Fifty years after the founding of the first Jesuit school in the city of Houston, the Jesuits and their lay collaborators are poised to once again found another school in the same city with a focus on getting the poorest and most-at-risk children of Houston ready for college. Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory School of Houston, the first co-educational school sponsored by the Jesuits of the New Orleans Province, will open its doors to 100 freshmen on August 10, 2009. Its inaugural class of young men and women will participate in one of the most exciting educational models in the country - the Cristo Rey Network that consists of 23 schools across the nation.To watch a video from News2Houston on the opening of Cristo Rey Jesuit, click on the picture below.
