Sorry, I stand corrected. Wasn’t trying to criticize Gonzaga. Genuinely like the school but was mistaken about it being a parish school—though it’s not like that’s bad either. |
What are the "ritzy" privates? |
The cool thing about the Catholic church is that it's, well, the Catholic church. It has parishes, it has orders, etc but at the end of the day, it's the Catholic church. People have very exhaustively proven that Gonzaga isn't connected to any parish. Cool. Four members of the board are required to be from the Jesuit order. The headmaster is a Jesuit. Guess what the Jesuit order is part of... (hint: it's not a local parish, so you don't need to guess that!) Even better, when the school was accused of discriminating against a former teacher in 2017, the school used (in part) the "ministerial exception", and the school's lawyers argued that the ex-teacher couldn't sue because: "Moreover, as a teacher, it is clear that Plaintiff was a representative of the Catholic school, was required to convey the Church’s message and carry out its mission. It would be absurd to determine that a teacher of a Catholic school, tasked with the job duties of educating its students of the Church’s teachings and beliefs, is not a “minister” for the purposes of the “ministerial exception.” Therefore, because Plaintiff qualifies as a “minister” of the Catholic faith, his claims alleging racial discrimination and retaliation are barred by the “ministerial exception,” and must be dismissed with prejudice. " So... yeah, it's part of the Catholic church. (They won that case, though not on the ministerial exception grounds—the appeals court declined to settle that one, but I think if the school SAYS its part of the Catholic church, we should believe them.) |
The ones that charge tens of thousands more than Gonzaga? |
About 100% more. Sidwell, St alban’s, GDS. |
We drive from West McLean, about 35 minutes each way, although the Metro is a great option as well. Hopefully others report about the MD commute. I do know a lot of boys form carpools and by junior year many are driving every day (for better or worse!). |
Could you post the link to the college decisions page? Apparently I stink at finding it. |
You were talking about Jesuit education not med school. |
And it’s independent |
DS is graduating from Gonzaga this year and going to one of the private “new ivies” 😉 I can say that many of his friends will decide Wednesday which true ivy they will attend. And many of them will not submit their info to the ig page. |
LOL you went to a lot of trouble to tell me Gonzaga is part of the Catholic church? There are lots of independent schools that are associated with the Catholic faith. They are independent because they have their own curriculum which is not dictated by any the archdiocese. Being a Catholic school means you include teachings of the Catholic faith, have Masses, and operate in a manner that instills morals of the Catholic faith. That can be achieved in any number of ways that the independent school is free to decide. Schools that operate under the ADW are not independent and have to conform to their curriculum and rules. There are only two high schools in the ADW. The rest in the DC/MD area are all independent. |
What’s a Gonzaga? |
It's a Catholic school! Glad we agree! |
And StA is episcopal. |
Obviously not all kids have posted yet (and many won’t post at all), but here’s the link to the 2024 decisions page:
https://www.instagram.com/gonzagaseniors_2024?igsh=ZXE4Zjc4bHp0dDR1 |