Any actually diverse schools out there? Particularly Catholic?

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To the OP who wanted to learn more about St. Anthony's, I'd encourage you to read the weekly school note which is posted on their website each Friday. This week's in particularly mentions some high profile visitors to the school. What's particularly awesome is that the 8th grade students were the ones who took the visitors on the tour of the school which is not uncommon at the school. The upperclassmen have been invited to attend the state of the union address on a number of occassions given the relationship the school has always had with the speakers of the house.

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St. Anthony's sounds great.

For anyone else reading and looking for suggestions, St. Louis in Alexandria is also diverse. So are many of the Catholic high schools.

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Brookewood is very racially mixed, but it is tiny. If your graduating classes are roughly 10 girls and half are non-white, plus some of the white girls are international students, is that ok with you?

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I think some charters are relatively diverse - myschooldc has relatively recent demographics available.

I'm surprised that there are multiple private Catholic schools in DC given the number of good public school options here. And where families get locked out of those good schools due to a bad lottery draw, I think it's relatively common for them to move to Virginia or Maryland for public school vs staying in DC and paying private tuition, particularly if a Catholic education holds no appeal.

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Anonymous wrote:I think some charters are relatively diverse - myschooldc has relatively recent demographics available.

I'm surprised that there are multiple private Catholic schools in DC given the number of good public school options here. And where families get locked out of those good schools due to a bad lottery draw, I think it's relatively common for them to move to Virginia or Maryland for public school vs staying in DC and paying private tuition, particularly if a Catholic education holds no appeal.

Catholics like Catholic schools. No surprise there.

[Anonymous]

St. Ambrose in Cheverly is quite diverse.

[Anonymous]

Hi Everyone - I'm the poster whose kid is at St. Anthony's Catholic School. Just wanted to tell you all that the school will be at the MOTH fair this year. I don't know who will be representing the school but I'm hoping the Principal will be there. In any event - since the open houses won't start until early next year, this is a great opportunity to learn about the school a bit more. It's a pk3 - 8th grade school for those also looking at middle school options. I do know that after K - you have to past certain tests to be considered for enrollment and that obviously would apply to those looking for middle school options. From what I recall, the school doesn't take new kids after 7th grade because most of the first semester of 8th grade is spent getting ready for highschool applications etc.

We've only been there since September but so far we are very happy there and do not plan to enter the lottery this year.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,
My answer will be unpopular, but having grown up in DC and attended catholic schools here, I feel I have a handle on why white families don't attend primarily black schools. It's racism, pure and simple. You will hear various excuses..."I don't want my kid to be the lonely only", "it's a bad school with thugs", "SAT scores are too low", "it's too far for me to travel", etc...UMC African Americans have been lonely onlies and traveled far and wide for schools for decades and it hasn't stopped us. This fear of black people has to stop. We are humans.

+1 The same is true of neighborhood public schools, by the way. The data shows that charters maintain and deepen educational segregation, and part of that is because they give white parents an "out" from their local school.

It's not racism when UMC black families do not send their kids to neighborhood public schools, though. Then it's because of SAT scores or thugs or whatever.

Um, you need to educate yourself on what the definition of racism is. African Americans cannot be racist, in general, and specifically toward one another. Now if you want to talk about upward mobility, then let's have that conversation. So no, UMC African Americans are not racists.

Ahem, poster #4, NP here. Actually, anyone can be a racist. Racism is to have a bias against and discrimination towards another person because of his or her race, and the belief that another person is inferior because of his or her race. If you don't believe me, then go to Google, type in the terms 'definition of racism' and the click on a couple of the answers. It is very possible for an AA person to be a racist just as it is very possible for an Asian to be a racist, etc. Please educate yourself before you continue to post this malarkey.

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Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,
My answer will be unpopular, but having grown up in DC and attended catholic schools here, I feel I have a handle on why white families don't attend primarily black schools. It's racism, pure and simple. You will hear various excuses..."I don't want my kid to be the lonely only", "it's a bad school with thugs", "SAT scores are too low", "it's too far for me to travel", etc...UMC African Americans have been lonely onlies and traveled far and wide for schools for decades and it hasn't stopped us. This fear of black people has to stop. We are humans.

+1,000,000

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Anonymous wrote:Gonzaga and visitation are quite diverse.

Not really. DeMatha is diverse. It's about 50/50.

[Anonymous]

Don't know if the OP still checks this post but just wanted to let her know that the school will be having a breakfast with Santa event fundraiser on Saturday, Dec 16th. The information is on the website. As a Brookland resident, it'd be a great way to start getting to know the school. Additionally, if you'd like to see photos of the student body check out the photos on their website here: http://stanthonyschooldc.org/photoalbums?page=1. The special guest photos may show you a few pics of the "diversity" that you initially raised in your original post.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Hi OP,
My answer will be unpopular, but having grown up in DC and attended catholic schools here, I feel I have a handle on why white families don't attend primarily black schools. It's racism, pure and simple. You will hear various excuses..."I don't want my kid to be the lonely only", "it's a bad school with thugs", "SAT scores are too low", "it's too far for me to travel", etc...UMC African Americans have been lonely onlies and traveled far and wide for schools for decades and it hasn't stopped us. This fear of black people has to stop. We are humans.

A simple look at Banneker HS in Petworth confirms this.

We're an AA family at Lycee Rochambeau, which is extremely diverse. The primary school kids have recess periods 3 times a day (or 5 times, as DC would say, counting before and after school). There's a strong emphasis on analysis and critical thinking. It's not for everyone, of course, but the school has been a wonderful experience so far.

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If you are white, I would strongly discourage you from going to a diverse school. White people tend to get discriminated against at diverse schools. A lot of people will tell you that minority groups are still oppressed in this country, but those people are wrong. Today, white people are more oppressed than any race. A lot of people want to blame the fact that white people score higher on tests on racism rather than just accepting that white people are smarter, and so do everything in their power to bring them down, even though they earned those scores fair and square.

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Anonymous wrote:If you are white, I would strongly discourage you from going to a diverse school. White people tend to get discriminated against at diverse schools. A lot of people will tell you that minority groups are still oppressed in this country, but those people are wrong. Today, white people are more oppressed than any race. A lot of people want to blame the fact that white people score higher on tests on racism rather than just accepting that white people are smarter, and so do everything in their power to bring them down, even though they earned those scores fair and square.

Please stay in fly over country.

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St. John's College HS (SJC) is diverse.