cristo rey and de la salle: coincidence? maybe!

Transforming Urban America – One Student at a Time

History of the Cristo Rey NetworkOctober, 2012


Opening Prayer

– “Let us remember….– that we are in the holy presence of

God.”


Contents

Network History – Where we came from

Mission Effectiveness Standards

Network Update – Where we are today

Value of the Network

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Building A School Around StudentsSeptember 06, 1996Is Cristo Rey Jesuit High School every student's nightmare or every student's dream? Probably a bit of both, but one thing is certain: The kids who go there will come out with an education--and more.That's what is so appealing about the new school, which opened this week on Chicago's Southwest Side. In an age when public school calendars seem to include as many holidays, half-days and "institute days" as classroom days, students at Cristo Rey will attend school 10 1/2 months a year.


Why did the Jesuits open Cristo Rey in Chicago in 1996?

High drop out rates Fr. Jim Gartland, S.J., spoke to parents, community leaders,

educators, and young people. Biggest need was a high school. Parents wanted a school where students would be known and cared

for (two big high schools in Pilsen/Little Village had high dropout rates, were violent places, and were big and impersonal).

Parents knew that going to college was important How do we pay for this?

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Fully 65% of children in Pilsen drop out of school, according to the Chicago Board of Education, with dire consequences for their future participation in the work force. Pilsen's main high school, Benito Juarez reports that 94.5% of their students are classified as low income. In 1990, Latino youth (ages 16 to 19) unemployment in Chicago was 27.9%. The 1990 U.S. census reported a 13% unemployment rate for all Pilsen workers, compared to 7% for the city of Chicago. More recent estimates range up to 25%.


Work Study Program

The school and the work-study program are separate

corporations. ---------

Employers contract with school’s work-study corporation. This flat fee is a business expense. Some

professional service firms include it in the contract with a vendor, i.e, mail room. etc. and it does not add to the expenses.

---------Students are employees of our

work-study business---------

The employer receives the services of student employees

each day of the week.

CORPORATE CLIENTS

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HIGH SCHOOL

STUDENTS work

funding

feeeducatio

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Team of four students fill 1 FTE

Mon. Tue. Wed. Thurs. Fri.

Week 1

Week 2

Week 3

Week 4

Student-workers are put into JOB-SHARING teams and their academic schedules are modified so that four students job share a full-time entry level job without missing class.

(5 days/week; Monday-Friday; 8 hours; Late August to mid-June with full year option)


Types of Jobs


1999 – 2000: Educators seek to replicate Cristo Rey Jesuit High School

Original school was getting students to college Work Study Program was successful Catholic educators were looking for a way to make private, Catholic education

affordable to urban young people Historical context – in the 1990s and 2000s, small, innovative charter schools were

popping up all over the country. Results of the charter school is no doubt mixed, but the long waiting lists reinforce that parents in urban areas are looking for an alternative.

We knew parents across the country were looking for an alternative, just as the parents in Pilsen were a few years earlier.

Rich Clark and three Jesuits, including Fr. Foley, made a pilgrimage to Peru in 2000 to learn about the Fe & Alegria (Faith & Joy) schools – schools that educated the poor.

Key Learnings:– Starting point of a Fe & Alegria School is the poor and their needs – the mission comes from

the people served– Fe & Alegria’s formal Network and mission statement came many years after the schools

started

-- concluded the best thing to do was start schools; a formal Network could come later

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September 1996:

Cristo Rey Jesuit High School opens

June 2000: BJ Cassin visits Cristo Rey and

commits $12 million to support replication

May 2001:

First meeting of the Cristo Rey Network

September 2001: First replication – Portland

opens

Dec. 2002: Cristo Rey Network incorporated as

a 501(c)(3)

Jan. 2003: Original Presidents agree to


May 2003: Gates Grant of $9.9 million to continue

replication

September 2004: Six schools open – Network

now at 11 schools

May 2006: Gates makes second grant ($6 million) to support more growth &

build capacity of the Network center

September 2007: Seven Schools open – now 19

schools

September 2008: Three new schools open – 22

schools

2011-12: 24 Schools, more defined role of the

Network Center

Hooray!!!


B.J. & Bebe Cassin

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Melinda Gates

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Mission Effectiveness StandardsA Cristo Rey school . . .

1. Is explicitly Catholic in mission and enjoys Church approval.

2. Serves only economically disadvantaged students. The school is open to students of various faiths and cultures.

3. Is family centered and plays an active role in the local community.

4. Is accredited by a recognized regional accrediting association. It has a college preparatory curriculum designed for a high level of student engagement in their learning.

