Blessed Sacrament DC

[Anonymous]

Current parents any thoughts?

[Anonymous]

My guess is current parents probably like it since they chose to be at that school. I think you need specific questions and be prepared for a variety of answers.

[Anonymous]

If you aren't a parishioner and don't already have a number of friends there to help you into the community, I would look elsewhere. The academics are fine but not worth paying for unless you are Catholic and want to be a part of that school community... which circles back to my first point. Not knocking the school, that's just the reality. Perhaps you should indicate why you are interested & people could respond with more detail.

[Anonymous]

Ignore pp's unhelpful opinion. Our oldest is in 5th and the academics are nothing to shrug at! He is learning a lot. Do you have specific questions?

[Anonymous]

I would agree with a PP, most families live very close to the school, belong to the same club, are parishioners, and are conservative. Most have large families. If you are like that too then it's a great fit!

[Anonymous]

If you are not a member of the Blessed Sacrament parish then why are you interested?

[Anonymous]

Perhaps OP is a member of St. Ann's which no longer has a school. Why so skeptical?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:I would agree with a PP, most families live very close to the school, belong to the same club, are parishioners, and are conservative. Most have large families. If you are like that too then it's a great fit!

What club do most belong to?

[Anonymous]

My understanding from friends that go there is that it is a nice neighborhood school with most families belonging to the parish. Most families live nearby and it is pretty conservative. Graduates go to GP, Gonzaga, St. John's, Visitation, and Stoneridge.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:I would agree with a PP, most families live very close to the school, belong to the same club, are parishioners, and are conservative. Most have large families. If you are like that too then it's a great fit!

What club do most belong to?

Columbia.

[Anonymous]

So not a welcoming place then?

[Anonymous]

#RICHIES

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:So not a welcoming place then?

Sure. If you are part of the clan.

The parish and the school is in one of the more established neighborhoods and is attended by many well-established Catholic families.

[Anonymous]

I too got the sense that it is a very insular community of established families. We joined the parish (with the eye towards being in the school a few years later) and I could tell many of the people my age knew each other from high school- sometimes even elementary school - or from various country clubs. I was not as comfortable and we chose a different parish (and school) instead.

But that was personal preference. I hear good things about the school in general and it seems their graduates do very well.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:If you aren't a parishioner and don't already have a number of friends there to help you into the community, I would look elsewhere. The academics are fine but not worth paying for unless you are Catholic and want to be a part of that school community... which circles back to my first point. Not knocking the school, that's just the reality. Perhaps you should indicate why you are interested & people could respond with more detail.

+1. It's a very nice school and nice community, but no one goes there for the academics. I have tons of friends with kids there and they are all very open about it. They're there for the community.