Family culture at the Heights?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

Sigh. No one actually thinks this.

Sure, there are some people who think math can be taught more equitably in their view, but that's not saying math itself is "racist."

I'm guessing you don't even know what racism means.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

I personally was thinking more about the rejection of Darwinian evolution, teaching of creationism and intelligent design, lessons that man and dinosaurs coexisted, etc. But kudos to you for a spot-on recitation of MAGA talking points!

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- It’s absolutely a Catholic school, but it’s not a diocese school, big difference. They have Catholic mass daily and prepare the boys for confirmation prep in 8th grade.

I mentioned Catholic and Opus Dei only because there are at least a dozen threads on this board that turn into people trying to ‘warn’ OPs about these two things. I’m well aware of that and prefer it, along with an all male staff.

The Heights is a Catholic school. However, it is not officially affiliated with the archdiocese of Washington. I do not know the exact reason for this, but I can take a guess. The archdiocese of Washington requires all of its affiliated high schools to mandate that ALL students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine every year. The Heights school allows non-Catholic high schoolers to take philosophy classes instead of Catholic doctrine classes. The teacher likely prays privately for the students every day that they may someday be open to the teachings of Catholicism, but does not shove the teachings down their throats. He engages them in the spirit of inquiry.

The Heights used to be formally affiliated with the Archdiocese of Washington, but I have a strong hunch that the curriculum requirements for non-Catholic students started the fissure.

—- a former religion teacher at another Catholic high school

It is affiliated with OPUS dei - how do you not know this?

Well technically it was an ADW school and Opus Dei, now it's not an ADW school.

Why did it drop the affiliation with the Archdiocese of Washington? Is the school too conservative for even the ADW?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- It’s absolutely a Catholic school, but it’s not a diocese school, big difference. They have Catholic mass daily and prepare the boys for confirmation prep in 8th grade.

I mentioned Catholic and Opus Dei only because there are at least a dozen threads on this board that turn into people trying to ‘warn’ OPs about these two things. I’m well aware of that and prefer it, along with an all male staff.

The Heights is a Catholic school. However, it is not officially affiliated with the archdiocese of Washington. I do not know the exact reason for this, but I can take a guess. The archdiocese of Washington requires all of its affiliated high schools to mandate that ALL students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine every year. The Heights school allows non-Catholic high schoolers to take philosophy classes instead of Catholic doctrine classes. The teacher likely prays privately for the students every day that they may someday be open to the teachings of Catholicism, but does not shove the teachings down their throats. He engages them in the spirit of inquiry.

The Heights used to be formally affiliated with the Archdiocese of Washington, but I have a strong hunch that the curriculum requirements for non-Catholic students started the fissure.

—- a former religion teacher at another Catholic high school

It is affiliated with OPUS dei - how do you not know this?

Well technically it was an ADW school and Opus Dei, now it's not an ADW school.

Why did it drop the affiliation with the Archdiocese of Washington? Is the school too conservative for even the ADW?

Yes ADW dropped them, not sure why. I’m guessing it has to go with not liking the Pope.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those confused, I promise you 100%, that The Heights is not officially a Catholic school. Many of our families don't even know this.

"The Heights School is a private, independent, preparatory school for boys, grades three to twelve."

I don’t understand your point on this. They have a catholic chapel on school grounds. They follow catholic traditions. You’re being pedantic.

Is the Heights being pedantic for stating that it is not canonically (according to Canon law) Catholic on its website? It's in the last paragraph. https://heights.edu/student-life/faith/

[Anonymous]

Here is a list of all 18 Catholic high schools affiliated with the Archdiocese of Washington. The Heights is not on the list of 18 schools. https://adwcatholicschools.org/wp-content/uploads/2023/08/2023-2024-Catholic-High-School-Directory.pdf

In addition, the Heights does not participate in the Archdiocesan high school fair.

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- It’s absolutely a Catholic school, but it’s not a diocese school, big difference. They have Catholic mass daily and prepare the boys for confirmation prep in 8th grade.

I mentioned Catholic and Opus Dei only because there are at least a dozen threads on this board that turn into people trying to ‘warn’ OPs about these two things. I’m well aware of that and prefer it, along with an all male staff.

The Heights is a Catholic school. However, it is not officially affiliated with the archdiocese of Washington. I do not know the exact reason for this, but I can take a guess. The archdiocese of Washington requires all of its affiliated high schools to mandate that ALL students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine every year. The Heights school allows non-Catholic high schoolers to take philosophy classes instead of Catholic doctrine classes. The teacher likely prays privately for the students every day that they may someday be open to the teachings of Catholicism, but does not shove the teachings down their throats. He engages them in the spirit of inquiry.

The Heights used to be formally affiliated with the Archdiocese of Washington, but I have a strong hunch that the curriculum requirements for non-Catholic students started the fissure.

—- a former religion teacher at another Catholic high school

No one has really responded to this possible reason for the Heights' official parting of ways with the Archdiocese. Yes, it is a Catholic school in spirit. No, it is not a Catholic school canonically (by canon law). I really think that the split occurred because the Archdiocese mandates that Catholic doctrine as a graded, credit-bearing class to ALL students enrolled in Catholic schools. Could anyone confirm this? Just ask an administrator at the Heights.

PS - I'm not saying that it's a bad reason for the parting of ways. I agree with the Heights' approach on this. I'd probably just be more open about it.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:OP here- It’s absolutely a Catholic school, but it’s not a diocese school, big difference. They have Catholic mass daily and prepare the boys for confirmation prep in 8th grade.

