Family culture at the Heights?

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

It can’t be helped that "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " happened to have made the most historically significant contributions to literature.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

It can’t be helped that "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " happened to have made the most historically significant contributions to literature.

If you think all of the “classic” authors you champion were hetero I would recommend wallowing in your own ignorance a little longer.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

It can’t be helped that "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " happened to have made the most historically significant contributions to literature.

If you think all of the “classic” authors you champion were hetero I would recommend wallowing in your own ignorance a little longer.

Lolz

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

It can’t be helped that "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " happened to have made the most historically significant contributions to literature.

If you think all of the “classic” authors you champion were hetero I would recommend wallowing in your own ignorance a little longer.

aw.. leave the ^PP alone. They can't help it if they are completely ignorant, and maybe a bit racist.

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Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

It can’t be helped that "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " happened to have made the most historically significant contributions to literature.

If you think all of the “classic” authors you champion were hetero I would recommend wallowing in your own ignorance a little longer.

aw.. leave the ^PP alone. They can't help it if they are completely ignorant, and maybe a bit racist.

This tired meaningless insult.

Yes you should wear it like the badge of honor you believe it is.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

I’d be more concerned that they read a separate peace in tenth grade. That’s a 7th grade book in most places.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

The Summer Reading List does include several female authors on the sixth and seventh grade lists, probably reflecting the abundance of female writers of Young Adult Literature.

There is another Heights booklist, which is used for extra credit. I believe that all of Jane Austen's works are featured. Booker T. Washington is on the list. I recommend adding Willa Cather, Flannery O'Connor, and Sigrid Undset, who are frequently found on Catholic booklists (even though Cather was not Catholic). For the European History summer list, I recommend Princeton historians Natalie Davis and William Jordan (who received an honorary doctorate from Catholic University last year).

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

The Summer Reading List does include several female authors on the sixth and seventh grade lists, probably reflecting the abundance of female writers of Young Adult Literature.

There is another Heights booklist, which is used for extra credit. I believe that all of Jane Austen's works are featured. Booker T. Washington is on the list. I recommend adding Willa Cather, Flannery O'Connor, and Sigrid Undset, who are frequently found on Catholic booklists (even though Cather was not Catholic). For the European History summer list, I recommend Princeton historians Natalie Davis and William Jordan (who received an honorary doctorate from Catholic University last year).

Here is the Extra Credit booklist. https://heights.edu/parents/heights-books/

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:We are seriously considering the Heights for our boys. We know a few families there, but not that many. We currently send our boys to a diocese school where there are some (not a ton) of well-to-do families that go to country clubs and fancy vacations. We definitely aren’t like that, we are a single income family and live a pretty modest lifestyle. Would we fit in there? Is it a school with tons of Uber wealthy families?

We are devout Catholics and very familiar with Opus Dei, please don’t feel the need to inform me of that.

You will fit in just fine! There are families at all ends of the spectrum wealth wise and the beautiful thing about the school is how welcoming, inclusive and gracious everyone is. Many families strive to live according to their beliefs and there is no room for pretentiousness. Before becoming a part of the community years ago, I came across these boards and was frankly really concerned. But the commenters who are haters have no actual firsthand knowledge of the school and our experience has been phenomenal and we aren't even catholic! The school really promotes an atmosphere of fellowship and the community, so much so, it is palpable. These boards are so laughable now and it's the same haters that seek to tank the school's reputation based on their own agendas. Let them think what they want. From what I've heard of late, it's actually pretty difficult to get into, so obviously they aren't hurting for applicants!

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

Oy vey! This “Catholic” family is not happy about that. Some of my fellow “Catholics” should kvetch to the administration about this.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

The Summer Reading List does include several female authors on the sixth and seventh grade lists, probably reflecting the abundance of female writers of Young Adult Literature.

There is another Heights booklist, which is used for extra credit. I believe that all of Jane Austen's works are featured. Booker T. Washington is on the list. I recommend adding Willa Cather, Flannery O'Connor, and Sigrid Undset, who are frequently found on Catholic booklists (even though Cather was not Catholic). For the European History summer list, I recommend Princeton historians Natalie Davis and William Jordan (who received an honorary doctorate from Catholic University last year).

There are plenty of books written by POC or women that would be good for the upper grades, but the Heights has decided that books by white, male cisgender men are the only ones that the upper grade students should read.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

For real. Why not recite Toni Morrison? Racists. They should also recite porno scenes to be more welcoming of our LGBTQ community. My child’s school ought to recite Karl Marx

You're equating Toni Morrison with porn?

Wow, the Heights really is racist.

Well that was a dumb leap, PP. Do you even know that actually Toni Morrison is Catholic???

And still, The Heights prefers to have their students read material written by "White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males " rather than a POC Catholic woman.

You have no idea what they read and are just making stereotypical assumptions. They have a heavy classics focus but read modern literature too.

https://heights.edu/parents/summer-assignments/summer-reading/

I'm reading through the 12th grade reading list, and sure enough.. it's all white males. Thanks for proving that point.

I think I saw one female author in 11th grade and one in 10th.

The Summer Reading List does include several female authors on the sixth and seventh grade lists, probably reflecting the abundance of female writers of Young Adult Literature.

There is another Heights booklist, which is used for extra credit. I believe that all of Jane Austen's works are featured. Booker T. Washington is on the list. I recommend adding Willa Cather, Flannery O'Connor, and Sigrid Undset, who are frequently found on Catholic booklists (even though Cather was not Catholic). For the European History summer list, I recommend Princeton historians Natalie Davis and William Jordan (who received an honorary doctorate from Catholic University last year).

There are plenty of books written by POC or women that would be good for the upper grades, but the Heights has decided that books by white, male cisgender men are the only ones that the upper grade students should read.

LMAO every thread about The Heights ends with a bunch of white liberal women thinking somehow people at the school might give a sh-t about their opinions.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:We are seriously considering the Heights for our boys. We know a few families there, but not that many. We currently send our boys to a diocese school where there are some (not a ton) of well-to-do families that go to country clubs and fancy vacations. We definitely aren’t like that, we are a single income family and live a pretty modest lifestyle. Would we fit in there? Is it a school with tons of Uber wealthy families?

We are devout Catholics and very familiar with Opus Dei, please don’t feel the need to inform me of that.

You will fit in just fine! There are families at all ends of the spectrum wealth wise and the beautiful thing about the school is how welcoming, inclusive and gracious everyone is. Many families strive to live according to their beliefs and there is no room for pretentiousness. Before becoming a part of the community years ago, I came across these boards and was frankly really concerned. But the commenters who are haters have no actual firsthand knowledge of the school and our experience has been phenomenal and we aren't even catholic! The school really promotes an atmosphere of fellowship and the community, so much so, it is palpable. These boards are so laughable now and it's the same haters that seek to tank the school's reputation based on their own agendas. Let them think what they want. From what I've heard of late, it's actually pretty difficult to get into, so obviously they aren't hurting for applicants!

Thank you for your thoughtful insight! -OP