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We are non-Catholic but are considering parochial high schools for our DC (currently in 7th grade) who is a high achieving student and very strong athlete - football and lacrosse.  We like Catholic school's academic programs (okay, I know people are going to say they aren't as good as a Big 3, but we are okay with that), student:teacher ratios, the emphasis on service, the diversity (racial, socio-economic, academic), tuition rates and athletic opportunities.  We are Christian, but are not regular church goers.  Is there a different religious feel among Prep, GC, St. John's and Gonzaga?  If so, what does that continuum look like?

Thanks![/quote]

There are religion classes at all four schools. At the Jesuit schools (Prep and Gonzaga) the religion classes are primarily discussions of topics as opposed to the Cathecism. They assume students have the Catholic basics and in most cases they are correct because many of the students come from parish elementary and middle schools.

Because thy are smaller, there is more of a Catholic, religious feel to Prep and Gonzaga. Gonzaga has a church on campus. Prep has a chapel and they are used by the student body for mass and other assemblies. From you description, it doesn't sound like either Gonzaga or Prep is what you are looking for. If "tuition" rates are a concern, you won't like Prep. And Gonzaga is diverse, but the diversity there consists primarily of kids from the inner city. Getting accepted into Gonzaga a a non-Catholic, non-minority might be a challenge as the number of applications they get for the 250 seats in a class has sky-rocketed. ( I heard they had 750 applications)

Gonzaga and Prep are the two lacrosse schools. St Johns and Good Counsel lacrosse programs are not very competitive.

Good Counsel, ST Johns and Gonzaga are all in the WCAC and their football programs are very strong. Especially, Good Counsel which could play with anybody in the US.

Except for the minorities at these schools, the populations are overwhelmingly Catholics.[/quote]

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