Type Private, coeducational Grades 9–12 Mascot General officer | Principal Michael J. O'Hagan Phone +1 303-455-7449 Colors Grey, Navy Blue | |
Motto Men and Women for Others Religious affiliation(s) Roman Catholic (Jesuit) Established 2003; 14 years ago (2003) Address 4343 Utica St, Denver, CO 80212, USA Accreditation North Central Association of Colleges and Schools Similar Bishop Machebeuf High Sch, Regis University, Mullen High School, North High School, Regis Jesuit High School Profiles | ||
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Arrupe Jesuit High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Denver, Colorado, United States. Founded in 2003, it is part of the Cristo Rey Network and places students in business internships to help defray the cost of tuition. The school is run independently in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Denver.
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History
Arrupe Jesuit High School was founded by the Missouri Province Jesuits and business leaders in Denver as a school using the Cristo Rey model to serve economically disadvantaged students. The school was named after the former superior general of the Jesuit order, Father Pedro Arrupe.
In early 2003, the school purchased the Holy Family Catholic School campus in northwest Denver to house the new program.
The school opened in August 2003 with a class of ninth graders and added another grade each year until the 2006-2007 school year, which saw the school's first graduating class of 47 students.
Curriculum
Arrupe requires students to earn about two-thirds of the annual cost of their education, done through a corporate work-study program where students job-share entry-level positions, working five days a month during the school year. Students have 6 academic classes per day, and if they fail to do their homework they have mandatory study hall (7th Period).
Extracurricular activities
Arrupe Jesuit High School athletic teams compete at the 3A level in Colorado High School Activities Association-sanctioned competition. Teams are fielded in men's soccer, women's volleyball, men's and women's basketball, women's soccer, baseball, and cross-country.
Book about the Cristo Rey model
In January 2008, Loyola Press released a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World. The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at the original Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, documents the development of the Cristo Rey model and its progress throughout the United States.