How It Works
Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School’s unique Corporate Work Study Program enables our students to earn 63% of the cost of their education, while at the same time introducing them to some of the most prestigious corporations and not for profit institutions in the Washington, DC area. They receive a college prep education while gaining valuable job experience!
Job Sharing + Employee Leasing = A Unique Education
Students Work...
- Monday through Friday
- standard daily business hours (approximately 8:30am-5:15pm)
- in job sharing teams of four with each person working five full days per month
Job Sponsors Commit to...
- Contract with Cristo Rey to fill a full-time entry level job
- Paying an annual fee for one full time equivalent (one job team of four students)
- Have student workers on site from Labor Day through the second week in June
A Unique Educational Opportunity for Students
- At full capacity, students’ earnings will pay for 63% of the cost of their education
- Students receive a college prep education while gaining valuable job experience