I mentioned Catholic and Opus Dei only because there are at least a dozen threads on this board that turn into people trying to ‘warn’ OPs about these two things. I’m well aware of that and prefer it, along with an all male staff.

The Heights is a Catholic school. However, it is not officially affiliated with the archdiocese of Washington. I do not know the exact reason for this, but I can take a guess. The archdiocese of Washington requires all of its affiliated high schools to mandate that ALL students receive instruction in Catholic doctrine every year. The Heights school allows non-Catholic high schoolers to take philosophy classes instead of Catholic doctrine classes. The teacher likely prays privately for the students every day that they may someday be open to the teachings of Catholicism, but does not shove the teachings down their throats. He engages them in the spirit of inquiry.

The Heights used to be formally affiliated with the Archdiocese of Washington, but I have a strong hunch that the curriculum requirements for non-Catholic students started the fissure.

—- a former religion teacher at another Catholic high school

No one has really responded to this possible reason for the Heights' official parting of ways with the Archdiocese. Yes, it is a Catholic school in spirit. No, it is not a Catholic school canonically (by canon law). I really think that the split occurred because the Archdiocese mandates that Catholic doctrine as a graded, credit-bearing class to ALL students enrolled in Catholic schools. Could anyone confirm this? Just ask an administrator at the Heights.

PS - I'm not saying that it's a bad reason for the parting of ways. I agree with the Heights' approach on this. I'd probably just be more open about it.

Op here- I’d be curious as well. Lots of talk about it but no one knows why. If it’s the reason you stated above, I think that’s great.

And honestly as long as the ADW is reviewing the catechism (which it does) and the boys can receive confirmation at their parishes (which they do), I don’t see a problem.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those confused, I promise you 100%, that The Heights is not officially a Catholic school. Many of our families don't even know this.

"The Heights School is a private, independent, preparatory school for boys, grades three to twelve."

I don’t understand your point on this. They have a catholic chapel on school grounds. They follow catholic traditions. You’re being pedantic.

Is the Heights being pedantic for stating that it is not canonically (according to Canon law) Catholic on its website? It's in the last paragraph. https://heights.edu/student-life/faith/

No. You are being pedantic for insisting that this is in any way meaningful to families looking for a catholic education for their kids. For that purpose, the Heights is a catholic school.

[Anonymous]

I personally was thinking more about the rejection of Darwinian evolution, teaching of creationism and intelligent design, lessons that man and dinosaurs coexisted, etc.

Some evangelical Protestants teach the above, not Catholics.

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:For those confused, I promise you 100%, that The Heights is not officially a Catholic school. Many of our families don't even know this.

"The Heights School is a private, independent, preparatory school for boys, grades three to twelve."

I don’t understand your point on this. They have a catholic chapel on school grounds. They follow catholic traditions. You’re being pedantic.

Is the Heights being pedantic for stating that it is not canonically (according to Canon law) Catholic on its website? It's in the last paragraph. https://heights.edu/student-life/faith/

No. You are being pedantic for insisting that this is in any way meaningful to families looking for a catholic education for their kids. For that purpose, the Heights is a catholic school.

Let's just stop using "pedantic" as an insult. I am not the PP who accused the Heights of not being Catholic in the first place. I was just trying to clarify. You are right that students will learn about Catholicism at the Heights and most importantly, see it lived. The annoying PP who accused the Heights of not being Catholic was right that canonically, it is not Catholic, as the Heights admits on its own website. This is a BOTH/AND situation. You are both right.

The only practical consequence that I can think of is that when the Pope comes to visit the Archdiocese, ADW hands out a lot of tickets to officially affiliated schools. I think that this might have been an issue during the last papal visit and Heights parents were very disappointed that their kids were left out of the school ticket distribution. Any Catholic, of course, could enter the lottery for tickets through their parishes and many Heights teachers and students attended this way. Of course, the Opus Dei centers usually get an allotment of papal tickets as well.

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Anonymous wrote:DS's friend went there. He said a lot of the kids were racist.

By DC Metro standards, you can translate that into "He said a lot of the kids were Republicans. Catholic, even!"

You are remarkably self aware.

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

Would they ever read a poem by Toni Morrison? or is it all "classic" white, male authors?

Would they read Oscar Wilde?

[Anonymous]

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Anonymous wrote:Do they teach real science at The Heights or Catholic science?

https://heightsforum.org/series_title/science-education-initiative/

Wow. It’s worse than I thought.

Uh, no

Because when an Opus Dei affiliated Catholic school claims to want to "reinvent" the way science is taught to kids, it's clearly because they want to double down on scientific rigor and objective analysis.

Yeah, science at The Heights relies on antiquated superstitions like “biological sex” instead of “gender assigned at birth”.

What’s worse, The Heights teaches that math involves correct (and incorrect) answers—they don’t even believe that “math is racist”!

One shudders at the thought of White, Christian, hetero, cis-gendered males memorizing classic poetry and engaging in sovereign learning instead of flogging themselves for their racial guilt and waving rainbow flags.

Oh, the humanity!

I personally was thinking more about the rejection of Darwinian evolution, teaching of creationism and intelligent design, lessons that man and dinosaurs coexisted, etc. But kudos to you for a spot-on recitation of MAGA talking points!

Um, these are not Catholic teachings. You seem to have mixed up Catholicism with Southern Baptists, which shows how much you understand about Christianity!