What is the reputation of Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart?

[Anonymous]

Back to reputation, my son dated a girl from SR for a while, so we got to know the family.
Very kind people. Their daughter has a sister who had graduated already and the family explained some ways they navigate car pools, volunteering, dances, etc., and the workload/support.

It seems like such a lovely and solid place.

I know some young women in their 20s who are lawyer that had attended SR. They both said that it helped them to build confidence and critical thinking skills.
They come across as leaders, but are very "pulled together' people.

I have not been to campus, but we have dropped my son off for events and it is lovely-like an Ivy League college.

If I were hiring a young person who went there, I'd expect to meet a dependable person who was well-read and could see both sides of an issue.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They only send out an email if they feel there is damage control to be done. As all current parents know, communication from SR is carefully controlled and managed. They parse words more carefully than lawyers sometimes.

The Laura Ingraham segment was very mild. If one of the conservative Catholic news outlets decided to do a piece on SR it would be WAY worse.

And Jesus copped a lot of blow back from the pharisees. Far right Conservative Catholics getting steamed about teaching social justice when the catholic church enabled child sex abusers on six continents for decades look morally untethered from reality.

The Jesuits (male equivalent of the Scared Heart order) have had heavy emphasis on DEI teachings And practice for decades. I woukd oay much more attention to their views than a professional hothead like LI.

Firstly, the Jesuits are in an inexorable decline. Like all progressive religious institutions. The number of Jesuits has fallen by 70% since the 1950s.

Secondly, Jesus' issue with the Pharisees was that they observed the outward forms of religious observance, while their hearts were empty inside.

This people honors Me only with lip service, while their hearts are far from Me.

One might refer to progressive Catholics who pick and choose what they want to believe as Catholic Pharisees.

In contrast to "Catholic pharisaism," real Catholicism is about being madly in love with Christ, which includes following the rules of the Church, the Body of Christ, as a means to become one with Christ. Your own personal views and preferences are immaterial in this.

[Anonymous]

As an AA parent, this “mess” criticism is offensive. Have any of you considered that maybe the minority students appreciated these sessions? DEI work is difficult to hear, implement and process. If this work was easy to navigate we wouldn’t need it.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an AA parent, this “mess” criticism is offensive. Have any of you considered that maybe the minority students appreciated these sessions? DEI work is difficult to hear, implement and process. If this work was easy to navigate we wouldn’t need it.

Are you the victim of systemic racism?

[Anonymous]

^^ Indeed. Dear orthodox Catholic PP - what's your position on diversity and inclusion?

[Anonymous]

I wouldn't hire an SR grad past 2015 at the latest. Not an age thing, an education quality thing.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an AA parent, this “mess” criticism is offensive. Have any of you considered that maybe the minority students appreciated these sessions? DEI work is difficult to hear, implement and process. If this work was easy to navigate we wouldn’t need it.

If it ended up on the news and a crisis PR communication needed to go out....it's a ness.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:As an AA parent, this “mess” criticism is offensive. Have any of you considered that maybe the minority students appreciated these sessions? DEI work is difficult to hear, implement and process. If this work was easy to navigate we wouldn’t need it.

Are you the victim of systemic racism?

Yes I am.

[Anonymous]

No one who attends Stone Ridge is a true victim of anything. Those girls are life's winners. If they don't succeed or aren't happy in life, it won't be because of hidden "systemic" forces that have worked against them, it will be because they didn't take advantage of the opportunities before them.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:As an AA parent, this “mess” criticism is offensive. Have any of you considered that maybe the minority students appreciated these sessions? DEI work is difficult to hear, implement and process. If this work was easy to navigate we wouldn’t need it.

+1

Thanks for sharing that perspective. I'm a white SR parent and support the schools DEI's efforts and have been impressed with the level of involvement form the student leaders.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:They only send out an email if they feel there is damage control to be done. As all current parents know, communication from SR is carefully controlled and managed. They parse words more carefully than lawyers sometimes.

The Laura Ingraham segment was very mild. If one of the conservative Catholic news outlets decided to do a piece on SR it would be WAY worse.

And Jesus copped a lot of blow back from the pharisees. Far right Conservative Catholics getting steamed about teaching social justice when the catholic church enabled child sex abusers on six continents for decades look morally untethered from reality.

The Jesuits (male equivalent of the Scared Heart order) have had heavy emphasis on DEI teachings And practice for decades. I woukd oay much more attention to their views than a professional hothead like LI.

Firstly, the Jesuits are in an inexorable decline. Like all progressive religious institutions. The number of Jesuits has fallen by 70% since the 1950s.

