Catholic School with Academic Rigor

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:PPs comment fit Catholic schools of the 80s. Not the same today. It really depends on the school of the level of support that is needed.

Not even the 70s or 80s, where we had tracking and differentiation, gifted and talented classes, and my mom was a special ed teacher in Catholic schools. Maybe PP is thinking of the 50s?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Folks, Ward 4 is the eastern portion of NW DC. The northern part of the ward contains Shepherd Park and Takoma, and the southern part of the ward is Petworth. Commuting to Gonzaga or The Heights would be bonkers. By distance they’re 8-10 miles away, but city traffic on surface streets moves around 10-12 mph, even outside of rush hour.

So then St. Peter until 5th and then St. Anselm's.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:Catholic schools and academic rigor?

Math and Science lol no

My DMV Catholic school product (from K right through 12) made it though a STEM degree at an Ivy in 3.5 years finishing with a 4.0 GPA. Also won several cash prize Creative Writing awards there. Knows lots of TJ grads in his major who finished with much lower GPAs. The idea that the math and science rigor at the DMV Catholic high schools will hold one back in competitive colleges is total bunk.

[Anonymous]

Agree! I went to K-8 parochial in Nova graduating early 2000s and Catholic all girls school in DC and have a STEM degree, masters with a great job! I have to say the number 1 thing Catholic School helped me with was sense of duty and homework at an early age! I am also sending my kids to Catholic school! I can’t imagine a better education

[Anonymous]

It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

[Anonymous]

It’s also hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when they have half days every 2 weeks and some other BS “teacher work day” every other week. I haven’t seen any formal studies, but I know for a fact that kids are receiving WAY less actual instruction than they were 15-20 years ago.

And it’s sad that catholic schools seem to feel that they have to “match” the schedules of public schools just to “compete” for teachers. If catholic teachers want to leave and go work at a public (and get punched every few days), I say call their bluff.

[Anonymous]

For the price and quality, you can’t go wrong with parochial Catholic schools! 10k vs 40k. Such an asset to the communities they serve ! The faculty really gets to know your kid and the school and the teachers are invested to see your child not only succeed academically but spiritually as well. To me, success as a parent is defined by not only preparing them for their real world, but also their character and the values that they hold.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Folks, Ward 4 is the eastern portion of NW DC. The northern part of the ward contains Shepherd Park and Takoma, and the southern part of the ward is Petworth. Commuting to Gonzaga or The Heights would be bonkers. By distance they’re 8-10 miles away, but city traffic on surface streets moves around 10-12 mph, even outside of rush hour.

So then St. Peter until 5th and then St. Anselm's.

Makes more sense. Both of these are better choices than Holy Trinity + more geographically friendly for OP. My kid went to HTS for one year. It was below par so we switched out.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:It’s also hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when they have half days every 2 weeks and some other BS “teacher work day” every other week. I haven’t seen any formal studies, but I know for a fact that kids are receiving WAY less actual instruction than they were 15-20 years ago.

And it’s sad that catholic schools seem to feel that they have to “match” the schedules of public schools just to “compete” for teachers. If catholic teachers want to leave and go work at a public (and get punched every few days), I say call their bluff.

This is 100% untrue of the ADW schools. Stop spreading rumors.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

? publics do the same thing, and often with smaller number of students per group, usually 6 to 8.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

? publics do the same thing, and often with smaller number of students per group, usually 6 to 8.

Great. Relevance?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

? publics do the same thing, and often with smaller number of students per group, usually 6 to 8.

Great. Relevance?

People claim that privates have smaller class sizes than public. Based on the ^^post, that doesn't appear to be the case.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

? publics do the same thing, and often with smaller number of students per group, usually 6 to 8.

Great. Relevance?

People claim that privates have smaller class sizes than public. Based on the ^^post, that doesn't appear to be the case.

It’s a pretty general claim. Not every private will have smaller class sizes than every public and vice versa.

The above post claims publics also split classes into smaller groups. But how big is the actual class? Does every public do this? Does every private?

And what does the above post have to do with rigor in Catholic schools?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:It’s hard to have “academic rigor” or differentiation when there are 27 kids to a class. Seems like class sizes increase every year at many catholic schools, especially St Marys.

Then they claim the ratio is 13:1 bc they have some random “floater” (who’s just a SAHM, not a teacher) there to hand out Kleenex.

My daughter's school caps classes at 26 per class, but for math and reading, the class is split in two or three groups. There are math and reading specialists on staff that teach these subjects to small groups. My daughter never had more than 12 students in her math or reading group...often less than 12.

? publics do the same thing, and often with smaller number of students per group, usually 6 to 8.

LOL, no public school is breaking up classes into groups of 6-8. Tell me which public school does this at the middle/high school level CONSISTENTLY. NONE. They are sorely understaffed and can barely get enough teachers in general.