With 100 percent of CRSM seniors accepted to 4-year college and university bachelor’s programs the last three years in a row and on track for the fourth year, students also are leading the Cristo Rey Network in Advanced Placement courses. Of the 10 AP subject...
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The latest news from Cristo Rey St. Martin.
Foundation Takes Teens on Impactful Adventures Around the World
For CRSM student Brandon, last summer was a season of superlative adventures, hiking mountains, kayaking, rafting, glacier excursions, wildlife watching and connecting to the abundant natural beauty of Alaska. The three-week trek was funded through the Ellie Burns...
Students Explore Threats to Democracy, and the Future of America
On Saturday, Sept. 10th, 19 members of the Art Club traveled to the Weinberg/Newton Gallery in Chicago to experience and reflect upon a diverse range of democracy issues presented through the arts, videos, and sculpture. The Weinberg/Newton Museum is a non-commercial...
Corporate Work Study Program Returns to Full Speed
Modeling CRSM’s strategic plan to “Survive, Revive and Thrive,” the CRSM Corporate Work Study Program hit the ground running this school year. Almost all the 407 students with business and nonprofit partners. Freshmen spent the last week boarding vans to banks,...
Teachers Freshen Up Their Academic Excellence at “Summer School”
Many CRSM teachers are returning to the classroom this week with a renewed passion for literature, science, leadership, social studies, and a variety of new AP exam testing expertise after attending teacher institutes and professional development programs across the...
Students Return to the Classroom and Workplace to Kick off 2022-23 School Year
It is Monday morning and the first day of school at CRSM. The entire community of 406 students, including the new freshman Class of 2026, and about 100 faculty, staff and volunteers gathered at 8:15 a.m. in the cafeteria for a kick-off assembly. “We want you to do...
Crossing Borders: Students Experience First-Hand the Plight of Asylum Seekers
Last month, five recent CRSM grads traveled to the southernmost border section between Mexico and the United States to witness first-hand the plight of asylum seekers and to better understand the humanitarian crisis at the border. The goal of the annual trip is for...
Summer Reads: Principal Mike Odiotti’s Top Picks
Grab a book and your beach bag! Principal Mike Odiotti’s top summer reads! For the fourth year in a row, “Dr. O” is sharing his favorite books of the summer (thus far). “Read, read, and read” is the mantra he’s always sharing with students, staff, and faculty “both...
Girl Power! STEM Summer Camp at CRSM
It’s a growing trend: Female participation in STEM education (science, technology, engineering, and mathematics and computer coding), is becoming increasingly popular as an exciting, interactive path for girls who are eyeing science as a career path at an early age....
Baird “Kids Win!” Grant Brings Student-Run Coffee Shop Within Reach
Cristo Rey St. Martin is honored to have been selected as an inaugural recipient of The Paul Purcell “Kids Win!” Annual Baird Education Grant. The grant award was established as a tribute to former Baird Chairman Paul E. Purcell who passed away in February 2020. Mr....