Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Takoma Park, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington.The school finished renovation in 2007 and is currently educating its third class of students for 2012.This school is one of the many schools in the Cristo Rey Network which are found nationwide. The current president is Fr. Steve Shafran. The current principal is Fr. John Serio. Alicia Bondanella is the Executive Director of the Corporate Work Study Program. The students work one day a week (Tues-Fri) plus one Monday per month. The jobs that the students are employed help pay for the bulk of the tuition.
Read more about Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School: Background, Book About The Cristo Rey Model
Famous quotes containing the words don, cristo, high and/or school:
“I know what you’re thinking. Did he fire six shots or only five? Well, to tell you the truth, in all this excitement I’ve kinda lost track myself. But being this is a .44 Magnum, the most powerful handgun in the world, and would blow your head clean off—you’ve got to ask yourself one question: Do I feel lucky? Well, do ya, punk?”
—Harry Fink, U.S. screenwriter, Rita Fink, U.S. screenwriter, Dean Riesner, U.S. screenwriter, and Don Siegel. Harry Callahan (Clint Eastwood)
“Pull out a Monte Cristo at a dinner party and the political liberal turns into the nicotine fascist.”
—Martyn Harris (b. 1952)
“Oh may my heart’s truth
Still be sung
On this high hill in a year’s turning.”
—Dylan Thomas (1914–1953)
“The future is built on brains, not prom court, as most people can tell you after attending their high school reunion. But you’d never know it by talking to kids or listening to the messages they get from the culture and even from their schools.”
—Anna Quindlen (b. 1953)