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'''The Cristo Rey Network''' traces its roots to 1996 when an innovative [[Jesuit]] school opened in [[Chicago]], integrating four years of college preparatory academics with continuous professional work experience through the Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP). By 2016 the network included 30<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=376|title=Cristo Rey Network: Member Schools|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], college preparatory schools serving 10,700 students across 21 states and [[District of Columbia|DC]] and collectively claiming 11,500 graduates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cristoreynetwork.org/about|title=About - Cristo Rey Network|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> The Cristo Rey Network has been lauded for its success in educating low-income, inner-city youth from underserved communities with the knowledge, incentive, and skills to become successful in the business world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-09-27/how-education-can-help-a-fractured-republic?src=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/usn_tw|title=U.S.NEWS: Entrepreneurship and Empowerment|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> B.J. Cassin, president of the Cassin Educational Initiative which had launched four Cristo Rey schools by 2004, stated that “The Cristo Rey model is an amazingly effective way to make high-quality education available to economically disadvantaged young people."<ref name=":0" />
'''The Cristo Rey Network''' traces its roots to 1996 when an innovative [[Jesuit]] school opened in [[Chicago]], integrating four years of college preparatory academics with continuous professional work experience through the Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP). By 2016 the network included 30<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=376|title=Cristo Rey Network: Member Schools|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> [[Catholic Church|Catholic]], college preparatory schools serving 10,700 students across 21 states and [[District of Columbia|DC]] and collectively claiming 11,500 graduates.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.cristoreynetwork.org/about|title=About - Cristo Rey Network|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref> The Cristo Rey Network has been lauded for its success in educating low-income, inner-city youth from underserved communities with the knowledge, incentive, and skills to become successful in the business world.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usnews.com/opinion/articles/2016-09-27/how-education-can-help-a-fractured-republic?src=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/usn_tw|title=U.S.NEWS: Entrepreneurship and Empowerment|last=|first=|date=|website=|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=10 February 2017}}</ref> B.J. Cassin, president of the Cassin Educational Initiative which had launched four Cristo Rey schools by 2004, stated that “The Cristo Rey model is an amazingly effective way to make high-quality education available to economically disadvantaged young people."<ref name=":0" />


== History ==
== History ==
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened under the leadership of John P. Foley, S.J., in 1996, introducing an innovative integration of academic and professional experience to Catholic secondary education in the [[United States]]. The model had immediate appeal, first to some Catholic educators nationwide and soon after to prominent philanthropists committed to educational reform.<ref name=":0" /> The Cristo Rey Network was incorporated in 2003 and has grown into the largest network of high schools in the country that exclusively serves low-income students. Cristo Rey graduates are enrolling in college at rates consistent with the enrollment levels of high-income students, and completing college at a rate considerably higher than high school graduates from low-income families nationwide. Cristo Rey claims 7,000 graduates who have either earned their undergraduate degree or are currently enrolled in college.
Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened under the leadership of John P. Foley, S.J., in 1996, introducing an innovative integration of academic and professional experience to Catholic secondary education in the [[United States]]. Foley received the Presidential Citizen's Medal for his efforts in 2008.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-12-11/news/0812100589_1_cristo-rey-network-presidential-citizens-medal-rev-john-foley|title=Jesuit priest from Chicago awarded Presidential Citizens Medal|newspaper=tribunedigital-chicagotribune|access-date=2017-02-13|language=en}}</ref> The model had immediate appeal, first to some Catholic educators nationwide and soon after to prominent philanthropists committed to educational reform.<ref name=":0" /> The Cristo Rey Network was incorporated in 2003 and has grown into the largest network of high schools in the country that exclusively serves low-income students. Cristo Rey graduates are enrolling in college at rates consistent with the enrollment levels of high-income students, and completing college at a rate considerably higher than high school graduates from low-income families nationwide.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/865637442/In-this-Chicago-Catholic-school-poor-students-work-one-full-day-a-week-to-pay-tuition.html|title=Cristo Rey high schools breed academic maturity by sending students into the workforce|last=Schulzke|first=Eric|date=2015-09-24|newspaper=DeseretNews.com|access-date=2017-02-13|language=en}}</ref> Cristo Rey claims 7,000 graduates who have either earned their undergraduate degree or are currently enrolled in college.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202605.html?sub=AR|title=In Chicago, Discipline That Builds Dreams|last=Will|first=George F.|date=2008-09-14|newspaper=The Washington Post|access-date=2017-02-13|language=en-US|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> By 2014 Cristo Rey schools were described in a [[Lexington Institute]] publication as "one of the nation’s most powerful urban education success stories."<ref>{{Cite book|url=http://lexingtoninstitute.org/wp-content/uploads/2014/10/Cristo-Rey-Network.pdf|title=The Cristo Rey Network: Serving Sustainable Success|last=Bateman|first=Ashley|publisher=Lexington Institute|year=2014|isbn=|location=Arlington, VA|pages=|quote=|via=}}</ref>


