Saint Martin de Porres High School is a private

Private school

Private schools, also known as independent schools or nonstate schools, are not administered by local, state or national governments; thus, they retain the right to select their students and are funded in whole or in part by charging their students' tuition, rather than relying on mandatory...

 high school

High school

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 in the St. Clair-Superior

St. Clair-Superior

St. Clair-Superior is a near east side neighborhood of Cleveland, Ohio. St. Clair-Superior is one the oldest and most culturally diverse neighborhoods in Cleveland, and is the location of Cleveland's present-day AsiaTown. The neighborhood is bordered by Interstate 90 to the North, Payne Avenue to...

 neighborhood on the East Side of Cleveland, Ohio

Cleveland, Ohio

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Background

Saint Martin de Porres High School was established in 2004. It is part of the Cristo Rey Network

Cristo Rey Network

The Cristo Rey Network comprises 25 high schools that provide a quality, Catholic, college preparatory education to urban young people who live in communities with limited educational options...

 of high schools, the original being Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Chicago

Chicago

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Book about the Cristo Rey Model

In January 2008, Loyola Press will release a book titled More than A Dream: How One School's Vision is Changing the World (More than a Dream official site). The book, authored by G.R. Kearney, a writer and former volunteer teacher at Cristo Rey Jesuit High School, documents the unlikely development of the Cristo Rey model and its remarkable success throughout the United States.

External links

• More than a Dream (official book website)