Academy News

Jesus Jimenez, NPA 2009, Finalist in SDYS Concerto Competition

Jesús Jimenez, a graduate of Nativity Prep’s Class of 2009 and now a junior at Francis Parker School (San Diego), was recently named one of five finalists in the San Diego Youth Symphony’s (SDYS) Concerto Competition, to be held on Tuesday, February 21st, at the Neuroscience Institute in La Jolla, California. The top two finishers from the February competition—one in Read more…

David Ortiz, NPA ’05, Earns Coveted McNair Scholarship

When he enrolled as a fifth-grade student at Nativity Prep in the fall of 2001, David Ortiz was one of twenty students unsure about what lay ahead of them in middle school. Four years later, as a graduate of Nativity’s inaugural class in the spring of 2005, David took a bold step into the future by enrolling at High Tech Read more…

High Accolades for NPA Students in Art Competition

This past October, two Nativity students earned recognition for their artwork at the annual Arts and Culture Fest sponsored by the Jacobs Center for Neighborhood Innovation in Southeast San Diego. Elsy Guzman, a student in our seventh-grade class (2013), and Angelica Vera, from our eighth-grade class (2012), won, respectively, the second-place award for mixed media (“Loneliness”), and the first-place award Read more…

ITBS Scores Soar for NPA 8th Grade on Standardized Tests

This year’s eighth-grade class, Nativity’s Class of 2012, set a high mark for excellence on their fall standardized test scores. Each year, twice a year (in fall and spring) Nativity students in all three grades complete the Iowa Test of Basic Skills, a nationally-normed test that assesses their knowledge base in reading, language (writing), mathematics, science, and maps and diagrams Read more…