their understanding through field visits to the Hudson Highlands Nature...
Annual Scholarship Dinner Raises Over $650,000 for San Miguel Academy of Newburgh
Newburgh, NY – November 13, 2025 – San Miguel Academy of Newburgh held its 21st Annual Defying the Odds Scholarship Dinner on Friday, November 7, 2025, at Westchester Country Club, raising more than $650,000 in support of its mission to break the cycle of poverty through education. Founded by Rev....
San Miguel Academy and St. Benedict’s Preparatory School Formalize Longstanding Partnership to Strengthen Catholic and Urban Education
San Miguel Academy and St. Benedict’s Preparatory School Formalize Longstanding Partnership to Strengthen Catholic and Urban Education NEWBURGH, N.Y., November 7, 2025 — San Miguel Academy of Newburgh and St. Benedict’s Preparatory School of Newark, N.J., announced a formal partnership that builds on more than a decade of shared success...
San Miguel Program Receives $500,000 Gift to Support Post-Secondary Success
Newburgh, NY (February 3, 2025) – San Miguel Academy of Newburgh is pleased to announce that Lauren and Bob Steers donated $500,000 to the newly launched Grandview Fund for Post-Secondary Opportunities. These funds will help students in the San Miguel Program finish their education and enter the workforce, including filling...
SMA Observes MLK Day of Service with Olympic rower Molly Reckford and award-winning author and rowing advocate Arshay Cooper
SAN MIGUEL ACADEMY ROWERS RAISE OVER $2000 FOR CHARITY on MLK DAY OF SERVICE Newburgh, NY (January 20, 2025)—Olympic rower Molly Reckford and award-winning author and rower Arshay Cooper joined San Miguel Academy rowers for their Rev. Martin Luther King Day of Service. San Miguel Academy hosted a rowing exhibition...
San Miguel Academy to be Honored by Tuskegee Airmen
Newburgh, NY (1/10/25) – San Miguel Academy of Newburgh is pleased to announce that they will be recognized by the Major General Irene Trowell-Harris Chapter of the Tuskegee Airmen at their 27th annual gala on Saturday, February 1, 2025 at Villa Borghese in Wappingers Falls, NY. This highest award, given...
Annual Scholarship Dinner Raises Over $1 Million for San Miguel Program
San Miguel Program of Newburgh, NY held its 20th Anniversary 'Defying the Odd's' Scholarship Dinner at the Westchester Country Club in Rye, NY on Nov. 1, 2024. More than $1 million was raised to support the Program’s mission to break the cycle of poverty through education. Founded by Father Mark...
Three San Miguel Academy Graduates Inducted into the United States Naval Academy
NEWBURGH, NY, June 27, 2024 – San Miguel Academy is proud to announce that three alumni have been inducted into the United States Naval Academy. Triplet brothers Christopher, Christian, and Jonathan Recinos (SMA Class of 2020) share the distinction of gaining admission to one of the most competitive schools in...
