St Johns College High School

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Anonymous wrote:Anybody have a link to the article in the alumni magazine about the Jewish alumni?

I posted that. It was hard to find, sorry I can't find the link to post here. I re all she was also in the JROTC program.

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Anonymous wrote:Would a Jewish child fit in socially?

Depends on how social he is, I guess. And how much he has in common with the other kids in terms of interests.

Many of his classmates will already know one another from Parochial grammar schools, from the neighborhoods or from sports teams like youth football and CYO basketball.

Go to a St John's home basketball game and look at the composition of the crowd and how they behave and see if you can say, "I can see my son in this group". If you can, than he'll be alright. If not, than there is room for concern.

NP: Does everyone go to the games? My kid doesn't like to play sports much, and certainly has zero interest in watching others play sports. Surely in a school that big there wold be a sizeable group of kids with other things to do besides go to sporting events? I hope? Fingers crossed.

My kid does not go to games. We are not Catholic. He loves SJC. He plays xbox, goes to homecoming, does normal teen things with his friends. Theology is a tough class, taught in an academic fashion, not religious. You will see Fox News on the lunch room TVs when visiting the school. Let him explore and decide. The school recently highlughted a Jewish grad in its alumni magazine. I wish he had more Jewish classmates at SJC.

Why are there TVs on in the lunchroom? Sounds like a cheap motel.

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Depends what the tv is showing. Real housewives, or news/information?

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Anonymous wrote:Depends what the tv is showing. Real housewives, or news/information?

The PP said they are aiming Fox News. So the kids can watch Fox and Friends while munching on their breakfast sandwiches.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends what the tv is showing. Real housewives, or news/information?

The PP said they are aiming Fox News. So the kids can watch Fox and Friends while munching on their breakfast sandwiches.

Over at GDS, the TVs are tuned to Charlie Rose...oh, wait...

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Anonymous wrote:Depends what the tv is showing. Real housewives, or news/information?

I don't care what the TVs are showing; I'd rather that the kids talk and interact with each other.

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Anonymous wrote: I don't care what the TVs are showing; I'd rather that the kids talk and interact with each other.

SJC does not allow the use of cell phones at all during the school day, including lunch. I get the sense that there is plenty of talking and interacting in the cafeteria. Your average high school kid would rather talk to their friends than watch whatever is on cable news in the middle of the day.

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Anonymous wrote:Depends what the tv is showing. Real housewives, or news/information?

The PP said they are aiming Fox News. So the kids can watch Fox and Friends while munching on their breakfast sandwiches.

A good counterbalance to the SJW class PP complains about?

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Anonymous wrote: I don't care what the TVs are showing; I'd rather that the kids talk and interact with each other.

SJC does not allow the use of cell phones at all during the school day, including lunch. I get the sense that there is plenty of talking and interacting in the cafeteria. Your average high school kid would rather talk to their friends than watch whatever is on cable news in the middle of the day.

I’ve only seen them on a few times, and it’s been ESPN. I think the Fow News claim is fake news.

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Anonymous wrote: I don't care what the TVs are showing; I'd rather that the kids talk and interact with each other.

SJC does not allow the use of cell phones at all during the school day, including lunch. I get the sense that there is plenty of talking and interacting in the cafeteria. Your average high school kid would rather talk to their friends than watch whatever is on cable news in the middle of the day.

I’ve only seen them on a few times, and it’s been ESPN. I think the Fow News claim is fake news.

I really hope that is fake news. That would be ridiculous.

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Anonymous wrote: I don't care what the TVs are showing; I'd rather that the kids talk and interact with each other.

SJC does not allow the use of cell phones at all during the school day, including lunch. I get the sense that there is plenty of talking and interacting in the cafeteria. Your average high school kid would rather talk to their friends than watch whatever is on cable news in the middle of the day.

I’ve only seen them on a few times, and it’s been ESPN. I think the Fow News claim is fake news.

ESPN all the time.

I find the SJC threads so funny. You can tell the people who have never stepped foot in the school from those who have kids at the school. I have had 3 there. None have ever gone to a basketball game. They rarely go to a football game and out of the two there currently only 1 went to the championship football game last fall. That was the only football game that he had been to all season, the other one didn't go to any. They have gone to the plays each year though. Only 1 has been sporty and on a team. All have loved the school and we aren't Catholic.

As someone else said, just have your child shadow. A game is never a representation of a school. At best you have maybe 100 students there out of 1200. That PP has never stepped foot in the actual school especially since the gym isn't even attached to the school!