DePaul Cristo Rey High School (DPCR) is a private,

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located in the

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neighborhood of

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. The non-diocesan school, which opened June 5, 2011, is one of 37

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s that serve the

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, it is sponsored by the

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as a member of the

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of work-study schools.

History

DePaul Cristo Rey is located one block south of

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at the former German-language Concordia Evangelical

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Church (german: Concordia Evangelisch-Lutherisch Kirche), which disbanded on August 23, 2009, a year after closing its elementary school. In November 2009, the Sisters of Charity of Cincinnati purchased the building and grounds with the intention of establishing a Cristo Rey school. DePaul Cristo Rey was dedicated June 5, 2011, and welcomed its first freshman class on August 17, 2011, to become Cincinnati's first new Catholic school since La Salle,

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, and

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High Schools opened in 1960.

Work-study

Following the Cristo Rey model, DePaul Cristo Rey's Corporate Work Study Progra
(CWSP)
partners with ove
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

External links

DePaul Cristo Rey High School official webpage

More than a Dream (official book site)Cristo Rey Network

''Partners'' - Cristo Rey Network

Fr. John P. Foley honored with Presidential Citizen's Medal60 minutes

Boston Globe - With sense of purpose, students cut class for a day

Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation - Success of Innovative Urban Catholic School Sparks Major Investment
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