Heights Admissions

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. Until very recently, we have had no interactions with any families from the Heights. My daughter recently befriended a group of people she met in our church youth group, and I can't say how lovely these families are. The kids are wholesome and not obsessed with social media and the drama that comes along with that. They enjoy going to activities like sporting events, youth group meetings, and recently even started a book club. These kids are some of the most stable I know...and my daughter has friends from all walks of life -- athletes, theater kids, academic nerds. She is the combination of all three, but she really enjoys this group of kids the most because they are the kindest and least competitive friends she has.

Oh my goodness, how lovely. Sounds like the school (and of course parents) are doing something right! This is a big deal because so many of our teens and middle schoolers have mental health issues. I see it in the work that I do. Many are lost or zombies to their phones.

Washington Waldorf School has a zero screen time policy and a screen time free overall mentality, too.

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I feel like the Heights boys are more varied- meaning lots of different interest compared to Mater Dei.


Her child wasn't accepted to the Heights

Sorry, but no. DS is at another HS that gets a few students from both.

Are the Heights boys' parents over the top conservative? Ultra religious? Pious? -- compared to the Mater Dei parents?

Yes. Super conservative

Extremely so. Not even mainstream Roman Catholic in many respects.

Can you specify how they differ from mainstream Roman Catholicism?

They go to Church weekly, they can do confession every day and my kids did confession 2x a week minimum mostly to get out of library.

They will talk about abortion to elementary school kids.
They don't think boys should date so no dances, none in middle school or high school. I think there is a "prom" (we left before that).
They tell the boys mastr.... tion is evil and wrong.
They teach that the bible says women are silent in church and something about being submissive.


I can't remember all the things that made me take pause but I was like "whatever" go to the White Party and St E's dances. I also told them that I disagree with many of the things they taught.

My son was told not to bring up rape during the abortion discussion because some kids were too young to understand that. LOL. Like, what?

But there are positives to conservatism. Like when there is a fight it's not big deal, no parents are called, they just work it out.

I’m so confused given you appear to be skeptical of their approach that you could not bring yourself to type the word masturbation.

At the Heights, the expectation is that the Heights Boys remain chaste until marriage.

"..Talking with other mothers, we shared a hope our sons would remain chaste until marriage,” Ms. Maher, a Heights mom, said. “I found it comforting to find other mothers who shared that ideal, and who felt it was possible here, that it was a hope that was supported here...”

source, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/the-heights-a-catholic-school-draws-beltway-conservatives.html

This is Catholic Church doctrine. Shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

Not at all. Agreed.

I don't understand people who send their kids to religous institutions and they have no idea what their kids are being taught.

Um well you can be catholic and pro life and also the same time think it's absurd to tell boys to be chaste until marriage.

Who encourages their children to have sex before marriage?

You cannot believe that boys and men wait until marriage? Puh-leeezz. They need at least some sort of safer sex education.

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I feel like the Heights boys are more varied- meaning lots of different interest compared to Mater Dei.


Her child wasn't accepted to the Heights

Sorry, but no. DS is at another HS that gets a few students from both.

Are the Heights boys' parents over the top conservative? Ultra religious? Pious? -- compared to the Mater Dei parents?

Yes. Super conservative

Extremely so. Not even mainstream Roman Catholic in many respects.

Can you specify how they differ from mainstream Roman Catholicism?

They go to Church weekly, they can do confession every day and my kids did confession 2x a week minimum mostly to get out of library.

They will talk about abortion to elementary school kids.
They don't think boys should date so no dances, none in middle school or high school. I think there is a "prom" (we left before that).
They tell the boys mastr.... tion is evil and wrong.
They teach that the bible says women are silent in church and something about being submissive.


I can't remember all the things that made me take pause but I was like "whatever" go to the White Party and St E's dances. I also told them that I disagree with many of the things they taught.

My son was told not to bring up rape during the abortion discussion because some kids were too young to understand that. LOL. Like, what?

But there are positives to conservatism. Like when there is a fight it's not big deal, no parents are called, they just work it out.

