Most liberal Catholic school in upper NW/ Bethesda?

[Anonymous]

Holy Trinity

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Anonymous wrote:Little Flower

Definitely not Little Flower! The people I know who attend that school are conservative Catholics.

[Anonymous]

It's an oxymoron. There are no truly liberal Catholic schools. They all have to follow the teaching of the Catholic Church. You are either fine with it or not. Don't enter a school community that espouses certain values and expect them to change their beliefs to be more liberal to appeal to parents like you. Find a school more to your liking.

I say this as someone who isn't very religious but sent my kids to Catholic for the same things you wanted - the sense of community, smaller school, as well as more traditional academics. It has been well worth it. What we never expected or demanded was the school become more liberal to match our beliefs. It was really annoying to field questions from other parents who were interested in enrolling their kids but who kept pestering about how to make it a more liberal experience for their families. I found it really disrespectful toward the school community.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's an oxymoron. There are no truly liberal Catholic schools. They all have to follow the teaching of the Catholic Church. You are either fine with it or not. Don't enter a school community that espouses certain values and expect them to change their beliefs to be more liberal to appeal to parents like you. Find a school more to your liking.

I say this as someone who isn't very religious but sent my kids to Catholic for the same things you wanted - the sense of community, smaller school, as well as more traditional academics. It has been well worth it. What we never expected or demanded was the school become more liberal to match our beliefs. It was really annoying to field questions from other parents who were interested in enrolling their kids but who kept pestering about how to make it a more liberal experience for their families. I found it really disrespectful toward the school community.

Good points, but there’s definitely variation in Catholic communities and it makes sense to research them before enrolling.

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What age are your daughters? Also, where do you live?

If you opt for Catholic school, you need to be comfortable with whatever they serve up religiously.The “liberal Catholic school” scenario isn’t really a thing because they all adhere to the doctrines of the Church. Some may be a bit less in your face about it, but that’s the trade off for less expensive and small class size.

Re SR: it’s not an inexpensive option and agree with PP who said the administration and parent community’s vision of Catholicism don’t always align.

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Anonymous wrote:What age are your daughters? Also, where do you live?

If you opt for Catholic school, you need to be comfortable with whatever they serve up religiously.The “liberal Catholic school” scenario isn’t really a thing because they all adhere to the doctrines of the Church. Some may be a bit less in your face about it, but that’s the trade off for less expensive and small class size.

Re SR: it’s not an inexpensive option and agree with PP who said the administration and parent community’s vision of Catholicism don’t always align.

“Serve up”?

“In your face”?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It's an oxymoron. There are no truly liberal Catholic schools. They all have to follow the teaching of the Catholic Church. You are either fine with it or not. Don't enter a school community that espouses certain values and expect them to change their beliefs to be more liberal to appeal to parents like you. Find a school more to your liking.

I say this as someone who isn't very religious but sent my kids to Catholic for the same things you wanted - the sense of community, smaller school, as well as more traditional academics. It has been well worth it. What we never expected or demanded was the school become more liberal to match our beliefs. It was really annoying to field questions from other parents who were interested in enrolling their kids but who kept pestering about how to make it a more liberal experience for their families. I found it really disrespectful toward the school community.

We sound similar, and I completely agree with you. There is a large Catholic community in DC who are committed to Catholic education. Most people at your kid's Catholic school are not there to escape public school but truly want a Catholic education for their child.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge.

Administration maybe but not the parents. In recent years escpecially Stoneridge and Holy Child have become popular landing places for conservative country club oriented parents. Administration and parents do not allows align.

I think this has been the case for a while for Stoneridge. The parent population also includes wealthy foreign families, these folks are also very conservative in my experience.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Sacred Heart is Mt. Pleasant?

I attended back in the day. I'd be actually quite interested to hear current feedback.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:OP here. Unfortunately, I think Trinity and Woods are both out of our price range. Thank you all for the suggstions.

Trinity is like 20 K a year, how cheap exactly are you looking?

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge.

Administration maybe but not the parents. In recent years escpecially Stoneridge and Holy Child have become popular landing places for conservative country club oriented parents. Administration and parents do not allows align.

I think this has been the case for a while for Stoneridge. The parent population also includes wealthy foreign families, these folks are also very conservative in my experience.

Politics do not affect whether a class of parents if nice as much as other factors. Character and integrity of parents and families does affect a school community. Stoneridge is sadly having some real issues in at least one grade and I think a lot of the issues are from the parents in the grade - trickles down.

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge.

Administration maybe but not the parents. In recent years escpecially Stoneridge and Holy Child have become popular landing places for conservative country club oriented parents. Administration and parents do not allows align.

I think this has been the case for a while for Stoneridge. The parent population also includes wealthy foreign families, these folks are also very conservative in my experience.

Politics do not affect whether a class of parents if nice as much as other factors. Character and integrity of parents and families does affect a school community. Stoneridge is sadly having some real issues in at least one grade and I think a lot of the issues are from the parents in the grade - trickles down.

Curious-Which grade?

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Anonymous wrote:Stone Ridge.

Administration maybe but not the parents. In recent years escpecially Stoneridge and Holy Child have become popular landing places for conservative country club oriented parents. Administration and parents do not allows align.

I think this has been the case for a while for Stoneridge. The parent population also includes wealthy foreign families, these folks are also very conservative in my experience.

Politics do not affect whether a class of parents if nice as much as other factors. Character and integrity of parents and families does affect a school community. Stoneridge is sadly having some real issues in at least one grade and I think a lot of the issues are from the parents in the grade - trickles down.

Curious-Which grade?

Calling troll on all of these posts about Stone Ridge b/c the posters don’t even know it’s two words not one. If they can’t spell the school’s name correctly, they’re hardly a reliable source about the school.

Signed, actual SR parent

[Anonymous]

The thread is a year old. I assume OP has resolved their situation by now.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:The thread is a year old. I assume OP has resolved their situation by now.

Ten years old.