Sixty seniors were part of a special graduation ceremony in Minneapolis Saturday.

They were the first graduating class of Cristo Rey Jesuit High School in Minneapolis. The students come from economically challenged backgrounds. More than half of them are the first in their families to graduate from high school.

What makes Cristo Rey so unique is these students learn both in the classroom and in the real world. The school says the wages the students earn cover a little more than half of the cost of their education.