I’m so confused given you appear to be skeptical of their approach that you could not bring yourself to type the word masturbation.

At the Heights, the expectation is that the Heights Boys remain chaste until marriage.

"..Talking with other mothers, we shared a hope our sons would remain chaste until marriage,” Ms. Maher, a Heights mom, said. “I found it comforting to find other mothers who shared that ideal, and who felt it was possible here, that it was a hope that was supported here...”

source, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/the-heights-a-catholic-school-draws-beltway-conservatives.html

This is Catholic Church doctrine. Shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

Not at all. Agreed.

I don't understand people who send their kids to religous institutions and they have no idea what their kids are being taught.

Um well you can be catholic and pro life and also the same time think it's absurd to tell boys to be chaste until marriage.

Who encourages their children to have sex before marriage?

Height teaches to be chaste you can’t mas..bate

Double the guilt in adolescence = double the issues ones have as adults.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. Until very recently, we have had no interactions with any families from the Heights. My daughter recently befriended a group of people she met in our church youth group, and I can't say how lovely these families are. The kids are wholesome and not obsessed with social media and the drama that comes along with that. They enjoy going to activities like sporting events, youth group meetings, and recently even started a book club. These kids are some of the most stable I know...and my daughter has friends from all walks of life -- athletes, theater kids, academic nerds. She is the combination of all three, but she really enjoys this group of kids the most because they are the kindest and least competitive friends she has.

Your daughter sounds perfect. The group does too. Like a 1980s preppy group but in modern day times. Good on you!

In the 80’s my Catholic HS classmates were going to bars in our uniform (drinking age was 18), smoking pot, doing mushrooms and getting pregnant.

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I feel like the Heights boys are more varied- meaning lots of different interest compared to Mater Dei.


Her child wasn't accepted to the Heights

Sorry, but no. DS is at another HS that gets a few students from both.

Are the Heights boys' parents over the top conservative? Ultra religious? Pious? -- compared to the Mater Dei parents?

Yes. Super conservative

Extremely so. Not even mainstream Roman Catholic in many respects.

Can you specify how they differ from mainstream Roman Catholicism?

They go to Church weekly, they can do confession every day and my kids did confession 2x a week minimum mostly to get out of library.

They will talk about abortion to elementary school kids.
They don't think boys should date so no dances, none in middle school or high school. I think there is a "prom" (we left before that).
They tell the boys mastr.... tion is evil and wrong.
They teach that the bible says women are silent in church and something about being submissive.


I can't remember all the things that made me take pause but I was like "whatever" go to the White Party and St E's dances. I also told them that I disagree with many of the things they taught.

My son was told not to bring up rape during the abortion discussion because some kids were too young to understand that. LOL. Like, what?

But there are positives to conservatism. Like when there is a fight it's not big deal, no parents are called, they just work it out.

I’m so confused given you appear to be skeptical of their approach that you could not bring yourself to type the word masturbation.

At the Heights, the expectation is that the Heights Boys remain chaste until marriage.

"..Talking with other mothers, we shared a hope our sons would remain chaste until marriage,” Ms. Maher, a Heights mom, said. “I found it comforting to find other mothers who shared that ideal, and who felt it was possible here, that it was a hope that was supported here...”

source, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/the-heights-a-catholic-school-draws-beltway-conservatives.html

This is Catholic Church doctrine. Shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

Not at all. Agreed.

I don't understand people who send their kids to religous institutions and they have no idea what their kids are being taught.

There are gradations of it. What they tell them at The Heights is a lot different than say a SJC.

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I feel like the Heights boys are more varied- meaning lots of different interest compared to Mater Dei.


Her child wasn't accepted to the Heights

Sorry, but no. DS is at another HS that gets a few students from both.

Are the Heights boys' parents over the top conservative? Ultra religious? Pious? -- compared to the Mater Dei parents?

Yes. Super conservative

Extremely so. Not even mainstream Roman Catholic in many respects.

