Celebrate Success in Urban Education with Cardinal Ritter – Feb. 10, 2012
22 Jan2012
We invite you to invest in the present and future students of Cardinal Ritter College Prep. For more than 30 years Cardinal Ritter has been a leader in urban high school education. Thanks to the generosity of the civic and corporate community, individual investors and the Archdiocese of St. Louis, we are the Good News in education for our city!
On February 10, 2012 Cardinal Ritter is hosting its Annual Gala, Celebrating Success in Urban Education, at the Missouri Athletic Club downtown St. Louis. Archbishop Robert Carlson will be honored at the Gala for his commitment to Cardinal Ritter’s three-fold mission of faith development, academic excellence, and leadership.
The high school graduation rate in public schools in St. Louis city is less than 50 percent, but Cardinal Ritter consistently graduates 100 percent of its students. We’re proud of our record of success, and we’re committed to doing even better by growing our enrollment and serving as many students as possible!
Nationwide, 70 percent of all students graduate high school. The high school graduation rate in public schools in St. Louis city is less than 50 percent. Cardinal Ritter College Prep offers an educational alternative to families in the St. Louis area:
- 100% of our students graduate high school
- 98% of our students achieve acceptance to college
- Average $2.3 million in college scholarship monies offered per year for last four graduating classes
- 74% of graduated seniors complete their collegiate studies
- 65% of those graduates return to the St. Louis area
Missouri Athletic Club
405 Washington Avenue • St. Louis, MO 63102
6:00 P.M. – Cocktails in the Art Lounge
7:00 P.M. – Invocation, Dinner, and Program in the Missouri Room
Table of 10 – $2,500
Individual Tickets – $250
Business attire
Please respond by February 1, 2012
For more information visit the Cardinal Ritter website: http://archstl.org/ttef/page/
To select sponsorship opportunities please download: 2012 Gala Sponsorship Packet Final
For the complete invitation download: CRCP Gala_Invitation