Cristo Rey teachers lived a day in the life of their students during our Teacher to Work Day event last month. Teachers spent the day downtown at job sites to shadow students, meet supervisors and to see firsthand how skills at the workplace connect with lessons in the classroom.  Many teachers visited job sites related to their subject area. The event was a culmination of the Academics and Work Study Committee of Cristo Rey, which is dedicated to ensuring students receive a truly integrative work-study experience. 

Thank you to our 32 job partners who hosted teachers. Your impact is invaluable!

Over spring break, eight Cristo Rey seniors made a three day fly-in visit to the College of St. Benedict (CSB) and St. John’s University (SJU) in Minnesota. The cost of the trip, outside of a modest registration fee, is covered by CSB/SJU for any Cristo Rey student who is accepted at the school. On this visit, students experienced a day of academics as well a weekend of college life away from home. We currently have five CR alums attending CSB/SJU. These two top-ranked liberal arts schools together form a one-of-a-kind partnership where the women at CSB and the men at SJU dorm on separate campuses but share a co-ed experience in their academic and social lives.

A group of Cristo Rey students joined thousands of peers at the March for Our Lives rally at Union Park. Our students joined the national movement for gun reform to end to school violence.