Kevin Brady, Business Development Manager, San Miguel High School Corporate Work Study
San Miguel High School is a private, Catholic, career, and college preparatory school located ten minutes west of the Tucson Airport. We are part of the Cristo Rey Network, which has 41 schools located around the country, all serving the same mission of empowering the underserved community through education and a work-study program.
Students go to work one day a week, including a Friday rotation, to Corporate Partners throughout the school year; the payment from those Corporate Partners help offset the tuition costs for our families to an affordable cost. We provide transportation to and from the workplace as well as support-services for supervisors.
The large majority of our students are first time high school graduates from their families, as well as first time attendees at a university. Our seniors have a 100% acceptance rate to college. Not only are they graduating with their degree but they are also leaving with corporate work listed on their resume and soft office skills that are essential in today's workforce. We partner with a multitude of workplace opportunities including banks, engineering firms, hospitals, and non-profits around Tucson, Sahuarita and Marana.
If you are interested in changing lives through providing a work experience for a student or sponsoring a student to work at one of our many non-profit partners, please contact Kevin Brady at bradyke@sanmiguelhigh.org for more information.