Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Baltimore)
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School | |
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420 South Chester Street Baltimore, Maryland, 21231-2729 United States | |
Coordinates | 39°17′12″N 76°35′13.5″W / 39.28667°N 76.587083°WCoordinates: 39°17′12″N 76°35′13.5″W / 39.28667°N 76.587083°W |
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Type | Private, coeducational |
Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
Established | 2007 |
President | Dr. William "Bill" Heiser |
Principal | Tom Malone |
Grades | 9–12 |
Color(s) | Black and Gold |
Mascot | Hornet |
Accreditation | Maryland State Board of Education[1] |
Affiliation | Cristo Rey Network |
Corporate Internship Program | Director, Janet Shock |
Development | Director, Jessica Favret |
Admissions | Director, Patricia Hill |
Communications | Director, Jessica Gregg |
Dean of Students | Derrick Lifsey |
Athletics | Director, Adam Noto |
Website | cristoreybalt |
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (CRJ) is a private, Jesuit, co-educational, college preparatory school in Baltimore, Maryland, Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago.
Background
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School opened in August 2007 and graduated its first class in June 2011. In partnership with the Maryland Province Jesuits, the Cristo Rey Network, and the Baltimore business community, the school targets lower income families of religious, racial, and ethnic diversity.[2]
History
In 1996, the Jesuits in Chicago founded the first Cristo Rey school to provide a college preparatory education to the children in the Pilsen/Little Village neighborhood.[3] Families there wanted a better life for their children, and the Jesuits believed that education was the way out of poverty. The initial stumbling block of how to pay for a college prep education was resolved through having students earn part of their tuition through the Corporate Internship Program.[3] That school was so successful that it became a model for other cities. The Cristo Rey Network was formed and in 2015 supported 30 schools across the country, including Cristo Rey Jesuit here in Fells Point.[4]
Cristo Rey Jesuit is housed in the former Holy Rosary School, which was an elementary school for the mostly Polish neighborhood around its South Chester Street location.[5] CRJ currently enrolls 350 students in grades nine through twelve, representing 25 zip codes and more than 50 middle schools across the city.
Cristo Rey Jesuit is sponsored by the Maryland Province Jesuits, which in 1852 founded what have become Loyola University Maryland and Loyola Blakefield.[6] In 1993 they opened St. Ignatius Loyola Academy,[7] a tuition-free middle school for disadvantaghed young men from under-served neighborhoods in Baltimore.[8]
Cristo Rey Jesuit's first commencement took place on June 18, 2011, at the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Mary Our Queen. Seventy-eight young men and women formed the first graduating class and all were accepted into college, as has continued to be the case.[9][10]
Articles about Cristo Rey Jesuit High School
- “Under Armour signs local high school", Baltimore Sun, Oct. 1, 2015
- “ 'Ignatian Solidarity Network, Sept. 29, 2015
- “Cristo Rey students to see Pope in Philadelphia,” WBAL-TV, Sept. 23, 2015
- "100 women march for immigration reform,” Baltimore Sun, Sept. 19, 2015
- "Why Pope Francis should come to Baltimore,” Catholic Review, Sept. 14, 2015
- "Baltimore's Future: Travis Henschen and Lemuel Bourne," WYPR, August 27, 2015
- “How Jesuit Education Changed My Life,” Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities, Aug. 21, 2015
- "Innovative internship program boosts Baltimore, students," Baltimore Sun, August 11, 2015
- "2015 Full-scholarship winner appreciates extracurricular learning at Cristo Rey," Catholic Review, June 18, 2015
- “Kids who can’t afford an education: 100% college acceptance rate,” Business Insider, April 30, 2015
- “Cristo Rey performers step out of comfort zones,” Catholic Review, May 14, 2015
- "Baltimore: We wait, We pray, We keep dreaming big," Ignatian Solidarity Network, April 29, 2015
- "The high school corporate America built," Al Jazeera America, April 2, 2015
- "Jewish-backed Baltimore Catholic high," Jewish Times, February 19, 2015
- "Extra Attention Keeps Students On Path to College," WYPR, June 20, 2014
Book about the Cristo Rey model
In January 2008, Loyola Press released a book entitled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World.[11] The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, documents the development of the Cristo Rey model and its remarkable success throughout the United States.
See also
References
- ↑ MSDE list of accredited schools
- ↑ "Cristo Rey Jesuit High School". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- 1 2 "Cristo Rey Network: History". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "Cristo Rey Network: School Directory". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "Holy Rosary closed; Archdiocesen restructuring". Retrieved 2015-10-15.
- ↑ "What We Do | One Mission, Many Ministries". Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ Loyola Academy
- ↑ "Saint Ignatius Loyola Academy". Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ "Cristo Rey Jesuit High School". Retrieved 2015-10-20.
- ↑ 100% college acceptance, Business Insider, April 30, 2015
- ↑ More than a Dream
External links
- Cristo Rey School Website
- Jesuit Secondary Education Association
- More than a Dream (official book site)
- Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Baltimore
- Cristo Rey Network
- Partners - Cristo Rey Network
- Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal
- 60 minutes
- Cristo Rey Featured in WashPost column by George Will
- Boston Globe - With sense of purpose, students cut class for a day
- Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment
- Aljazeera
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