The LI-NE District is one of the sponsors of Cristo Rey, a Jesuit High School in New York City. The school held its first commencment exercises on Thursday June 12, 2008 in St Cecilia's Church. Forty seniors received their high school diplomas.
The senior class garnered 109 college scholarships and 24 academic scholarships, many to prestigious institutions.
During the academic year, the students received 70 medals for their excellence on the National Spanish Exam, which was more than any other NYC school that took the exam. The girls basketball and the boys soccer teams were league champions of the Charter School Athletic Association. And Cristo Rey students contributed almost 6,000 hours of service at various hospitals, schools and churches.
What remarkable accomplishments for such a young school !
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