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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]DD is finishing 7th grade in MCPS and we are looking to send her to private for high school. She's high achieving academically, but I think the "lost at sea" is catching up with her. We've been looking at other options, and she is definitely gravitating towards single-sex schools. I would love for her to have options beyond Holton/NCS. Do any of you have experience with being a Jewish student at the DMV Catholic schools? Does one feel like an oddball or is it not really a thing?

I would assume it varies based on the school. Right now we're open to them all (Stone Ridge, AHC, Holy Child, Visi) and would love to hear people's thoughts. My mother actually grew up Catholic and went to Holy Cross back in the day so I have a general sense of the cultural milieu. But how does a Jewish kid fit into that? [/quote]

They don’t. Catholic schools are for Catholic kids. The end.[/quote]
You haven’t been in a Catholic school lately. Most are 10-20% non-Catholic. Some even more. Students of other faiths are welcomed, but the curriculum and other religious aspects are not adjusted in any way, so families have to be ok with that and be respectful. If they can do that, they are welcome to be there. [/quote]

That guy wasn't even in a Catholic school back not-lately. It's not that unusual for memoirs of Jewish women d'un certain age to include a bit about how she played Mary in her Catholic school's Christmas play. Lots of Jews sent their kids to Catholic schools when the urban school systems started falling apart in the 1960s/1970s.[/quote]

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