Detroit Cristo Rey High School

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Detroit Cristo Rey High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Detroit, Michigan. The school will open in the 2008-2009 school year with an initial freshman class of 125 students, and operates within the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Detroit.[1]

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[edit] Background

The school operates on the site of the now-defunct Holy Redeemer High School, which closed in June 2005.[1]

Detroit Cristo Rey High School will open in August 2008 and plans to graduate its first class in 2008. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools nationwide, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. The president of Detroit Cristo Rey is Dr. Earl J. Robinson, who is the former president of Lees-McRee University. [2] Its founding principal is Susan Rowe, a former teacher and administrator at University of Detroit Jesuit High School.[1]

[edit] Mission

The mission of Detroit Cristo Rey High School [3]:

Detroit Cristo Rey High School will provide excellent college-preparatory Catholic high school education, in the Cristo Rey Model, to students from economically disadvantaged families in Detroit.

The school will emphasize faith, morals and service to the community.

Through its work-study program, the school will foster skills and attitudes important in the workplace, such as responsibility, determination, respect for self and others.

In the finest tradition of Catholic outreach, we will welcome families of all denominations.

With a challenging and supportive college preparatory program, we will equip students with the core knowledge and competencies needed for college and the workplace.

Our ultimate goal is to enable students to gain the skills to be successful in life and the commitment to make a difference in their families, their neighborhoods, and the world.

[edit] The Cristo Rey Model

In January 2008, Loyola Press released 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 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, documents the unlikely development of the Cristo Rey model and its remarkable success throughout the United States.

[edit] References

  1. ^ a b c Kohn, Joe. "Cristo Rey Ready to 'Rise'", The Michigan Catholic, April 11, 2008. Accessed May 27, 2008.
  2. ^ "New Detroit Cristo Rey High School Announces Selection of President", 2007. Accessed May 27, 2008.
  3. ^ "Detroit Cristo Rey", 2008. Accessed June 3, 2008.

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