Bethy Ramirez @ Her Employer's Office

Cristo Rey Atlanta senior Bethy Ramirez-Sanchez, left, stands with Evan Jones, director of credit risk at AGCO Corporation. Ramirez-Sanchez did her corporate work study job at the agricultural equipment manufacturer based in Duluth. Photo By Michael Alexander

Bethy Ramirez @ Her Employer's Office

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Day of Kairos Reunion

Cristo Rey Atlanta senior Jahari Fraser, standing, is photographed with Lauren Morton, the school’s campus minister since July 2017. Fraser said Morton served as a mentor to him during his final year at the school. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

Marcia Pecot, one of the original faculty members at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School, is the school’s health sciences teacher. Over the past four years, she has taken on additional responsibilities like cross country coach, garden club moderator and senior advisor. In the coming school year, she will also assume the role of student success coordinator for the incoming freshman class. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

Emily Bird has been an English instructor at Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School, since it opened to the first freshmen class in 2014. Since her husband has taken a job in Minnesota, Bird will be leaving at the end of this school year. She will be the dean of instruction at a middle school in Minneapolis. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

Employees from Voya Financial line the walls to greet seniors after completing the final exam of their senior year, AP Calculus. In the foreground are Asia Belt, who is attending Haverford College, Haverford, Pa., and Briyhan Martin, who is attending the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Mich. The employees also served as volunteers during the senior picnic that followed the test. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

Cristo Rey Atlanta senior Bethy Ramirez-Sanchez sits at a desk in the math classroom of Carlos Vizcaino, standing. According Ramirez-Sanchez, Vizcaino has been one of her favorite teachers over the past four years at the school. He was her instructor for algebra, algebra 2, precalculus and AP calculus. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

(L-r) Stephanie Villasenor, Julia Sanchez and Kevin Burgos-Trujillo, Cristo Rey Atlanta seniors, play a game of Uno with supersized cards, one of several activities and games available to them during the May 15 senior picnic. Villasenor, Sanchez and Burgos-Trujillo will be attending Georgia State University, Atlanta, St. Mary’s College, Notre Dame, Ind., and Life University, Marietta, respectively. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

(Foreground to background) Annessa Lipford, India Haney and Daisha Shine play a game of tug-a-war with some classmates during the May 15 senior picnic. Cheering them on is Briseyda Neri, left, the valedictorian of the class. Lipford and Shine are attending the University of West Georgia, Carrollton, Haney is going to Gordon State College, Barnesville, and Neri is attending Georgetown University, Washington, D.C. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta: First Graduating Class

During the senior picnic, India Haney twirls the rope as (l-r) Amaya Carthan, Nina Dunwoody, Gabrielle Wilson, Jada Milligan, Veronica Soto-Vergara, and Diamond Dale take their turn at jumping. All seven of the students will be attending a college or university after graduation. Two will be going out-of-state and the other five will be going in-state. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Seniors gathered in three different rooms on the third floor of the school before lining up for the 4 p.m. graduation ceremony. Yolanda Ongoma helps her daughter, Kimbrley, secure her cap on her head. Kimbrley will be attending Xavier University in Cincinnati, Ohio. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Cristo Rey Atlanta senior (l-r) Armadus Chaney, Charles Lewis II and Jacob Carreon hang out and relax on the school’s third floor, just under an hour before the May 2018 commencement exercises, the school’s first. Chaney, Lewis and Carreon will be attending Xavier University, Cincinnati, Ohio, Georgia Southern University, Statesboro, and the University of Dayton, Dayton, Ohio. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

(L-r) Sandrine and Sandra Noumadji and Monica and Monique Epps are two of the three sets of twins in Cristo Rey Atlanta’s class of 2018. Sandrine, the oldest by seven minutes, is attending George Washington University, Washington, D.C., and Sandra is attending Wake Forest University, Winston-Salem, N.C. Monique, the oldest by two minutes, is attending Kennesaw State University, Kennesaw, and Monica is attending Georgia State University, Atlanta. Jaleel and Jamal Penton are the third set of twins. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Families, like that of Cristo Rey Atlanta senior Dariana Ruiz, held up photos of their graduate and captured images of them on smartphones as they processed into gymnasium for the May 19 graduation. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Cristo Rey Atlanta Jesuit High School’s senior class of 2018, the school’s inaugural graduating class of 125 students, is all accounted for after processing into the Robert M. Fink Family Gymnasium for the May 19 commencement exercises. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Jada Milligan, right, stands with Camille Naughton, Cristo Rey Atlanta’s vice president of Advancement & Corporate Partnerships, after receiving the St. Ignatius Award. The award recognizes a graduating senior who best demonstrates the qualities and attributes associated with leadership and learning in the Jesuit tradition. Looking on from the background are commencement speaker Jesuit Father John Foley, left, and Bishop Joel M. Konzen, SM, who gave the invocation. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Armadus Chaney, foreground, gives Cristo Rey Atlanta president Bill Garrett a celebratory hug after receiving his diploma. In the background, Jacques Cornell strikes a pose of triumph before making his way pass senior advisor Marcia Pecot and school principal Diane Bush. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

AP science instructor Stanmore Hinds, at the podium, announces the name of each graduate, as Matthew Monroe, center, gives Cristo Rey Atlanta president Bill Garrett a celebratory hug after receiving his diploma. Monroe will be attending Georgia State University, Atlanta. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

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Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Maria Peraltilla, center, takes a post-graduation photo with her parents, Fernando, left, and Teruko. Maria is going to further her studies at Georgia State University, Atlanta. Photo By Michael Alexander

Cristo Rey Atlanta Graduation Day

Mya Millines, second from left, joins her mother Monica, her father Reggie and sister Eyana for a post-graduation photograph. Earlier in the day her mother graduated from Morris Brown College, Atlanta, with a Bachelor of Science degree in organizational management and leadership. Mya will be attending Tennessee State University, Nashville, Tenn. Photo By Michael Alexander