Is Oakcrest OK for non-conservative families?
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Anonymous
| Oakcrest is a whole new level of ultra conservative. Seriously. |
Anonymous
Ultra conservative politically or with the Catholic church? Like the masses are entirely in Latin and the girls need to wear veils? Or there are a lot of people who voted for Trump? Which one? |
Anonymous
Our friends who send their kids there voted for Trump and wish their girls still wore veils to a locally-accessible Latin mass. Not fans of the current pope. Very traditionalist. |
Anonymous
| NP and parent of a middle school girl for whom we’d like to consider this school next year. We are Catholic but on the liberal end politically and do differ with some Catholic social teachings. Posters are describing how some of the families at the school live their private, family, and religious lives, but how much of that pertains to campus life for the students? Surely the girls aren’t having discussions of whether or not they veil or attend Latin mass. Anyone else with a daughter here on what the school day is like for the girls? Our daughter is quiet, and acts young for her age (still loves her American girl dolls in middle school, hates that all the other girls talk about is boys). She loves to read all genres like including the classics, loves creative writing and art, and plays competitive softball and would love to be on a school team. She’s not “cool” or trendy and wants to go to an all girls school. This school seems like a great fit in paper, but I’d love to know if the disparaging posters actually have first hand experience |
Anonymous
| How about the individual teachers? Is there a good mix of conservative to middle of the road? |
Anonymous
Hi, I posted on the 1st page at 22:33. My daughter went 6-12 to Oakcrest and we had a great experience at the school and would recommend it. We are Catholic and not conservative. I vocally oppose some of the church’s positions on social issues. No one treated us any differently as a result. Their is daily mass that is *optional* and no one cares or judges whether they go or don’t. If you don’t go to mass, you go to enrichment and read a book. My daughter played a sport, participated in theater, was on the first all girls Science Olympiad team to qualify for the state tournament. She went to prom, made friends who will probably be with her for life, and went sledding at school every time it snowed. To my knowledge no one talked about veiling or who goes to Latin mass. They talk about K-Pop and what to eat at Chipotle and how to order that drink from TikTok at Starbucks. They talk about school work and who is being a jerk and they send each other funny memes. They went prom dress shopping together and thought they were living large at our very low key pre-prom and post-prom events. When they were little, they traded books from some book series they liked. They complained about their outfits for chorus and loved talking about TV shows. When the pandemic started, they visited each other in driveways with masks on. It sounds like your daughter would love Oakcrest. There is a softball team and the school was able to include a softball field in its first iteration of the new campus. The art room is beautiful and the girls love taking classes in it. One of the administrators has an American Girl Doll in her office dressed in the school uniform. Reading, writing, and not being trendy are embraced. I would really encourage you to attend regular admission events and also coffee with the head of school - usually the first Friday of the month. Coffee is a smaller group with current parents and it can be a good place to really get a feel for the people and the place. |
Anonymous
| What’s the social scene like at Oakcrest for the girls? Do they mainly socialize with one of the area all-male schools? |
Anonymous
DP. Thank you so much for this. My rising 8th grader is so similar to your daughter and PP's it's uncanny. Oakcrest would be a bit of a hike for us but not horribly so. I'll have to look into it more seriously. |
Anonymous
It's so good to hear that there are other girls and families like mine at Oakcrest. I have a rising 9th grader who sounds like these girls. We looked at Oakcrest and decided it was the right place for our daughter for high school. For the record, I am Catholic but my husband is not and I do not subscribe to all Catholic teachings. We are politically liberal. We know that our daughter may encounter some teaching (especially in Theology) and some people that do not align with what we practice in our family. We expect that she will encounter people with varying views through out her life. I'm hoping we will be able to guide her through any challenges she might have just like we would no matter what high school she attends. Of course there will be misses, but we'll do our best. We know three families who have girls at Oakcrest and none is ultra conservative w/r/t to Catholicism nor politically and they only have good things to say about the school. |
Anonymous
| But why pick it over a school like Visitation? |
Anonymous
Less expensive tuition Private bus transportation is available Location - for us, Virginia was a way more convenient commute than DC 4 years of college counseling Science classrooms Separate spaces for instrumental and choral music Competitive Science Olympiad team Lots of opportunities to play sports on the school team without having to be a star athlete Mentoring program |
Anonymous
Mass at Oakcrest is in English and no one wears a veil to school mass. |
Anonymous
Similar reasons for us plus workload allows for a more balanced life with similar college matriculation stats |
Anonymous
| We are a moderate family on all fronts and this school is first choice for DD next year. I know there are other schools out there that are all girls, but we want to continue with a Catholic school and like the calm, low pressure environment. She needs and deserves that more than I need to worry about some families who are more conservative than we are. |
Anonymous
| Wondering if DD, who is below average academically in Catholic now, would even get accepted. Paul VI moving to Loudoun County is sad. |