== Corporate Work Study Program ==
== Corporate Work Study Program ==
The Corporate Work Study Program (a separately incorporated entity) operates like a temporary employment agency within Cristo Rey schools and employs every student five full days a month in an entry-level, professional job all four years of high school. Students earn much of their education cost while gaining real-world work experience across 3,000 Corporate Partners including law, finance, healthcare, technology, marketing, university, and many other professional offices.
The Corporate Work Study Program (a separately incorporated entity) operates like a temporary employment agency within Cristo Rey schools and employs every student five full days a month in an entry-level, professional job all four years of high school. Students earn much of their education cost while gaining real-world work experience across 3,000 Corporate Partners including law, finance, healthcare, technology, marketing, university, and many other professional offices.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://abc7chicago.com/archive/6385183/|title=ABC 7 Chicago to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month|newspaper=ABC7 Chicago|access-date=2017-02-13|language=en}}</ref>
More than two decades ago, Foley and his team created the Corporate Work Study Program out of financial necessity to ensure Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened as both an academically rigorous and financially sustainable school. CWSP has since proven to have a significant formational impact on students—demystifying the world outside their neighborhoods, developing valuable workplace readiness skills, introducing them to inspirational role models and supportive mentors, and building the competence, confidence, and aspiration for college and career success.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2003/05/New-CollegePreparatory-High-Schools|title=Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment|website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>
More than two decades ago, Foley and his team created the Corporate Work Study Program out of financial necessity to ensure Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened as both an academically rigorous and financially sustainable school. CWSP has since proven to have a significant formational impact on students—demystifying the world outside their neighborhoods, developing valuable workplace readiness skills, introducing them to inspirational role models and supportive mentors, and building the competence, confidence, and aspiration for college and career success.<ref name=":0">{{Cite web|url=http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2003/05/New-CollegePreparatory-High-Schools|title=Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment|website=Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation|language=en|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>
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== About Cristo Rey ==
== About Cristo Rey ==
In January 2008, Loyola Press released ''More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World''.<ref>[http://www.morethanadreambook.com ''More than A Dream'']</ref> The book documents the development of the Cristo Rey [[List of Jesuit development centres|model]] and the successes of [[Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Chicago)|Cristo Rey Jesuit High School]] in Chicago and of the Cristo Rey Network of Schools. One of the Network's many awards came with the Classy Award 2012 for Educational Advancement.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.forbes.com/sites/devinthorpe/2012/09/30/28-award-winners-highlight-innovation-in-social-entrepreneurship/#2b7d88fb9cc6|title=28 Award Winners Highlight Innovation in Social Entrepreneurship|last=Thorpe|first=Devin|newspaper=Forbes|access-date=2017-02-10}}</ref>
In January 2008, Loyola Press released ''More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World''.<ref>[http://www.morethanadreambook.com ''More than A Dream'']</ref> The book documents the development of the Cristo Rey [[List of Jesuit development centres|model]] and the successes of [[Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Chicago)|Cristo Rey Jesuit High School]] in Chicago and of the Cristo Rey Network of Schools. One of the Network's many awards came with the Classy Award 2012 for Educational Advancement. By 2008 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had contributed $15.9 million dollars for the spread of the model.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://www.prweb.com/releases/2008/09/prweb1306444.htm|title=Gates Foundation Supports the Cristo Rey Network by Purchasing Nearly 2,000 Copies of More than a Dream|newspaper=PRWeb|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref> In 2017 the Network was chosen as the primary beneficiary of the [[NFL]]'s Corporate Cup Celebrity Challenge.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/join-the-movement|title=Primary charitable beneficiary of NFL CCCC|last=|first=|date=|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|language=en-US|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref>


