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TVEducation initiative topic of ‘For Heaven’s Sake’ Channel 4 TV program April 19
April 8th, 2009An innovative educational program that has gained the attention of the "60 Minutes" television program and national media, as well as support from prestigious foundations is the topic on the local TV program, "For Heaven's Sake," which airs Sunday, April 19 at 5:30 a.m. on KRON-Channel 4.
San Francisco's Immaculate Conception Academy (ICA) - a Catholic college preparatory Dominican high school for girls - has joined the Christo Rey Network. Christo Rey is an innovative educational program in which students work one day a week in a business or corporate setting, where they gain confidence and experience, while earning part of their tuition. Started in 1996 in Chicago and named for Christo Rey Jesuit High School, which initiated the concept to help lower income urban students gain a quality education, the Christo Rey Network now includes 22 schools, three of them in California.
Anne O'Dea, marketing director at ICA describes the transition to a Christo Rey school, the opportunities and learning experience available to students, and the benefits that businesses and corporations gain by participation in the corporate work study program.
Fellow guest David Alfaro, currently a third-year student at the University of San Francisco and a graduate of Christo Rey Jesuit in Chicago, relates his personal experience. He attributes his success of becoming the first in his family to attend college a direct result of attending a Christo Rey school.
For Heaven's Sake - which airs on the third Sunday each month at 5:30 a.m. on Channel 4 - is a co-production of the San Francisco Archdiocese Office of Communications and KRON-Channel 4.
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