The Cristo Rey Jesuit Corporate Work Study Program is a new, innovative model of education that gives students a Jesuit, college-preparatory education while earning work-experience in companies across the Houston area.
Four students rotate through the week to fill the position full-time. Each student has an assigned day on which he or she works. On Friday, the four students rotate to share the fifth day of the week. In each four-week span, each student will have one week in which he or she works two days. Academic structures are scheduled so that students never miss class.
Students are employees of the Corporate Work Study Program, not the Sponsors. Sponsors pay a flat fee to the Corporate Work Study Program for one full-time Corporate Work Study Team. The Corporate Work Study Program handles all payroll, W-4, I-9, Worker's Compensation, FICA and FUTA paperwork, as well as all routine employer issues. The Corporate Work Study Program is separately incorporated, functioning as an employment agency within Cristo Rey Jesuit College Preparatory.
All students must be 14 years of age before they begin work for a corporate sponsor.
Cristo Rey Jesuit functions because of the support of our corporate sponsors, who hire our students for entry-level jobs. Support in the Houston area has been overwhelming, and we are proud to report that the following companies are Cristo Rey Jesuit corporate sponsors:
| Aquinas Companies, L.L.C. |
Archdiocese of Galveston-Houston |
| Brookfield Properties | Cal Dive International Inc. |
| Catholic Charities | Chamberlin Roofing & Waterproofing |
| Fulbright & Jaworski, L.L.P. | Grant Thornton L.L.P. |
| James E. Bashaw & Co. | Laser Midstream Energy L.L.C. |
| Macquarie Group |
Russell & Smith Automotive |
| Sanchez Oil and Gas Corporation |
Spectra Energy Services L.L.C. |
| Southern Petroleum laboratories, Inc. | Sterling Bank |
| The Methodist Hospital System | The New Release Entertainment Corporation |
| UHY Advisors TX, L.L.C. | United Way of Greater Houston |
| University of Houston | Vinson & Elkins L.L.P. |
| Wells Fargo Bank, N.A. |