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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Is there any such thing as a Quaker these days? I've never met one. Maybe I am being cynical, but Sidwell can be Quaker without being a very religious environment. My son attends an Episcopal school where the only use of the chapel is school convocations, which are not religious events. Prep I'd think is a Jesuit community based on what I have observed. As a non-Catholic I would be concerned about fitting in for both my kid and for us as a family. We had a son play youth lacrosse for Club Blue and definitely felt the families and kids were very friendly and nice, but also felt very outside their group. I had only positive impressions of the GP families we met, but I also felt in the end that immersing our son at GP as a non-Jesuit would be a poor fit. GP seems very much a religious oriented school. [/quote]

You are right.

Prep is owned by the Jesuit Order. Run by priests. Attended by the sons of Catholic professionals and business owners with the expectation that they remain in Washington, marry Catholic girls, and take their place in the large Catholic community.

There are a few non-Catholics there, especially after all the money they spent on facilities caused them to increase enrollment from 425 boys (the capacity of the chapel) to 500.

The parents and boys are civilized people, so they treat others well. But full membership in the community will elude those outside "the one true faith".[/quote]

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