St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School

St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School
Address
5301 South 36th Street
Omaha, Nebraska, (Douglas County), 68107
 United States
Information
Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic
Established 2007
Principal Susan Wilde
Grades 912
Color(s) Crimson Red and Cream         
Team name Trailblazers
Athletic Director
Website

St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Omaha, Nebraska. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Omaha.

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Background

St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic HS is an Omaha high school that opened in August, 2007. The St. Peter Claver Class of 2011 will be its first and last graduating class. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago's Pilsen Neighborhood. St. Peter Claver is known for having a very diverse variety of students. Located in the heart of south Omaha, St. Peter Claver (known to the students as SPC) has turned into a great catholic school rising to fame in 2008 because if its unique Hire4ED program. Approxamently only 200 students go to St. Peter Claver and study various curriculum. In 2006 Priests in London, UK were thinking of a new way to teach and educate, they brain stormed the idea of a catholic working high school. Immediately in 2007 priest flew to Omaha Ne. and started St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey With the help of Father James keiter, in August 2007 St. Peter Claver Cristo Rey Catholic HS was opened. The current President of SPC is Father James Keiter and principal of St. Peter Claver is Susan Wilde. Rumors erupted 2010 saying that St. Peter Claver would be shut down, all of which were denied by Fr. Keiter and the high school remained open, until February 11, 2011, when it was announced that the high school would indeed be shut down.

Book about the Cristo Rey Model

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 Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, documents the unlikely development of the Cristo Rey model and its remarkable success throughout the United States.

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