A Message from the
President Dear ICA Cristo Rey Community, I am grateful for having been given the opportunity to lead ICA Cristo Rey Academy for the last 11 years. It has been a joy and a privilege to serve you as President of the school. As you know, ICA Academy is the founding school of the Dominican Sisters of Mission San Jose and is very dear to our hearts. It is an educational community unlike any other, and we rejoice in its excellence.
You may have already heard that I will be transitioning as President at the end of this school year. We have now begun a search to identify a new President who will guide the school into the future. Please keep this intention in your prayers. I leave then, with more than a touch of sadness, but also gratefulness for what we have managed to accomplish together. Where once our new students only dreamed of getting through high school, today they aspire to college and a professional future career. They know they can depend on our teachers, staff, and counselors who will support them every step of the way to offer guidance, reassurance, and encouragement. I have found great joy in watching our students gain personal confidence and professional skills through their work with our corporate sponsors. This year, in the midst of the pandemic, we still managed to welcome nine new companies as partners and six individuals as sponsors allowing us to place students in non-profit offices, a testament to the reputation of the Work-Study Program and the value it holds for both the companies and our students. We are grateful to welcome our students back to campus. It’s a joy to see them develop new friendships and have the opportunity to learn from our teachers and from each other. There is a spirit of sisterhood that is alive among current students and among the generations of alumnae before them. It is this spirit and passion for learning that will be some of my most cherished memories of my time serving as your President. We look forward to welcoming you back to more in-person events in the coming months. Please also save the date of March 4, 2022, for our Annual Business Lunch at the Hyatt Regency Embarcadero. Thank you for all your support over the years—it means a great deal to all of us—and may it continue. God Bless you,
Sister Diane Aruda, OP President
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The ICA Cristo Rey Update