Can you specify how they differ from mainstream Roman Catholicism?

They go to Church weekly, they can do confession every day and my kids did confession 2x a week minimum mostly to get out of library.

They will talk about abortion to elementary school kids.
They don't think boys should date so no dances, none in middle school or high school. I think there is a "prom" (we left before that).
They tell the boys mastr.... tion is evil and wrong.
They teach that the bible says women are silent in church and something about being submissive.


I can't remember all the things that made me take pause but I was like "whatever" go to the White Party and St E's dances. I also told them that I disagree with many of the things they taught.

My son was told not to bring up rape during the abortion discussion because some kids were too young to understand that. LOL. Like, what?

But there are positives to conservatism. Like when there is a fight it's not big deal, no parents are called, they just work it out.

I’m so confused given you appear to be skeptical of their approach that you could not bring yourself to type the word masturbation.

At the Heights, the expectation is that the Heights Boys remain chaste until marriage.

"..Talking with other mothers, we shared a hope our sons would remain chaste until marriage,” Ms. Maher, a Heights mom, said. “I found it comforting to find other mothers who shared that ideal, and who felt it was possible here, that it was a hope that was supported here...”

source, NY Times: https://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/13/us/the-heights-a-catholic-school-draws-beltway-conservatives.html

This is Catholic Church doctrine. Shouldn't be surprising to anyone.

Not at all. Agreed.

I don't understand people who send their kids to religous institutions and they have no idea what their kids are being taught.

There are gradations of it. What they tell them at The Heights is a lot different than say a SJC.

The Heights is almost all white. May as well call it The White’s.

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That’s not entirely true. They have a lot of international students. Plus they are so small, you can’t compare them to larger schools and the application pool they pull from

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^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

I have a friend with kids there. She’s Hispanic and says a large portion of Heights families are too.

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

How was the post above yours racist?

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

I have a friend with kids there. She’s Hispanic and says a large portion of Heights families are too.

I should add, a lot of the Hispanic families are from Latin America or Spain - so it is correct to call them international students

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Anonymous wrote:NP here. Until very recently, we have had no interactions with any families from the Heights. My daughter recently befriended a group of people she met in our church youth group, and I can't say how lovely these families are. The kids are wholesome and not obsessed with social media and the drama that comes along with that. They enjoy going to activities like sporting events, youth group meetings, and recently even started a book club. These kids are some of the most stable I know...and my daughter has friends from all walks of life -- athletes, theater kids, academic nerds. She is the combination of all three, but she really enjoys this group of kids the most because they are the kindest and least competitive friends she has.

Your daughter sounds perfect. The group does too. Like a 1980s preppy group but in modern day times. Good on you!

In the 80’s my Catholic HS classmates were going to bars in our uniform (drinking age was 18), smoking pot, doing mushrooms and getting pregnant.

Cool story bro

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

I have a friend with kids there. She’s Hispanic and says a large portion of Heights families are too.

I bet your friends driver’s license says she’s white. 80%-90% of of Hispanics check white so they fit right in.

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

I have a friend with kids there. She’s Hispanic and says a large portion of Heights families are too.

I bet your friends driver’s license says she’s white. 80%-90% of of Hispanics check white so they fit right in.

Well as we all know their Hispanic/Not-Hispanic is technically an “ethnicity” not a “race.” But when the PP claimed everyone is white or someone talks about “white supremacy” they mean non-Hispanic whites.

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Anonymous wrote:^so racist and not true. They do not have a ton of international students.

I have a friend with kids there. She’s Hispanic and says a large portion of Heights families are too.

I bet your friends driver’s license says she’s white. 80%-90% of of Hispanics check white so they fit right in.

Well as we all know their Hispanic/Not-Hispanic is technically an “ethnicity” not a “race.” But when the PP claimed everyone is white or someone talks about “white supremacy” they mean non-Hispanic whites.

What makes you think that? Isn’t the leader leader of the Proud Boys hispanic? White hispanics still see themselves as white, if not they would check other in the box.