sentences:  The goal is for students to acquire job experience and marketable skills, develop a network of business contacts, gain exposure to a wide variety of career opportunities, and improve in their work ethic and self-esteem.Work is considered part of the curriculum; if a student is dismissed from their job, they are considered to have failed that course.According to Father Joseph Parkes, former president of the school, Cristo Rey High School was "founded around a work-study program, so that, in effect, the school would function like a temp agency."