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#EvertoExcel: CRSM Tops Network in AP Coursework

#EvertoExcel: CRSM Tops Network in AP Coursework

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...

Foundation Takes Teens on Impactful Adventures Around the World

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

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

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”

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...

Summer Reads: Principal Mike Odiotti’s Top Picks

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

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....