5. Requires participation by all students in the work-study program. All students must be 14 years old on or before September 1st.

6. Seeks to integrate the learning present in its work program, classroom and extracurricular experiences for the fullest benefit of its student workers.

7. Has an effective administrative and board structure as well as complies with all applicable state and federal laws.

8. Is financially sound. At full enrollment the school is primarily dependent on revenue from the work-study program to meet operating expenses. In addition, the school maintains a comprehensive advancement program to ensure financial stability.

9. Seeks to understand, assure, and improve how and how well its students learn and grow.

10. Is an active participant in the collaboration, support, and development of the Cristo Rey Network.

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Standard Two: A Cristo Rey school serves only economically disadvantaged students. The school is open to students of various faiths and cultures. All accepted applicants to a Cristo Rey school must complete a third-party financial aid process

approved by the Network that incorporates their most recently filed tax records, family demographics (e.g., family size) and other relevant financial information. The school annually shares the student income information from the third-party financial aid service with the Network.

Through its admissions process, the school continually renews its commitment to the marginalized by aggressively seeking students from economically disadvantaged families and neighborhoods. Specifically, schools recruit students who are eligible for the federal free/reduced lunch program. As a result, each school maintains an admissions policy that considers student income levels and meets one of the following measures for all incoming students:

– the per capita Adjusted Available Family Income for an individual student’s family (as determined by a Network-approved third-party financial aid service) shall not exceed 75% of the per capita Median Household Income (as indicated by the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey) of the city in which the school is located or for the nation, whichever is higher; or

– the total Adjusted Available Family Income for an individual student’s family (as determined by a Network-approved third-party financial aid service) shall not exceed 75% of the Median Household Income (as indicated by the U.S. Census Bureau’s most recent American Community Survey) of the city in which the school is located or for the nation, whichever is higher.

Beyond the assistance provided by the work-study program, the school provides financial aid to families who cannot afford the full tuition, while maintaining a policy that every student must pay something.

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School Openings

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Where we stand today as a Network

Network Schools

Chicago Pilsen (Opened 1996)Portland (2001)Los Angeles (2002)Austin (2002) (withdrew)Denver (2003) Boston (2004)Cleveland (2004)Lawrence (2004)New York (2004)Tucson (2004)Waukegan (2004)Kansas City (2006) Sacramento (2006) Baltimore (2007)Birmingham (2007) Indianapolis (2007) Minneapolis (2007)Newark (2007)Omaha (2007) (closed)Washington DC (2007) Brooklyn (2008)Chicago West (2008)Detroit (2008)Houston (2009) San Francisco (2009) Cincinnati (2011) Philadelphia (2012)

School Growth by Year & Projected Openings


Cristo Rey Network Update (2011-12 by the numbers): Replication Strategy Has Been Successful

25 schools in 19 states (DePaul Cristo Rey to open in Fall 2011) 7,000+ students 2,000 projected annual graduates in coming years 1750 corporate job partners (250 new this year) $30+ million revenue earned in 2010-2011 from the Work Study Program 850+ employed locally by our schools $73 million expended in local markets this year, which is the sum of all

schools’ operating budgets Over 85% of Class of 2008 Cristo Rey Network graduates have enrolled in

post secondary options 97% freshmen to sophomore retention rate at University Partners

Time calls the Cristo Rey Network

“an island of success in the Catholic ocean.”

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Student profile, 2010-11 Academic year

$36,636 Average family income

4.1 Average family size

69%Freshmen qualifying for free or reduced lunch

2010-11 Student Enrollment

9th Grade Students in 2010-11(Class of 2014)

2%

33%

56%

4%5%Ethnicity

Asian Black Hispanic

White Other

59%33%

3%4%

Religion

Catholic Christian

Non-Christian Unknown

45%

36%

17%

2% 0%

School of Origin

Public

Catholic

Charter

Private

Other

2005-06 2006-07 2007-08 2008-09 2009-10 2010-11

2,449 2,882

4,2355,003

5,8916,459Enrollment by Year

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The Cristo Rey Network Brand Continues to Gain National Attention

The Network was profiled in the following publications and shows:

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The Cristo Rey Network Brand Continues to Gain National Attention

Cristo Rey Network Leadership was invited to speak at the following universities and summits:

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Replication Direction and Assistance (8 current sites)

