
January Message from Dr. Crooks
Greetings from Providence Cristo Rey where we are celebrating Catholic Schools Week! As we take time to join in the mission and successes of Catholic Schools throughout the United States, we as a school are focusing on the virtue of knowledge. This virtue appropriately summarizes the theme for Catholic Schools Week: Learn, Serve, Lead, Succeed. The Cristo Rey Network uses the tagline: Transforming Urban America One Student at a Time. One of the key ways that we are transform

Catholic Schools Week 2018
Happy Catholic Schools Week! We are proud to be a Catholic school, and are so excited to celebrate this special aspect of our school. We will be sharing all of our activities and photos from this week on this blog post. Keep checking back to see what we are up to this week! Monday | Celebrate Your Community Day We start every morning with all students and teachers gathered together for prayer and announcements. Our prayer today: God our Maker, we praise you for the gift of co

Learning the Language of Money
"I believe I can understand the language of money." "I believe I don't have to be buried in debt." These affirmation statements were made by freshman students in our Personal Finance course. "This class is teaching me about saving and making good choices with money," says freshman Jazmen Downs. "I am learning a lot!" All Providence Cristo Rey freshman must take this course. Students gain basic personal finance knowledge, such as how credit cards work, how to budget, investing

Forming Catholic Educators at Providence Cristo Rey
Allie Griffith (second from right) with the other five Indianapolis ACE Teaching Fellows Providence Cristo Rey is proud to have partnerships with two Catholic teaching programs run by the University of Notre Dame, ECHO Teaching Theology and the Alliance for Catholic Education (ACE). Kelsey Hayes (ECHO - Theology), Andrew Jansen (ACE - History), and Imani Bunn (ACE - Biology) are second year teachers with these programs at Providence Cristo Rey. Read their interview from last

DECA Team Excels at District Competition
The Providence Cristo Rey High School DECA club had an excellent competition performance at the 2018 DECA District 8 Career Development Conference. DECA prepares emerging leaders and entrepreneurs in marketing, finance, hospitality and management in high schools and colleges around the globe. Providence Cristo Rey's DECA club is in its fourth year. DECA members choose a concentration area and are judged on an exam and their performance during role-play scenarios. There are us