Secondly, Jesus' issue with the Pharisees was that they observed the outward forms of religious observance, while their hearts were empty inside.

This people honors Me only with lip service, while their hearts are far from Me.

One might refer to progressive Catholics who pick and choose what they want to believe as Catholic Pharisees.

In contrast to "Catholic pharisaism," real Catholicism is about being madly in love with Christ, which includes following the rules of the Church, the Body of Christ, as a means to become one with Christ. Your own personal views and preferences are immaterial in this.

First, the Jesuits are not in decline all around the world but numbers are steeply declining in USA and Europe, and to a lesser extent Latin America. They remain the largest religious order in the world, and their numbers are growing on the highly populous continents of Africa and South Asia. They remain a highly relevant moral force to be reckoned with.


http://nineteensixty-four.blogspot.com/2018/12/jesuit-global-demographics-in-2018.html


Pope Francis is the first Jesuit pope, and many people admire his heart for mercy and kindness, even though he has made serious mistakes in the past in Argentina. His early inexperience and authoritarian approach as a Jesuit leader in Argentina in the 1970s, led him to make the Catholic church complicit in military abuses and kidnappings of social justice minded Christians during that era of dictatorship/ Dirty War (up to 30,000 people, known as the disappeared, were kidnapped and presumed killed). The pope showed humility, deep regret and ongoing mercy. He has learned from his mistakes, and tries to listen to different points of view within the Catholic Church, which is a big part of DEI education - opening up minds to experiences of others, especially people of color who generally face much harsher realities.

Re: reference to Pharisees and why Jesus had issues with their superficial religiosity - yes exactly!

It is good Sacred Heart schools are wrestling with social justice. We are all sinners and we all make mistakes. The Bible has over 2,000 relevant references to social mercy, and empowering and including the vulnerable, the lonely and the widely despised. We are not all going to agree on what social justice means but in this historical moment, we have to try.


The latest affinity v accountability workshop was clumsy, but the intentions are good and more conversations are needed. Let them learn from missteps and grow in reflecting God’s love, mercy and kindness. Let them figure out how to talk about truly difficult issues respectfully.


We can learn from our brothers, the Jesuits.
Jesuits and Social Justice

In: Journal of Jesuit Studies

https://brill.com/view/journals/jjs/6/4/article-p651_651.xml?language=en

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:No one who attends Stone Ridge is a true victim of anything. Those girls are life's winners. If they don't succeed or aren't happy in life, it won't be because of hidden "systemic" forces that have worked against them, it will be because they didn't take advantage of the opportunities before them.

I'm interested to know how systemic racism has played a part in enabling students to attend one of the most privileged schools in the area, with a price tag of $40K a year, when the vast majority of young people have to attend public school.

[Anonymous]

"The latest affinity v accountability workshop was clumsy, but the intentions are good and more conversations are needed."

I agree that intentions were good, but we might have a different definition of the word "conversation." To me that word means a number of people gather and offer their point of view. In recent DEI circles, however, "conversation" means being told what to believe and not questioning it. In my experience there is no room for conservative opinion in any of these "conversations." DEI leaders quote Ibram X Kendi like no one ever wrote a book until he thought of doing it but few bother to acknowledge the existence of people like Thomas Sowell or Clarence Thomas.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:No one who attends Stone Ridge is a true victim of anything. Those girls are life's winners. If they don't succeed or aren't happy in life, it won't be because of hidden "systemic" forces that have worked against them, it will be because they didn't take advantage of the opportunities before them.

I'm interested to know how systemic racism has played a part in enabling students to attend one of the most privileged schools in the area, with a price tag of $40K a year, when the vast majority of young people have to attend public school.

Well, school is just one part of a person's life. And many times its the parents who have faced systemic racism and have overcome those obstacles to be able to send their daughter to Stone Ridge. Just because there are students of color at Stone Ridge does not mean these students and their families have not dealt with systemic racism at others schools, in the health care system, in the courts, trying to finance a mortgage or take out a small business loan, and so on.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:"The latest affinity v accountability workshop was clumsy, but the intentions are good and more conversations are needed."

I agree that intentions were good, but we might have a different definition of the word "conversation." To me that word means a number of people gather and offer their point of view. In recent DEI circles, however, "conversation" means being told what to believe and not questioning it. In my experience there is no room for conservative opinion in any of these "conversations." DEI leaders quote Ibram X Kendi like no one ever wrote a book until he thought of doing it but few bother to acknowledge the existence of people like Thomas Sowell or Clarence Thomas.

Are you a SR parent, and if so, have you attended any of the Better together parent conversations?