San Miguel High School is a private Catholic and Lasallian college and college preparatory school located on the south side of Tucson, Arizona, United States. It is a member of the Cristo Rey Network of work-study schools.
History
San Miguel High School opened in 2004 to assist capable students from families of limited means to prepare for college.[2] It follows the Cristo Rey work-study model, whereby students work in businesses five days a month to earn 40% of their tuition.[3] In its first nine years, the school had 492 graduates, all of whom were admitted to college. Current enrollment is 296, with 71 on the staff. About 97% of the students are Hispanic.[4]
Academics
A total of 24 credits are required for graduation, as is participation in the Corporate Internship program. Four credits are required in English, mathematics, religious studies, and science; three in foreign language and social studies; and one in visual/performing arts and in academic skills/literacy.
All students make a daylong retreat in each of the first three years and in the senior year a three-day Kairos retreat.[7] The school also offers a five-day border immersion program, El Otro Lado, for students and staff to become informed and to strengthen their Christian perspective on the US-Mexican border problem.[8]
Athletics:
80% of students are the first in their families to go to college.
63% of students attend a four-year university or college.
72% of San Miguel graduates have either graduated from college or are persisting in college, according to the National Student Clearinghouse Report 2015.
Kearney, G. R. More Than a Dream: The Cristo Rey Story: How One School's Vision Is Changing the World. Chicago, Ill: Loyola Press, 2008. ISBN978-0-82-942576-5
