By Alberto Garcia
A new high school in San Diego is offering students a combination of strong academics and real-world career experience to better prepare them for college and beyond.
Cristo Rey High School, an independent Catholic school, is part of a 39-school network of similar schools throughout the country originally founded in 1996 to provide working-class families with a high-quality education in a way that makes it financially attainable; students work part-time in professional settings to help offset part of their tuition while gaining valuable work experience.
“Cristo Rey will best help students from economically disadvantaged families who may not otherwise have access to a high-quality, college-preparatory education,” Robert Nascenzi, Founding President of Cristo Rey High School in San Diego told La Prensa San Diego. “The school challenges students to recognize their full potential and to love God, respect others, and serve their community,” he added.
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Central Indiana Community Foundation’s Grant Program
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Deadline: 31-Jan-21
The Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF) is seeking proposals for its grant program to help not-for-profits do world-changing work.
The mission of CICF is to mobilize people, ideas and investments to make this a Community where all individuals have equitable opportunity to reach their full potential no matter place, race or identity.
The teams at Central Indiana Community Foundation (CICF), The Indianapolis Foundation and Hamilton County Community Foundation, have studied the growing body of research that tells a dismaying story about the American Dream. Studies from The Brookings Institution, nationally, and locally in partnership with Indy Chamber and The Central Indiana Corporate Partnership (CICP); Stanford researcher Raj Chetty; and several others, confirm three things: