Rigorous academic training is the norm at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan like it is in most high schools where a college education is a given, but Cristo Rey adds something else.

Students at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan work for companies like AbbVie, Abbott, Grainger, Discover, Underwriters Laboratories and Wintrust to help fund their education and get a ...

Cristo Rey Saint Martin College Prep cut the ribbon on their new campus in Waukegan Tuesday morning. The school which opened in 2004 had outgrown its old home at the former Saint Joseph parish ...

Turning an abandoned Kmart into a school for 400 underserved students when another site fell through was a tall order for JGMA and McShane Construction. The big box store had no identity and no ...

Cristo Rey St. Martin College Preparatory (CRSM), a school with a unique educational model, has built a culture of accountability and student achievement. Founded in 2004 with a mission of serving ...

About 450 founders, students, parents, faculty, staff and volunteers gathered under a tent and in the parking lot of Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep in Waukegan Aug. 29 to celebrate the school ...

“It gives them a real-world experience where they can see that hard work pays off, and they can see the jobs that they can some day get with a college degree,” said Gomez, who prior to Cristo Rey ...

This week, students of Waukegan’s Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep officially moved into their new—and unorthodox—campus inside a converted Kmart store. Designed by Chicago-based Juan ...

Cristo Rey, Christ the King in Spanish, is part of a national network of college preparatory schools that aims to help low-income and minority youth. The school at 6400 E Chelsea St. will open ...

at Lake Forest Open Lands Association is teaming up with The Urban Wilderness Program to offer a boat building workshop at Cristo Rey St. Martin College Prep (CRSM) in Waukegan on November 6-14 ...