Cristo Rey Network

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The Cristo Rey Network comprises 26 high schools that provide Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational opportunities. The schools utilize a Corporate Work Study Program to help cover tuition costs, at the same time giving students real-world job experience, greater self confidence, and an increased sense of the relevance of their education. This requires a longer school day and year.^[1]

Book about Cristo Rey

In January 2008, Loyola Press released More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World.^[2] The book documents the development of the Cristo Rey model and the successes of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago and of the Cristo Rey Network of Schools.

Schools in Network

In order of the year they joined the Network, here are the current 29 Cristo Rey Network high schools:^[3]

• 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)
• Cristo Rey Boston High School*, Boston, MA (2004)
• St. Martin de Porres High School (Cleveland), OH (2004)
• Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep, Waukegan, IL (2004)
• Notre Dame High School, Lawrence, MA (2004)
• Cristo Rey New York High School, New York City (2004)
• San Miguel High School, Tucson (2004)
• Cristo Rey Kansas City High School, Kansas City, MO (2006)
• Cristo Rey High School, Sacramento, CA (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)
• Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School, Takoma Park, MD (serves Washington, DC metro area) (2007)
• Cristo Rey Brooklyn High School, Brooklyn, NY (2008)
• Detroit Cristo Rey High School, Detroit, MI (2008)
• Christ the King Jesuit College Prep High School, Chicago (West Side), IL (2008)
• Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory of Houston, Houston, TX (2009)
• Immaculate Conception Academy* (All-Girls), San Francisco, CA (2009)
• DePaul Cristo Rey High School, Cincinnati, OH (2011)
• Cristo Rey Philadelphia High School, Philadelphia, PA (2012)
• Cristo Rey Columbus High School, Columbus, OH (2013)
• Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School. Atlanta, GA (2014)
• Cristo Rey Jesuit High School Milwaukee, Milwaukee, WI (2015)
• Cristo Rey Dallas College Prep, Dallas, TX (2015)
• Cristo Rey Baton Rouge Franciscan High School, Baton Rouge, LA (2016)

*Existing school converted to Cristo Rey Network program.

Future schools

Other schools are in development in:

• Albuquerque, New Mexico
• Phoenix, Arizona
• San Antonio, Texas
• San Jose, California (2020)

References

1. Xto Rey. Accessed 12 April 2016.
2. More than A Dream
3. CRN. "Directory of Schools". Cristo Rey Network website. Archived from the original on 2004-10-11. Retrieved December 5, 2013.

External links

• Cristo Rey Network website
• Original Cristo Rey school
• More than a Dream (official book site)
• Partners - Cristo Rey Network
• Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal
• 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