Can you please give examples of how they are particular and what other accelerated classes you'd like to see? |
In many of the Catholic schools you need a high grade and a teacher rec to get into Honors or AP classes.
They have more traditional course offerings so there are not as many choices as you would see in public schools. |
Having minimum requirements is not particular. SJC has minimum grade requirements to get into honors or AP. There is nothing wrong with that. |
16:19 here- that is what I said (I have two DC at SJC). I think it is good also.
I have a DC at another Catholic and it is the same there. |
Why waste money on lazy kids? You are a bad parent for many reasons, among which are, raising lazy boys, wasting money to send lazy boys to private school. |
Bitter much? People send their kids to private schools because they do not want them exposed to the trauma of public school. Read the posts in the public forum. Not all private school parents are thinking Ivy League, most want kids to be safe, have moral training, and to be prepared for college. |
DP. Judgmental much? They literally said their boys learned how to study and be disciplined. Students can’t skate by in the crowd in private the way they can in public, so the private school environment can be the catalyst some “lazy” kids need to actually get work. Seems to have worked for pp. Sounds like money well spent. |
I went to the SJC open house in October, as we were considering applying there for my DD. In any case, I was kind of amazed by the weight room -- it was very impressive -- heck, it seemed like something an NFL team would have. |
So should a shy nerdy girl apply here? Would there be space for her (say, if she didn't make it into the honors program)? |
My kid is shy, smart and on the track and c country teams. Shes having a blast. God football games to watch too. Like the rest of the country has. |
The kids I know who go there are all athletes. I did hear of a really wild SJC party where a 14 year old girl was taken away in an ambulance recently. Only adding because people upthread mentioned sports and a problematic party culture. |
My kids go there and one is not an athlete and many of her friends are not athletes either. Do you have any direct experience with the school? |
Kevin Plank enters the chat. |
We had two very different kids go through SJC. There is a lot being posted here that was not our experience, but it is a big school and there are likely a lot of different experiences. There were apparently partiers but neither of my kids was part of that scene and didn't seem to feel left out or that it was an overwhelming vibe at the school like an '80s movie! Getting into the higher-level classes requires certain grades/performance on tests - so in that sense it can be hard if your child doesn't meet the threshold on the test/grade. Don't agree that rigor is lacking both kids are at college doing well and were well prepared. I would speak to some current parents about your concerns. It is not run like an independent school where there is a lot of outreach to parents - so that might be off putting to some, but my kids both really were happy with their time there |