Type Private, Coeducational President Fr. Joseph Parkes Grades 9-12 Phone +1 212-996-7000 Number of students 354 (2008) | Principal William Ford Tuition 2,000 USD Founded 2004 | |
Established 2004; 13 years ago (2004) Address 112 E 106th St, New York, NY 10029, USA Similar Xavier High School, Regis High School, Cathedral High School, Dominican Academy, Eleanor Roosevelt High Sch Profiles | ||
Cristo Rey New York High School is a college preparatory, Catholic high school located in East Harlem, Manhattan, New York City. Students spend one day out of the week interning with multinational corporations such as Pfizer, American Express, JP Morgan, and McKinsey. The school's founder and principal is Bill Ford, whose aunt is the martyr Ita Ford.
According to Father Joseph Parkes, the president of the school, Cristo Rey High School was "founded around a work-study program, so that, in effect, the school would function like a temp agency." The students, who are 98% black and Latino, serve as a "diversity pipeline" for the corporations, while the students' salaries constitute much of the school's operating costs. The students gain "a good deal of poise" in addition to clerical skills. Some are offered summer jobs.
History
Cristo Rey New York High School was established in 2004. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network of high schools, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago. This school ministry is endorsed by the American Province of the Society of the Holy Child Jesus, the Long Island New England Province of the Brothers of the Christian Schools, and the New York Province of the Society of Jesus. In January 2008, Loyola Press released a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World. Written by G. R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago, the book documents the unlikely development of the Cristo Rey model and its success throughout the United States.