ABOUT

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School delivers a career-focused, college-preparatory education in the Catholic tradition for students with limited economic resources, uniquely integrating rigorous academic curricula with four years of professional work experience and support to and through college.

Mission & Philosophy

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School provides access to a Catholic, Jesuit, college and career preparatory education to unlock the potential of students of any culture, faith, or creed to transform our communities. We provide an innovative college and career preparatory curriculum focusing on the development of the habits of mind and spirit. Our community, including our board, administration, faculty, staff, corporate partners, donors, parents and students, is committed to building a community of care rooted in the Catholic tradition, and welcomes people of all backgrounds to join us.

Part of a Greater Network

Our Commitment to Diversity, Equity and Inclusion

Inspired by the Gospel, Cristo Rey Jesuit High School prepares our students for lifelong success in a multicultural society by committing to equity in education. We embrace diversity to build a strong, equitable and inclusive learning community. We are committed to integrating diversity, equity, and inclusion into all levels and departments of our school and we strive to bring this awareness to all that we do.

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Cristo Rey Credo

We all have to be about changing the way things are. Our mission is to make the Kingdom of God concrete in the here and now, in other words, not merely to make things slightly better but to effect transformational change at every level. At Cristo Rey, no one has ever taught that we should be content with doing something small. Our world doesn’t need a touch-up; it needs total renewal!

We believe that God’s grace leads us not only to holiness, but also to greater intelligence, creativity, and resourcefulness in making the Kingdom come. And through the Spirit who lives in each one of us, we should expect, if we follow Jesus, to accomplish absolutely novel and startling things. The God we have studied in the Bible is one of boundless creativity, who wishes to communicate this same grace to each one of us. Made in His image, we are called to be co-creators of a totally new world. May we have faith in a dream so ambitious as to border on the delusional with a healthy disregard for conventional thinking. May our hope be so outrageously bold that we are afraid people will laugh at us if they knew what we hoped for! May our love lead us to fly in the face of human logic and make us instruments in helping our King establish His reign, to transform all things, to bring true and lasting happiness to all of America.

The plan our King always said he would set in motion is indeed moving forward in the Cristo Rey Network. This movement is the work of our King, taking away the sins of frustrated potential, lack of opportunity, and paralyzing poverty. Our world is awash in grace. Grace makes us excited about the future. The Kingdom is coming and we are an essential part of that dream!

Viva Cristo Rey

-Father John Foley S.J., Founder of the Cristo Rey Network

We foster our identity as a Jesuit school by promoting the following Jesuit values:

• Cura Personalis

• Service to Others

• Ad Majorem Dei Gloriam (AMDG)

• Finding God in all Things

• Contemplatives in Action

• Living the Magis

This can all be summed up with the invitation St. Ignatius offered his fellow Jesuits and offers to us today - Ite, inflammate omnia! - Go forth, and set the world on fire!

WHat are The Values of A Jesuit Education?

The graduate of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School embodies six characteristics:

Open to Growth
Religious
Intellectually Competent
Loving
Committed to Justice
Work Experienced

WHAT IS GRAD AT GRAD?

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