Thoughts on Bishop O’connell

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:Terrible academics. Really bottom of the barrel Catholic school. Many better Catholic high schools —> STJ, GP, SR, Gonzaga, Visi, OLGC, maybe even BI. Don’t waste your money.

Wow, you much have at least 7 kids then if you personally know the ins and outs of all those schools. Obviously the voice of first-hand authority

I mean we are talking about Catholic schools, right?

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DJO often takes students from k-8 parrochials that were rejected from PVI. Just a heads up. I have also heard of many kids having excellent experiences at DJO, in sports and academics. Very high performing students might find more rigorous class options at fcps or aps.

-Former local K-8 parrochial teacher

I have two who went from a local k-8 to O'Connell then both on to Stanford. Bishop O'Connell can support strong academics (and athletics). Another child benefited greatly from their Muller Center.

Did your kids play college sports?

no, not athletes at all

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DJO often takes students from k-8 parrochials that were rejected from PVI. Just a heads up. I have also heard of many kids having excellent experiences at DJO, in sports and academics. Very high performing students might find more rigorous class options at fcps or aps.

-Former local K-8 parrochial teacher

This was NOT the case at our K-8 at all!

agreed, this is very outdated info, from the examples I know of

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:

Anonymous wrote:DJO often takes students from k-8 parrochials that were rejected from PVI. Just a heads up. I have also heard of many kids having excellent experiences at DJO, in sports and academics. Very high performing students might find more rigorous class options at fcps or aps.

-Former local K-8 parrochial teacher

I have two who went from a local k-8 to O'Connell then both on to Stanford. Bishop O'Connell can support strong academics (and athletics). Another child benefited greatly from their Muller Center.

St Luke (McLean) k-8

[Anonymous]

I went to O’Connell from a. Public K-8 (zoned for langley) and LOVED it. The teachers were so much more invested in us personally than public school. Smaller class sizes. Our class was not cliquey at all- friends with everyone.

[Anonymous]

Anonymous wrote:What is the deal with the boys pants. Honestly this is a hard sell. Why not khakis? It makes the school look strange. Girls uniforms look find but really long. I have looked at the school list and it looks okay.

Apparently someone thought the gray flannel was more comfortable. But it is not as durable. Girls skirts long? Thank goodness they cracked down on that. You must not have seen them rolled up last year.