Article: Work-study plan key to new Jesuit school.(Christo Rey High School, Chicago, IL)(Catholic Education)(Cover Story)

CHICAGO -- Drivers entering and leaving downtown Chicago on I-55 can see the Pilgen/Little Village neighborhood, with its rows of tenements, to the south of an elevated portion of the highway and just minutes from the Loop.

Sixteen-year-old Gustavo Rodriguez lives in that densely populated close-in southwest area where high schools are seriously overcrowded and plagued by high dropout rates, and gangs proliferate. He needs only one word to describe his feelings about attending Christo Rey High School, the new Jesuit school opening in his neighborhood in the fall: "Wow." For him, he said, it is a dream come true.

Rodriguez is a member of the liturgy commission ...

Related newspaper, magazine, and journal articles:

 
 
Newsweek Harper's Magazine The Washington Post Chicago Tribune Crain's Chicago Business PRNewswire Pediatric News The Nation Advertising Age The Economist (US) A FREE trial gives you access to over 80 million articles! Access over 6,500 publications with a FREE trial!