Cristo Rey Network
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The Cristo Rey Network is a national association of high schools that provide Roman Catholic university preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational options. The schools utilize a Corporate Internship Program model to help make private education affordable to students who might not otherwise have access to traditional private schools.
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[edit] Background
The Cristo Rey Network Member schools utilize a longer school day and year, academic assistance, and counseling to prepare students with a broad range of academic abilities for college. All students at Cristo Rey Network schools participate in a work study program through which they finance the majority of the cost of their education and gain real world job experience.
[edit] Book about Cristo Rey
In January 2008, Loyola Press will release a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World (More than a Dream official site). The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at the school, documents the improbable development of the Cristo Rey model and the remarkable successes of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago and the Cristo Rey Network of Schools.
[edit] Schools in Network
In order of the year they joined the network, here are the current 19 Cristo Rey Network high schools:[1]
- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Chicago, IL (1996)
- De La Salle North Catholic High School, Portland, OR (2001)
- Verbum Dei High School*, Los Angeles, CA (2002)
- Arrupe Jesuit High School, Denver, CO (2003)
- North Cambridge Catholic High School*, Cambridge, MA (2004)
- St. Martin de Porres High School, Cleveland, OH (2004)
- Notre Dame High School, Lawrence, MA (2004)
- Cristo Rey New York High School, New York City (2004)
- San Miguel High School, Tucson (2004)
- St. Martin de Porres High School, Waukegan, IL (2004)
- Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City, MO (2006)
- Cristo Rey High School Sacramento (2006)
- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Baltimore, MD (2007)
- Holy Family Cristo Rey High School*, Birmingham, AL (2007)
- Providence Cristo Rey High School, Indianapolis, IN (2007)
- Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, Minneapolis, MN (2007)
- Christ the King Preparatory School, Newark, NJ (2007)
- St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School, Omaha, NE (2007)
- Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, Takoma Park, MD (serves Washington, DC metro area) (2007)
New Network schools to open in August, 2008 in the following cities:[1]
- Lourdes Academy, Brooklyn, NY
- Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit, MI
- Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School, Chicago (West Side), IL
New Network schools proposed in the following cities:[1]
- Cincinnati, Ohio
- Houston, Texas
- San Francisco, California
- San Diego, California
- * Existing school converted to Cristo Rey Network program.
[edit] External links
- Cristo Rey Network website
- Official website for More than a Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World
- New Yorks Times Company - Boston Globe - With sense of purpose, students cut class for a day (highlights aspects of the Cristo Rey Network scholastic model)
- Partners newsletter, 2003 issue - Cristo Rey Network Update
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Announcements - Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment
