Days after finishing her freshman year in college, Abbey Guadarrama found herself in a cubicle in the Corporate Work Study office at Cristo Rey’s new home. The Class of 2017 alumna is on a mission to be a person for others, she says. That is exactly what she did this summer. As the work study program’s intern she spent her … Read More
Summer programs take students on life-changing adventures
Traveling across the country to colleges like Barnard, Stanford and Skidmore, to immigration camps on the Nogales, AZ border, or to the ancient ruins of Thailand can seem like the ends of the world from Waukegan – and really scary. But, CRSM students who are doing exactly that, say it is overwhelming in the best kind of way, sharing cultures, … Read More
Off to the North Woods: Adventure, stewardship in action
By Thailly, a rising sophomore who spent several weeks this summer in the Center for Conservation Leadership program. On their north woods adventure, students left their cell phones behind and learned about team work and individual leadership in the care and conservation of the environment. I thought that the CCL program was going to just be a walk-and-talk kind of … Read More
Two colleges, one summer
A Reflection on High School Summer Experiences, By America, CRSM Class of 2019 This summer I was blessed to have had the opportunity to attend Illinois Institute of Technology’s psychology summer program as well as Marquette University’s Summer Leadership Institute. Both strongly influenced me, and I couldn’t be more proud about having had attended both of these programs. Illinois Institute … Read More
Urban Land Institute honors CRSM new building team
The architects, general contractor and the entire build team were honored June 13, 2018 at the Urban Land Initiative Chicago Vision Awards for their creativity and passion in transforming a big box Kmart into a state-of-the-art CRSM high school. Defining the standard for real estate development in the Chicagoland area, the ULI Vision awards recognize visionaries in the industry along … Read More
Gov. Bruce Rauner stops by CRSM, applauds students, work-study program
Illinois Governor Bruce Rauner visited Waukegan and stopped by CRSM June 28, 2018 for an informal chat with students, faculty, board members and work-study partners, and tour of the school. During the roundtable session held in the library, he said he strongly supports programs such as the Corporate Work Study program and praised students for their hard work and for … Read More
Nine-to-five: Alumnus helps students dream big
At 19, Brian De La Cruz is busy building a career (and a LinkedIn profile) that shines by leveraging his past experience, both in retail marketing at Walgreens while in high school (through the Corporate Work Study program) and last summer as an intern at a smaller boutique marketing agency. This summer, building on those work experiences, the Class of 2017 … Read More
Next: The College Class of 2022, go get ’em!
With 89 students, the Class of 2018 has been awarded over $41 million in scholarships, the largest in the school’s history and Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep is sending 100 percent of these new alumni to college. On Saturday, June 2, 2018, the new graduates received their diplomas at a Baccalaureate Mass and Commencement Ceremony held for the first … Read More
Valedictorian Speech: You have earned your spot to succeed
By Julissa Jasmine Medina, Valedictorian Julissa will be attending University of Notre Dame in the fall First and foremost, I want to thank some important people who have made an impact in my life. Mom: I am so blessed to have been brought into this world by such an amazing, hardworking, and caring individual. You are one of the strongest … Read More
Salutatorian Speech: The Class of 2018 is the face of hope for Waukegan
By Jose Manual Martinez Jose will be attending Tufts University in the fall I am going to focus on the special people who were by my side at Cristo Rey St. Martin. Greetings to all the families, students, and friends who are here today to celebrate the graduation of the class of 2018. It is a very special moment, and … Read More