On October 9, 2009, approximately 250 guests gathered at The Newark Club to honor basketball legend, Georgetown and Olympic Coach, John R. Thompson, Jr. and Founding Christ the King Prep President, Rev. Edward Glynn, S.J. for their contributions to urban education.

Thanks to the genorosity of hundreds of benefactors and supporters, we raised well over $100,000! Thanks to all who made this event such a trendous success! To schedule a visit or for more information on how you can support Newark's Cristo Rey High School, contact Anthony Nicotera, Director of Development: This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it ; 973-483-0033, x305.  Thanks again!

LINK TO GALA PHOTOS

Special thanks to photographer: Mark Wyville: www.markwyville.com (See photo album: CTK Gala 10/9/09)

Information About Our Honorees

Coach John R. Thompson, Jr. was head coach of the Georgetown University men’s basketball team from 1972 until 1998. Mr. Thompson was head coach of the 1988 United States Olympic basketball team. He hosts The John Thompson Show, a sports talk show on ESPN 980, Clear Channel Radio, in Washington, D.C.. He is a nationally broadcast sports analyst for the NBA on Turner Network Television (TNT) and the NCAA on the Westwood One, Inc. radio network. He serves as Assistant to the President of Georgetown for Urban Affairs, and he is a past President of the National Association of Basketball Coaches.

Rev. Edward Glynn, SJ, prior to taking the helm of Christ the King Prep, attended the University of Scranton and earned additional degrees at Fordham University, Woodstock College, Yale Divinity School, and the Graduate Theological Union in Berkeley, California. He has enjoyed a wide-ranging career in teaching, writing and administration. Father Glynn has served at Gonzaga High School in Washington, D.C., Georgetown University, America Magazine, Woodstock Theological Center, and as president of Gonzaga University, St. Peter's College, and John Carroll University.

Honorary Committee Chairpersons

Hon. Cory Booker, Mayor, City of Newark
John J. DeGioia, Ph.D., President, Georgetown University
Most Rev. John J. Myers, J.C.D., D.D., Archbishop of Newark

Honorary Committee Members & Emcee

Adrian Foley, Jr., Esq. • Hon. John J. Gibbons • Michael Gilfillan
Br. John W. Klein, F.M.S. • Lou Lamoriello • William J. Marino;
Clement A. Price & Mary Sue Sweeney Price • William Raftery • Francis X. Rienzo;
Sr. Dominica Rocchio, S.C. • Mr. & Mrs. Arthur Ryan • William A. Stein
Bill Raftery of CBS Sports, Emcee

Link to Christ the King Prep eNewsletter, Vol. 1, April, 2009 (Click here to read entire eNewsletter

Help Us Grow Our List of Corporate Partners

During these challenging economic times, our students need you more than ever. Give our students a job by becoming a Corporate Internship Program (CIP) partner, or connecting us with colleagues who can give our students a job. It's a win/win partnership for our community!

For more information about CIP partnership, contact Sandra Lerner, CIP Director, 973-483-0033, x309, This e-mail address is being protected from spambots, you need JavaScript enabled to view it .  Or click here to visit our CIP page on our website: Corporate Internship Program

Above: County Executive Joseph DiVincenzo (far right back) presents Teamwork Awards to CTK Prep CIP student interns Damien Munoz, Isaiah Woodard, Paul Tellez, Tashiyana Brown, and Yomarie Oritiz for their outstanding service to Essex County Commissioner of Registration and Elections. Also receiving the award, not pictured, was Jennifer Garcia.

eNews, Vol. 1, April 22, 2009 - The School That Works in Newark (Click here to read entire eNewsletter)

Star Ledger 5.7.09 (click here for video story)

A Newark Catholic school is still trying to offer affordable education

Since 2007, Christ the King Preparatory School in Newark has offered families an affordable Catholic high school education by having local businesses pay the school for students' office work one day a week. But the economic downturn is complicating school officials' efforts to sign up businesses at $25,000 a year, an amount that covers four students each working for the business one day a week. The school is part of the national 22-school Christ the King, or Cristo Rey, network of schools. (Video by Jeff Diamant/The Star-Ledger)

See video story at: http://videos.nj.com/star-ledger/2009/05/a_newark_catholic_school_is_st.html

Earning Their Keep

A new breed of urban Catholic high school asks disadvantaged kids to work for their tuition.

Laura Vanderkam | August/September 2008

Almost every weekday, 14-year-old Tiffany Adams rises before 6 a.m. in the Newark, New Jersey, home she shares with her grandmother and sisters. She dons her school uniform and catches two New Jersey Transit buses across the city, arriving at Christ the King Preparatory School, a Catholic high school that opened in September 2007, at 8. Most days she goes to the standard ninth-grade classes: algebra, Spanish, Western Civ. By all accounts, she excels at them. She is ranked first in her class. Her favorite subject is math, she says, “because it challenges me.”

But five school days a month, Adams skips the uniform and dons business attire. On those days, after a morning assembly, she bypasses the classrooms and hops instead into a van bound for Essex County College. There Adams works in the human resources department from 9:30 a.m. to 5:15 p.m. or so, scheduling résumé appointments, doing clerical work, and generally keeping the place functioning. Far from being a distraction, this opportunity to work while going to school is what drew Adams to Christ the King in the first place. “I thought it would be a good school for me to learn about business,” she says. “I would like to be an entrepreneur.”

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