Cristo Rey Boston High School

Cristo Rey Boston High School
Address
100 Savin Hill Avenue Dorchester, Massachusetts, (Suffolk), 02125  United States
Coordinates	42°23′43″N 71°7′47″W / 42.39528°N 71.12972°W / 42.39528; -71.12972Coordinates: 42°23′43″N 71°7′47″W / 42.39528°N 71.12972°W / 42.39528; -71.12972
Information
Type	Private, Coeducational
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic, Cristo Rey Network
Established	1921
President	Jeff Thielman
Dean	Carrie Wagner Jill Crowley
Principal	Fr. Jose Medina, FSCB
Grades	9–12
Color(s)	Blue and Gold
Athletics conference	Catholic Central
Team name	Knights
Accreditation(s)	New England Association of Schools and Colleges[1]
Dean of Students	Colleen Cull
Director of Corporate Work Study	Lorraine Albert
Admissions Director	Marcos Enrique
Website	http://www.cristoreyboston.org

Cristo Rey Boston High School is a private, Roman Catholic coeducational high school in Boston, Massachusetts. Originally founded in 1921 as St. John's High School, the school independently opened in 1951 as North Cambridge Catholic High School. The school enrolls grades 9-12 with 311 students.

The address of the school is 100 Savin Hill Avenue, Dorchester, Boston, Massachusetts.

History

The Cristo Rey Network and Relocation

In 2004, North Cambridge Catholic High School joined the Cristo Rey Network, a national network of Catholic high schools exclusively serving families of limited economic means.^[2] The school replicated the Cristo Rey Corporate Work Study Program which allows each student to offset the majority of the cost of their education by working entry-level jobs five days per month throughout Greater Boston. Companies pay $29,800 for a team of four students, the equivalent of one full-time employee, which allows the school to lower the cost of tuition to $2,800 for families.^[3]

In 2010, the school moved to Dorchester in order to better serve the low-income population of students primarily commuting from Boston zip codes. Upon moving, the school was renamed Cristo Rey Boston High School. Cristo Rey Boston acquired the former St. William’s Elementary School, which had been closed in 2009 and unused in the interim. In its first year in Boston, the school completed nearly $2 million in renovations to upgrade the facilities to modern high school. The school’s capacity also increased with the relocation and is now able to educate roughly 400 students.

The former North Cambridge Catholic building was sold on September 17, 2010 for 3.6 million dollars to Somerville resident Dr. Mouhab Z. Rizkallah, an orthodontist. The building underwent Cambridge Historical Landmark status in December 2010. It is located in a Residence B Zone, and is being converted into residential apartments.

Prominent graduates

Prominent graduates include former Speaker of the United States House of Representatives Thomas P. "Tip" O'Neill Jr. and former lieutenant governor of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts Thomas P. O'Neill III.

School facts

• Since 2010, 100% of graduates have been accepted to four-year colleges, and all graduates have been accepted to college since converting to the Cristo Rey model.
• 90% of students qualify for the federal free or reduced lunch program.
• The average family income is $27,672.
• The school is 78% Boston residents.
• The percentage of families living under the federal guidelines for poverty is 58%.^[4]

References

External links

• School Website
• More than a Dream (official book site)