==Schools in Network==
==Schools in Network==
In order of the year they joined the Network, here are the current 29 Cristo Rey Network high schools:<ref name="Directory of Schools">{{cite web|url=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/about/directory.shtml|title=Directory of Schools |publisher=Cristo Rey Network website|author=CRN |deadurl=yes |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20041011131237/http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/about/directory.shtml |archivedate=2004-10-11 |accessdate=December 5, 2013}}</ref>
In order of the year they joined the Network, here are the current 29 Cristo Rey Network high schools:<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/schools/school-profiles|title=School Profiles - Cristo Rey Network|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|language=en-US|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref>
* [[Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Chicago)|Cristo Rey Jesuit High School]], Chicago, IL (1996)
* [[Cristo Rey Jesuit High School (Chicago)|Cristo Rey Jesuit High School]], Chicago, IL (1996)
* [[De La Salle North Catholic High School]], Portland, OR (2001)
* [[De La Salle North Catholic High School]], Portland, OR (2001)
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* [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org Cristo Rey Network website]
* [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org Cristo Rey Network website]
*[http://www.cristorey.net/ Original Cristo Rey school]
*[http://www.cristorey.net/ Original Cristo Rey school]
* [http://www.morethanadreambook.com/ More than a Dream (official book site)]
* [http://www.morethanadreambook.com/ More than a Dream (official book site)]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.morethanadreambook.com/news/080115_MTAD_release_moveshake.html|title=Best sellers lists|last=|first=|date=|website=www.morethanadreambook.com|archive-url=|archive-date=|dead-url=|access-date=2017-02-13}}</ref>
* [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=366 ''Partners'' - Cristo Rey Network]
* [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=366 ''Partners'' - Cristo Rey Network]
* [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-12-11/news/0812100589_1_cristo-rey-network-presidential-citizens-medal-rev-john-foley Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal]
* [http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-12-11/news/0812100589_1_cristo-rey-network-presidential-citizens-medal-rev-john-foley Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal]

Revision as of 15:34, 13 February 2017

The Cristo Rey Network traces its roots to 1996 when an innovative Jesuit school opened in Chicago, integrating four years of college preparatory academics with continuous professional work experience through the Corporate Work Study Program (CWSP). By 2016 the network included 30[1] Catholic, college preparatory schools serving 10,700 students across 21 states and DC and collectively claiming 11,500 graduates.[2] The Cristo Rey Network has been lauded for its success in educating low-income, inner-city youth from underserved communities with the knowledge, incentive, and skills to become successful in the business world.[3] B.J. Cassin, president of the Cassin Educational Initiative which had launched four Cristo Rey schools by 2004, stated that “The Cristo Rey model is an amazingly effective way to make high-quality education available to economically disadvantaged young people."[4]

History

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened under the leadership of John P. Foley, S.J., in 1996, introducing an innovative integration of academic and professional experience to Catholic secondary education in the United States. Foley received the Presidential Citizen's Medal for his efforts in 2008.[5] The model had immediate appeal, first to some Catholic educators nationwide and soon after to prominent philanthropists committed to educational reform.[4] The Cristo Rey Network was incorporated in 2003 and has grown into the largest network of high schools in the country that exclusively serves low-income students. Cristo Rey graduates are enrolling in college at rates consistent with the enrollment levels of high-income students, and completing college at a rate considerably higher than high school graduates from low-income families nationwide.[6] Cristo Rey claims 7,000 graduates who have either earned their undergraduate degree or are currently enrolled in college.[7] By 2014 Cristo Rey schools were described in a Lexington Institute publication as "one of the nation’s most powerful urban education success stories."[8]

Corporate Work Study Program

The Corporate Work Study Program (a separately incorporated entity) operates like a temporary employment agency within Cristo Rey schools and employs every student five full days a month in an entry-level, professional job all four years of high school. Students earn much of their education cost while gaining real-world work experience across 3,000 Corporate Partners including law, finance, healthcare, technology, marketing, university, and many other professional offices.[9]

