RECOGNIZING THE SUCCESS OF SACRAMENTO'S CRISTO REY CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL..........

On Wednesday night the First four year graduating class of Cristo Rey Catholic High School in Sacramento, held its Commencement ceremony at St. IgnatiusLoyola Church on Arden Way. Cristo Rey's 53 graduates of the Class of 2010, have accomplished a milestone achievement. 53 out of the 53 graduates, will be attending college. Cristo Rey High School in Sacramento started four years ago in the former site of the parochial school at St. Peter's Parish on McMahon Drive between Stockton Boulevard and 65th Street in South Sacramento. The concept behind the Cristo Rey High School is a work / study curriculum in which familes pay a much lower high school tuition and local business underwrite and hire the students to work 5 days a month in their businesses. Thus a Catholic high school education is made more accessible to lower income students and in addition to an excellent education they receive invaluable professional work experience in the process, The businesses in the Sacramento area, like in Chicago and other cities in which Cristo Rey high schools exist are well served and provide outstanding opportunities for students to learn proper working skills. The milestone accomplishment celebrated by the Class of 2010 at Cristo Rey High School in Sacramento, that is so laudable is that everyone of the 53 graduates will be attending college. This 100% achievement shows the quality academic and work study curriculum and education Cristo Rey students receive and are inspired by. Grateful thanks to the faculty, staff, business professionals, board of directors, benefactors, and the parents, who have supported and made these 53 graduates a true high school success story. And to the graduates all the best in ever yet higher attainments in their college educations and beyond. At a time when schools whether they be public, parochial, or private are struggling to maintain quality education, it is an optimistic experience to know that Cristo Rey High School is succeeding in making a Catholic-Christian Educationaffordable and producing such exemplary results. KUDOS AND CONGRATULATIONS GRADUATES OF CRISTO REY HIGH SCHOOL SACRAMENTO 2010, Fr. Troy