On Saturday, February 7, San Miguel Academy eighth-grade oarsman Micah Fisher captured the gold medal in the middle school boys category at the USRowing Indoor National Championships. Fisher secured the national title with a personal-record time of 7:18, finishing more than six seconds ahead of the second-place competitor. Micah’s victory...
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Na’Sah Dabbs Appointed to the San Miguel Academy Board of Trustees
NEWBURGH, NY, January 14, 2026 – San Miguel Academy of Newburgh is proud to announce the appointment of Na’Sah Dabbs to its Board of Trustees. Na’Sah is the second graduate of the Academy to be named to the Board, marking a powerful milestone in the school’s mission and legacy. A...
Place-Based Learning Comes to Life at San Miguel Academy
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...
Henry Garcia ’11 Appointed to the San Miguel Academy Board of Trustees
San Miguel Academy of Newburgh is proud to announce the appointment of Henry Garcia ’11 to its Board of Trustees, marking the first time a graduate of the Academy has been named to the Board. A member of San Miguel Academy’s Class of 2011, Henry embodies the transformative power of...
San Miguel Academy of Newburgh Holds 16th Annual Commencement Exercises
NEWBURGH, N.Y. (6/2/25) – On Friday, May 30th, eleven 8th-grade students graduated from San Miguel Academy in the School’s 16th annual commencement ceremony. George Hauqui, San Miguel Class of 2016, addressed the graduates. George attended P-Tech Academy in Newburgh and graduated from SUNY Maritime College in 2024 with a Bachelor...
Toshiba America Foundation Grant Enables San Miguel Academy 8th Graders to Tackle Real-World STEM Challenge
Newburgh, NY (June 1, 2025) – Thanks to a generous $5,000 grant from Toshiba America, San Miguel Academy’s 8th-grade students took part in an exciting, year-long STEM project: "Testing the Waters: Engineering a Water Reuse Process." Guided by environmental advocate John Cronin and the Pace University Blue CoLab, students became...