St. John the Beloved in McLean

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! But plan to use the xlnt local public schools if you can't get it. They also expect you to be an active parishioner. Those applicants come before new people in town

This is not true. The school has a very high percentage of non-Catholics and does not charge non-Catholics more money to attend. That’s unheard of for a parochial school.

Uh, St. Luke most definitely charged us the non-catholic fee.

Right here. Catholic parishioner fee, Catholic non-parishioner fee and non-catholic fee. https://stlukeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23-24_Tuition_and_Fess.pdf

They were saying St John the Beloved doesn’t charge differently, not St Luke.

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! But plan to use the xlnt local public schools if you can't get it. They also expect you to be an active parishioner. Those applicants come before new people in town

This is not true. The school has a very high percentage of non-Catholics and does not charge non-Catholics more money to attend. That’s unheard of for a parochial school.

Uh, St. Luke most definitely charged us the non-catholic fee.

Right here. Catholic parishioner fee, Catholic non-parishioner fee and non-catholic fee. https://stlukeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23-24_Tuition_and_Fess.pdf

They were saying St John the Beloved doesn’t charge differently, not St Luke.

No, they said this, "That’s unheard of for a parochial school.", which is why I'm bothering to post.

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Can someone comment on the differences between the schools? (Academics, culture, parent population, traditions)

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! But plan to use the xlnt local public schools if you can't get it. They also expect you to be an active parishioner. Those applicants come before new people in town

This is not true. The school has a very high percentage of non-Catholics and does not charge non-Catholics more money to attend. That’s unheard of for a parochial school.

Uh, St. Luke most definitely charged us the non-catholic fee.

Right here. Catholic parishioner fee, Catholic non-parishioner fee and non-catholic fee. https://stlukeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23-24_Tuition_and_Fess.pdf

They were saying St John the Beloved doesn’t charge differently, not St Luke.

No, they said this, "That’s unheard of for a parochial school.", which is why I'm bothering to post.

Ok, but you seem to be saying (and the tuition link shows) that St Luke charges differently for Catholic and non-Catholic families, and pp was saying that St John the Beloved does *not* do that, which *is* just about unheard of for a Catholic school. You posting that St Luke does have a tuition difference does not disprove that, it reinforces it.

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! But plan to use the xlnt local public schools if you can't get it. They also expect you to be an active parishioner. Those applicants come before new people in town

This is not true. The school has a very high percentage of non-Catholics and does not charge non-Catholics more money to attend. That’s unheard of for a parochial school.

Uh, St. Luke most definitely charged us the non-catholic fee.

Right here. Catholic parishioner fee, Catholic non-parishioner fee and non-catholic fee. https://stlukeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23-24_Tuition_and_Fess.pdf

They were saying St John the Beloved doesn’t charge differently, not St Luke.

No, they said this, "That’s unheard of for a parochial school.", which is why I'm bothering to post.

Ok, but you seem to be saying (and the tuition link shows) that St Luke charges differently for Catholic and non-Catholic families, and pp was saying that St John the Beloved does *not* do that, which *is* just about unheard of for a Catholic school. You posting that St Luke does have a tuition difference does not disprove that, it reinforces it.

PP here. This is exactly what I meant. St. John does something that is unheard of for parochial schools, in that is charges everyone one rate. Every other parochial school charges different rates for different people (usually there are rates for catholic parishoner, catholic nonparishoner, or noncatholic).

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Anonymous wrote:Great school! But plan to use the xlnt local public schools if you can't get it. They also expect you to be an active parishioner. Those applicants come before new people in town

This is not true. The school has a very high percentage of non-Catholics and does not charge non-Catholics more money to attend. That’s unheard of for a parochial school.

Uh, St. Luke most definitely charged us the non-catholic fee.

Right here. Catholic parishioner fee, Catholic non-parishioner fee and non-catholic fee. https://stlukeschool.com/wp-content/uploads/2023/02/23-24_Tuition_and_Fess.pdf

They were saying St John the Beloved doesn’t charge differently, not St Luke.

No, they said this, "That’s unheard of for a parochial school.", which is why I'm bothering to post.

Ok, but you seem to be saying (and the tuition link shows) that St Luke charges differently for Catholic and non-Catholic families, and pp was saying that St John the Beloved does *not* do that, which *is* just about unheard of for a Catholic school. You posting that St Luke does have a tuition difference does not disprove that, it reinforces it.

PP here. This is exactly what I meant. St. John does something that is unheard of for parochial schools, in that is charges everyone one rate. Every other parochial school charges different rates for different people (usually there are rates for catholic parishoner, catholic nonparishoner, or noncatholic).

Thank you. Good grief, I thought I was going crazy because it seemed so obvious what you were saying but that other poster kept commenting as if you were saying the opposite.

[Anonymous]

Been to mass there a few times and just did not get the warm and fuzzies. Chose to keep going to my parish which is further away. Considered it for elementary school as well, toured and spoke with administration. I wasn't comfortable with how they were addressing Covid at the time so decided it wasn't the right fit for my family. We chose our parish school instead. Go to mass there, tour the school, ask questions.

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It has been difficult for our family to integrate socially into the school--I'm not sure if it's because there are many very insular families that cross-marry, and many with 5+ kids, which we do not. I think there are also groups that are more conservative and not interested in welcoming new families. We are disappointed

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Anonymous wrote:It has been difficult for our family to integrate socially into the school--I'm not sure if it's because there are many very insular families that cross-marry, and many with 5+ kids, which we do not. I think there are also groups that are more conservative and not interested in welcoming new families. We are disappointed

PP: Look into St. Agnes, OLGC, St. Luke. All three great schools as well and very welcoming to new families

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Anonymous wrote:It has been difficult for our family to integrate socially into the school--I'm not sure if it's because there are many very insular families that cross-marry, and many with 5+ kids, which we do not. I think there are also groups that are more conservative and not interested in welcoming new families. We are disappointed

I don't know what this means but I'd say StJ is very very conservative catholic. We have a St Luke grad and have been very happy there.

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We are a St. Ann family (N. Arlington) but my kids went to O'Connell and made friends with people who sent their kids there.
It is a lovely community with very kind parents who are not cliquey or stuck up. From what former parents have told me, they draw from the immediate geographic area, so playdates are easy to manage and the students (at least the ones we met) form lifelong friendships. PRO.

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Anonymous wrote:How does it compare to St. Luke or St. James? Or are they pretty interchangeable, apart from location?

No they are not interchangeable. St John’s (the school and the parish) is extremely conservative Catholic. No birth control, must vote for pro-life candidates, etc. Even little things like how the Eucharist is presented directly to the tongue only are odd. CCD there is mean and strict.