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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Depends on the Catholic school, and no, they are not all an extension of a parish. Many others answer to a religious order or are fully independent but receive support for sacraments from the archdiocese. You need to go to admissions events and talk to the parent hosts there to be able to read between the lines of what the school marketing materials say. Any schools with a relationship to the Archdiocese will have some rules about what they do/say, but there are progressive Catholic schools whose students and faculty are more aligned with Catholic social justice and other movements who do welcome and enroll families of all faiths. Our school is Catholic and independent so it does have ties to the archdiocese but not in the same way as a parish school- we have children who are Jewish, Muslim, evangelical, and definitely atheist, and faculty who are married LGBTQ+. People often choose our school over secular ones for its emphasis on ethics, service, and social justice education. [/quote]

This is like our 7th grade daughter's Catholic middle school in Los Angeles. We sent her there after elementary(secular) as it has a good reputation and welcomes all religions. My daughter also has anxiety so we wanted a smaller middle school experience for her rather than our large public school. We couldn't afford 50k for secular private. It is a lovely school and our daughter likes a lot about the school but she has asked not to stay on for High School because of the religious aspects. She has been bought up in an Atheist family and feels too out of place and overwhelmed by the religion classes and religious services. I think she would have fared better if she had started in elementary school but up until the age of 11 she has only had our atheist/agnostic influence so it is all too alien for her to take this on board. There are many families at the school who I would call Christian 'lite' - they mainly believe in God but only go to church for weddings and funerals, but very few full on atheist/agnostic families like us.[/quote]

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