DePaul Cristo Rey High School
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| name = DePaul Cristo Rey High School
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| streetaddress = 3440 Central Pkwy
| city = Cincinnati
| state = Ohio
| zipcode = 45225-1405, USA
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| district = Roman Catholic Archdiocese of CincinnatiAlthough located within the geographic boundaries of the Archdiocese of Cincinnati and Cincinnati Public Schools, DePaul Cristo Rey is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati.
| authority = Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati
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| president = Siobhan Taylor
| principal = Jim Schurrer
| enrollment = 297
| enrollment_as_of = 2022-23
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| affiliation = Cristo Rey Network
| type = Private, college-preparatory, work-study, Roman Catholic
| tuition = Sliding scale based on each family circumstances
| gender = Co-ed
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| campus = 10 acres, urban
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| slogan = The School that Works for Cincinnati
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| mascot = Bruin
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| colors = Blue and Gold {{color box|blue}}{{color box|gold}}
| established = June 5, 2011
| free_label1 = Patron
| free_text1 =St. Vincent de Paul
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| homepage = [http://www.depaulcristorey.org/ depaulcristorey.org]
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DePaul Cristo Rey High School (DPCR) is a private, college-preparatory high school located in the Clifton neighborhood of Cincinnati, Ohio, United States. The non-diocesan school, which opened June 5, 2011, is one of 37 {{Cite web|url=https://www.cristoreynetwork.org/|title=Home - Cristo Rey Network|website=www.cristoreynetwork.org|language=en-US|access-date=2020-01-28}}Catholic high schools that serve the Archdiocese of Cincinnati. Named after St. Vincent de Paul, it is sponsored by the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati as a member of the Cristo Rey Network of work-study schools.
History
DePaul Cristo Rey is located one block south of Cincinnati State Technical and Community College at the former German-language Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church ({{langx|de|Concordia Evangelisch-Lutherisch Kirche}}),{{cite web|title=Concordia Lutheran Church|work=The Sacred Spaces of Greater Cincinnati and the German Influence|url=http://libraries.uc.edu/libraries/arb/exhibits/sacred_spaces/concordia.html}} which disbanded on August 23, 2009, a year after closing its elementary school.{{cite web|title=Concordia Lutheran Church Will Close|publisher=Concordia Evangelical Lutheran Church|date=2009-07-27|access-date=2011-08-16|url=http://www.concordia-cincy.org/Concordia%20story.htm|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121217153940/http://concordia-cincy.org/Concordia%20story.htm|archive-date=2012-12-17|url-status=dead}} In November 2009, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati purchased the building and grounds with the intention of establishing a Cristo Rey school.{{cite news|title=New Catholic school selects site|first=Denise Smith|last=Amos|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2009-11-04}}
DePaul Cristo Rey was dedicated June 5, 2011, and welcomed its first freshman class on August 17, 2011,{{cite news|title=DePaul Cristo Rey students get down to business|first=Denise Smith|last=Amos|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2011-08-06|access-date=2011-08-16|url=http://news.cincinnati.com/article/20110807/NEWS0102/108070374/|quote=Two weeks before DePaul Cristo Rey High officially opens its doors as Cincinnati's first new Catholic high school in over 50 years, some in its first freshman class are already getting a case of the jitters.}} to become Cincinnati's first new Catholic school since La Salle, Moeller, and McAuley High Schools opened in 1960.{{cite news|title=First Catholic High School in 50 Years Nears|first=Denise Smith|last=Amos|work=The Cincinnati Enquirer|publisher=Gannett Company|date=2010-10-21|access-date=2011-08-16|url=http://www.depaulcristorey.org/cf_news/view.cfm?newsid=14}}
Work-study
Following the Cristo Rey model, DePaul Cristo Rey's Corporate Work Study Program [https://www.depaulcristorey.org/corporateworkprogram/our-higher-standard (CWSP)] partners with over [https://www.depaulcristorey.org/corporateworkprogram/our-partners-sponsors 90 local businesses and community organizations] in a one-of-a-kind program in Greater Cincinnati. Students go to school four days a week and work one day at a business or organization helping to finance their own private, college-prep high school education as they grow professionally and personally working side-by-side with adults in workplaces around the region. In the nine years since the first class graduated (in 2015), every senior, every year has been accepted to college.
References
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External links
- [http://www.depaulcristorey.org/ DePaul Cristo Rey High School official webpage]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110728050345/http://www.srcharitycinti.org/ministry/cristo%20rey%20vision.htm Sisters of Charity school profile]
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20080106140133/http://www.morethanadreambook.com/ More than a Dream (official book site)]
- [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/ Cristo Rey Network]
- [http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=366 Partners - Cristo Rey Network] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151222074823/http://www.cristoreynetwork.org/page.cfm?p=366 |date=2015-12-22 }}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20120202112544/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2008-12-11/news/0812100589_1_cristo-rey-network-presidential-citizens-medal-rev-john-foley Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal]
- [http://www.cbsnews.com/news/in-a-class-by-itself/ 60 minutes]
- [https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/09/12/AR2008091202605.html?sub=AR Cristo Rey Featured in WashPost column by George Will]
- [http://www.boston.com/news/education/k_12/articles/2004/11/30/with_sense_of_purpose_students_cut_class_for_a_day?pg=full Boston Globe - With sense of purpose, students cut class for a day]
- [http://www.gatesfoundation.org/Media-Center/Press-Releases/2003/05/New-CollegePreparatory-High-Schools Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment]
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Category:Private schools in Cincinnati
Category:High schools in Hamilton County, Ohio
Category:Catholic secondary schools in Ohio
Category:Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Category:Educational institutions established in 2011
Category:Poverty-related organizations based in the United States