Anyone have their non-Catholic DC in a Catholic school? How is it going?

[Anonymous]

We are looking at Catholic schools for my DS next year (for K), and are of another Christian faith, not Catholic (no totally true, I am Catholic, but the rest of my family is not). I was looking for insight and wanted to hear about others experiences.

TIA and Happy New Year!

[Anonymous]

Are you raising your kids as Catholics? We are mixed family at a catholic school. Is your spouse on board with it? Why do you want to send them to a catholic school? It also depends on the school - some may be more flexible or ecumerical (sp?) than others.

[Anonymous]

OP here, no we are raising them as another Christian faith, but DH and I are both products of LOTS of Cath. ed and liked it (mostly). We like the idea of service to others, small class sizes, etc.

[Anonymous]

My husband is not Christian or Catholic and attended Catholic schools here in DC from 1st grade through high school and never had any issues whatsoever. Today he appreciates the exposure he had to Christianity and is totally open to all school choices for our DD.

[Anonymous]

I think it mostly depends on your own perspective. In the younger grades I don't think it's an issue at all. Older kids may or may not be more conscious of it.

The school will require your child to take part in religion classes and attend Mass as part of the class but I highly doubt you would ever feel pressure or anything like that. I am a Catholic school parent and we have several non-Catholic students (and even more parents who are not Catholic) Other than in sacrament years, I don't think most of their classmates ever even notice.

[Anonymous]

We have our kid in Catholic school and I am Catholic while my husband is not. We had talked about the issue of religion before marriage so it has not been an issue. Our school has many kids who come from non-Catholic families. Our handbook and brochures are very clear that it is a Catholic school, kids go to mass, religion is taught, and the church's views are taught in school. Our non-Catholic neighbor recommended the school to me the day we moved into our house before we had our child. All of her children attended our school. I don't think the children notice all that much outside of sacrament years. Even then, there is so much emphasis on service, tolerance, caring, etc. I would find it strange if the kids did notice or make a big deal of a religious difference.