Quality Assurance – protect the brand– Helps schools focus on achieving the

10 Standards– Mission constantly refined with input

from the schools Best Practices Sharing

– Mission Effectiveness Reviews

(12 annually)– Annual Data Report (formerly called

the Statistical Directory)– School snapshots– Monthly and quarterly cohort

conference calls– 6 weeks of professional development – Annual Meeting of schools– College tracking

Teacher Effectiveness Training (14 schools)

Principal Support (6 schools) Curriculum and Assessment

Development (14 schools) 22 schools planning to be involved

during summer 2011

Initiatives of the Network Center (2011)

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Mission Effectiveness Educational Enrichment Initiative


The 4th Cristo Rey Leadership Academy at the Kellogg School of Management

Annual Meeting of Network schools Development Director meeting in

September (2012) New President orientation New Principal orientation President and Principal search

assistance

Tracking of all Cristo Rey Network graduates through partnership with National Student Clearinghouse

National College Partner Program Postsecondary Summit

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Leadership Development Postsecondary Initiatives

Initiatives of the Network Center


Where the Network is going:Our Replication Strategy Has Been Successful

This summer 250 educators from almost every Cristo Rey Network school and 24 college partners will participate in six weeks of teacher effectiveness workshops, institutes on curriculum development and implementation, a leadership academy at Northwestern University and a summit on postsecondary success at DePaul University.

The Cristo Rey Network has moved from solely a successful school replicator

to a high value professional development partner

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Executive Chairman, Rev. John P. Foley, S.J. President, Rob Birdsell

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Elena Sanchez, Class of 2009, Saint Martin, Cleveland(From an English class assignment)

Oberlin, Class of 2013

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I am From

Elena Sanchez

I am from the big yellow house in the middle of the street

I am from the street where there’s no bike riding,

The street where the ice cream truck never slows down

I am from the porch you could hide under

I am from the house that had dirt where grass should be

I am from the stolen skateboard

I am from the school where asking for help was tattling

I am from the desk in the back corner

I am from the books read at recess

I am from the pictures drawn in gym

I am from the broken lunchbox

I am from a fight on the playground

I am from a weave in my eight year old hands

I am from ignoring rumors and laughing them off

I am from dismissing the past


I am from learning to trust and making friends

I am from the CDs on repeat

I am from the notebook under my mattress

I am from 100 pairs of headphones blown out

I am from 1,000 mistakes huge mistakes and meager relationships

I am from dreams of being someone

I am from frustrated tears on a pillow

I am from the tissues that dried them away

I am from a mother who never gave up

I am from crawling through life but

I am from getting back up as well

I am from pain I thought would never end

I am from victory over my younger years

I am from saddle shoes and out of style clothes

And I am from making them work

I am from a mold of my own

I am from perseverance

I am from never staying down

I am from a fight that will never end

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It has been necessary to prepare this guide for Christian Schools so that all may be done uniformly in all the schools and in all the places where there are Brothers of this Institute, and that the practices there will always be the same. People are so subject to laxity, and even to change, that they must have written rules to keep them within the limits of their duties and to prevent them from introducing something new or destroying what has been wisely established. --Conduct of the Christian Schools, Introduction to 1720 edition

Cristo Rey Network’s 10 Standards answer similar need!


Rheims, France - 1679

The Need –

– What can be done to break the cycle of economic and spiritual poverty?

The Situation –

• Rampant Poverty• Multi-

Generational

1679 Rheims=1996 Pilsen!


One Commitment Leads to Another

Assists Adrien Nyel Works With Teachers A Challenge: Trust in

Providence Establishes a Teaching

CommunityOne school grows into movement which develops strong professional development component!


I had not thought of doing this before, but not because others

had not suggested that I do such work…

The Gentle Persistence of God


And if I had ever thought…



God, who directs all things with wisdom and gentleness…

…one commitment led me into the next one without my having foreseen

this in the beginning.



Essential Characteristics

We Instill Gospel Values We are Animated by and Foster a Spirit of Faith & Zeal We Exercise a Preferential Option for

Those Who Are Poor We Develop and Maintain Diverse Programs

Meeting Recognized Standards of Excellence We Create and Sustain Respectful Human

Relationships in CommunityCristo Rey Movement!


Closing Prayer

Closing: Saint John Baptist de La

Salle… Pray for us! Live, Jesus, in our hearts… Forever!

cristo rey and de la salle: coincidence? maybe!

Education

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urban areas

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public school calendars

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