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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We're not religious: we celebrate Xmas & Easter with trees, candy canes, presents, baskets, jelly beans, bunnies, etc. Kids have had no religious education at all, and in general we have no interest in sending them to a religious school. But we live in Alexandria, and want to give all local high school options serious consideration. Bishop Ireton is close to us, and several teachers have recommended that we consider it for HS.

Would a kid with no Catholic (or religious) background feel out of place at Ireton? Do non-Catholics fare less well in admissions? Would the kids be bombarded with anti-abortion messages (which would drive their liberal parents batty)? In other words, is Ireton a good high school that happens to be Catholic, the way Georgetown is a good university that happens to be Catholic? Or is Ireton Catholic in the same way Liberty University is Evangelical Christian?

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Would a non-Catholic feel comfortable? I guess it depends on how thick your skin is. If you are looking for offense, you will probably find it.

You and your kid would be a minority at Ireton. Being Catholic is more than going to Mass and accepting the teachings of the Church. There's a culture that goes along with it and in many cases, an ethnicity.

You would find that the kids and the parents are more Conservative than average.

You also misunderstand just how Catholic Georgetown is. Those crucifixes in the classroom aren't just decorations. It is run by priests and follows the Jesuit model. And 70%+ of its students are Catholic.
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You are mistaken, PP. As of 2009, only 41% of Georgetown undergrads self-identified as Catholics. The student body is majority non-Catholic, and the graduate schools skew even more heavily towards non-catholics.[/quote]

If you are using Georgetown University as your basis for understanding Catholic high schools you are seriously misleading yourself.

Georgetown U., even among Jesuit colleges, is an anomaly. A complete outlier. More typical of Jesuit colleges are BC, Holy Cross, St Joes and Loyola of Baltimore.

You will find that the DC area Catholic high schools --- with the exception of a few in the District --- are very heavily Catholic, many of whom do not share the enlightened views of the undergraduates at Georgetown. This open, welcoming, diverse school you are looking for doesn't exist in DC.[/quote]

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