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Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School is a college Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School
Contribute preparatory school located in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Help Opened in 2014, it is in the Cristo Rey Network of schools, with
Learn to edit work-study integrated into its program. It serves only low-income
Community portal students[3] and financial need is a first criterion for
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1 History
What links here
2 Corporate Work Study Program
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3 Extracurricular Activities
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Page information 5 Further reading
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222 Piedmont Ave NE, Atlanta, GA 30308

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Cristo Rey Atlanta opened in 2014 under the auspices of the United States
Languages Society of Jesus (Jesuits) in midtown Atlanta, in a three-story Information
Add links building that formerly served as the chancery building for the Type Jesuit
Archdiocese of Atlanta. College prep[1]
Denomination Catholic
As the demand for its services expanded, the school accepted
Established 2014; 6 years ago
the donation of a much larger, seven-story building in downtown
Atlanta.[3] The new building was officially dedicated on January President Camille Naughton
30, 2018[6] with Mayor Keisha Lance Bottoms and Governor Principal Tony Harris
Nathan Deal attending the ceremony. Staff 34
Teaching 36
staff
Corporate Work Study Program [edit]
Grades 9 – 12
The Corporate Work Study Program is the central focus of the Gender Coeducational
school, paying for most of the student's tuition and giving Enrollment 540
valuable work experience. Students go to their job partner, with Mascot Flames
one student from each grade level going once a week on their Accreditation Southern Association of
designated work day, Tuesday through Friday. The students Independent Schools
rotate on Monday, resulting in each student going 5 times a Tuition $500 to $2500 per year[2]
month. Some job partners include Coca-Cola,[7] Emory,[8] and Affiliation Cristo Rey Network and Jesuit
Delta Airlines. Schools Network
Website Cristo Rey Atlanta
Extracurricular Activities [edit]
Boys
 Basketball
Baseball
Cross country (co-ed)
Soccer
Taekwondo

Girls

Soccer
Volleyball
Cheer (co-ed)
Basketball
Taekwondo

References [edit]
1. ^ https://jesuitschoolsnetwork.org/member-schools/cristo-rey-atlanta-jesuit-high-school/
2. ^ "Tuition" . Archived from the original on 2015-12-27. Retrieved 2015-12-26.
3. ^ a b "Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School gets a new lease on life—and a new building" . Atlanta Magazine.
2017-07-10. Retrieved 2018-01-03.
4. ^ "Eligibility for Admission - Cristo Rey Atlanta" . www.cristoreyatlanta.org. Retrieved 2018-02-20.
5. ^ https://www.cristoreynetwork.org/schools/school-profiles
6. ^ "Cristo Rey Atlanta's new building dedicated during a morning of celebration" . SaportaReport. 2018-01-30.
Retrieved 2020-08-08.
7. ^ "Coca-Cola and Cristo Rey: Partners Providing Opportunity" . SaportaReport. 2020-07-06. Retrieved
2020-08-08.
8. ^ "Local high school students gain valuable workforce experience at Emory" . news.emory.edu. 2019-08-28.
Retrieved 2020-08-08.
Further reading [edit]
 Kearney, G. R. More Than a Dream: The Cristo Rey Story: How One School's Vision Is Changing the World.
Chicago, Ill: Loyola Press, 2008. ISBN 978-0-82-942576-5

External links [edit]

School website
Cristo Rey Network
Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-a-class-by-itself/
http://candler.emory.edu/academics/con-ed/con-ed-II/sites/con-ed-II-sites_cristo-rey-atlanta.html

Categories: Cristo Rey Network Jesuit high schools in the United States
Educational institutions established in 2014 Schools in Atlanta Poverty-related organizations
Catholic secondary schools in Georgia (U.S. state)

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