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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy Trinity Georgetown[/quote]

Thanks anything you are able to share about the school? [/quote]

We’ve been at HTS for 6+ years and very happy; especially as Jesuit Catholics.

HTS uses the Eureka math curriculum for the Lower School.   It’s worked well for my kids.  There’s an excellent math coordinator for the lower school too.  She gives advanced kids harder work.

In the Upper School, which runs from 5th to 8th grades, math and ELA classes are small (around 12-16 kids) and somewhat differentiated depending on the student’s ability.  My kid regularly stays after school for free “office hours” to complete math homework with peers and the teacher.  7th and 8th graders are invited by teachers to be part of honors math and/or ELA.

See the website for outcomes. Lots of HTS grads go to Gonzaga (boys) or Visi (girls).  Others go to top privates or academic-based publics (eg TJ in Arlington).

Overall, HTS is a community for students and parents interested in Jesuit Catholic values and a top-notch education. [/quote]

[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Holy Trinity Georgetown[/quote]

Thanks anything you are able to share about the school? [/quote]

We’ve been at HTS for 6+ years and very happy; especially as Jesuit Catholics.

HTS uses the Eureka math curriculum for the Lower School.   It’s worked well for my kids.  There’s an excellent math coordinator for the lower school too.  She gives advanced kids harder work.

See the website for outcomes. Lots of HTS grads go to Gonzaga (boys) or Visi (girls).  Others go to top privates or academic-based publics (eg TJ in Arlington).

Overall, HTS is a community for students and parents interested in Jesuit Catholic values and a top-notch education. [/quote]

Hi, hoping to pick your brain about HTS.   We are moving from overseas, and I am also very particular about the Jesuit education.  I spent practically my entire education life in a Jesuit school.    Having said that, I am looking at the move as a chance to send my kids (boys and girls) into a Jesuit school.  But I cant' tell how "Jesuit" HTS is.  What I liked about my Jesuit education is the way they are not dogmatic, not clutching at pearls, relatively liberal on issues such as homosexuality, etc., and basically the encouragement to question your own faith or the very existence of God.   I am not sure if HTS just happens to be attached to a Jesuit run Church or does Jesuit teaching run through its veins? For example, I didn't see any Jesuit faculty in the website.  While in my case most of my teachers weren't Jesuit but they were always a lingering presence in the school.   It would be a huge financial burden to send our kids there so I wanted to know if I am getting the real deal, so to speak.[/quote]

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