Snapshot of the Day: Thanksgiving Day of Service at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit

In honor of Thanksgiving, 100 students and their Mentors from the newly formed Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School assembled 1,250 sandwich meals for SafeHouse Outreach local ministry. Mentors are volunteers from the community who are matched one-to-one with a student and provide support for students in the classroom or with their corporate jobs. Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit is the 28th Cristo Rey school in the country and is a Catholic learning community that educates young people of limited economic means to become men and women of faith, purpose, and service. Through a rigorous college preparatory curriculum, integrated with a relevant work study experience, students graduate ready to succeed in college and in life. To learn more about Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School visit www.cristoreyatlanta.org.

 

Summer Academy Begins at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit

Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School will be the first school in Georgia that is part of the Cristo Rey network.

Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School (CRAJ) opened its doors on July 14, hosting 139 students who are taking part in CRAJ’s summer enrichment academy. The students – along with more than 20 others who are taking summer enrichment programs elsewhere – will make up the first freshman class, which will begin their formal studies on August 4.

A collaborative work of the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces, and the first new educational work of the collective region, Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit is located in midtown Atlanta and is the newest addition to the Cristo Rey network of schools. It joins 27 other schools in the nation that provide students from low income families with valuable corporate work experience in addition to education in a college preparatory environment.

All enrolled students at CRAJ will work five days each month at organizations that have established a relationship with the school. As school president, Bill Garrett pointed out recently in an interview on NPR, the students will hold a wide range of positions. Some will serve as tour guides or staff reception desks; others will take on jobs such as translating documents, or positions that are more complicated and which would normally be reserved for someone with a college degree.

A Video Invitation for Pope Francis

Members of the founding class of Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School have produced a video to invite to Pope Francis to visit their new school in his next visit to United States. The school is a joint work of the Maryland, New England and New York Provinces and it will open later this year.

The school will follow the Cristo Rey model, where students work at a network of partner organizations and corporations one day each week. The model enables students to gain real-world working experience in a wide range of fields and provides them with valuable professional mentors.

Click below to view the video.