More than two decades ago, Foley and his team created the Corporate Work Study Program out of financial necessity to ensure Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago opened as both an academically rigorous and financially sustainable school. CWSP has since proven to have a significant formational impact on students—demystifying the world outside their neighborhoods, developing valuable workplace readiness skills, introducing them to inspirational role models and supportive mentors, and building the competence, confidence, and aspiration for college and career success.[4]

University Partners

Committed to every student’s success to and through college, the Cristo Rey Network pioneered the University Partner program in 2009 which includes 45 University Partners across the country who have bought into the Cristo Rey program. University Partners recruit, mentor, and support the cristo Rey graduates.[10]

Religious Sponsors and Endorsers

Thirty-eight Religious Sponsors and Endorsers are primarily responsible for the religious charism and Catholicity of the schools. While the first Cristo Rey school was started by the Society of Jesus and today the Jesuits sponsor and endorse 13 schools, the Cristo Rey Network is not exclusively Jesuit and partners with 38 dioceses, orders, and congregations.[11]

Growth

With a commitment to opening schools that are both financially and academically sustainable, the Cristo Rey Network’s Replication Process strives for consistent quality across future member schools. This process begins after receiving approval from the local Bishop. Every Cristo Rey Network school must complete a 12-18 month Feasibility Study, a thorough assessment of need and interest, to determine if a school could succeed in that community.

About Cristo Rey

In January 2008, Loyola Press released More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World.[12] 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. One of the Network's many awards came with the Classy Award 2012 for Educational Advancement. By 2008 the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation had contributed $15.9 million dollars for the spread of the model.[13] In 2017 the Network was chosen as the primary beneficiary of the NFL's Corporate Cup Celebrity Challenge.[14]

Schools in Network

In order of the year they joined the Network, here are the current 29 Cristo Rey Network high schools:[15]

*Existing school converted to Cristo Rey Network program.

Future schools

Other schools are in development in:

  • Oklahoma City, OK (2017)[16]
  • Fort Worth, TX (2018)[17]
  • Las Vegas, NV (2018)[18]
  • Richmond, VA (2018)[19]
  • Oakland, CA[20]
  • Orlando, FL[21]
  • Miami, FL

External links

References

  1. ^ "Cristo Rey Network: Member Schools". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  2. ^ "About - Cristo Rey Network". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  3. ^ "U.S.NEWS: Entrepreneurship and Empowerment". Retrieved 10 February 2017. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  4. ^ a b c "Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment". Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  5. ^ "Jesuit priest from Chicago awarded Presidential Citizens Medal". tribunedigital-chicagotribune. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  6. ^ Schulzke, Eric (2015-09-24). "Cristo Rey high schools breed academic maturity by sending students into the workforce". DeseretNews.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  7. ^ Will, George F. (2008-09-14). "In Chicago, Discipline That Builds Dreams". The Washington Post. ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  8. ^ Bateman, Ashley (2014). The Cristo Rey Network: Serving Sustainable Success (PDF). Arlington, VA: Lexington Institute.
  9. ^ "ABC 7 Chicago to Celebrate Hispanic Heritage Month". ABC7 Chicago. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  10. ^ "Cristo Rey Network: University Partners". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  11. ^ "Religious Sponsors and Endorsers - Cristo Rey Network". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  12. ^ More than A Dream
  13. ^ "Gates Foundation Supports the Cristo Rey Network by Purchasing Nearly 2,000 Copies of More than a Dream". PRWeb. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  14. ^ "Primary charitable beneficiary of NFL CCCC". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
  15. ^ "School Profiles - Cristo Rey Network". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-13.
  16. ^ "About". Cristo Rey OKC. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  17. ^ "Cristo Rey Fort Worth". www.cristoreyfortworth.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  18. ^ "Cristo Rey Las Vegas". www.cristoreylasvegas.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  19. ^ "Cristo Rey Richmond High School". www.cristoreyrichmond.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  20. ^ "About". Cristo Rey East Bay High School. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  21. ^ "Cristo Rey Network: Orlando". www.cristoreynetwork.org. Retrieved 2017-02-10.
  22. ^ "Best sellers lists". www.morethanadreambook.com. Retrieved 2017-02-13. {{cite web}}: Cite has empty unknown parameter: |dead-url= (help)
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