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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone speak to the middle school experience at the Catholic schools? Like for APS elementary students who move to STM, St. Ann or St. Agnes for middle, with the intention of going back to APS for high school? Agree with another commenter that MS is the weak link in the APS chain, especially for bright kids coming from the few challenging elementaries.[/quote]

If you’re not Catholic and only intend to do Catholic school for 6th-8th grade, I don’t think you’ll be impressed. The community and the faith development make the middle school special. The relationships with the younger students, being a school leader (which is hard when you didn’t grown up with the traditions and wouldn’t know how special it is to lead stations of the cross during lent, for example) are what make those years great. The academics are good but let’s be honest, having the same teacher for science all 3 years isn’t ideal and that’s what you get at those schools. The facilities aren’t as nice as APS middle schools. I adore our years at St Agnes but if someone dropped in for 6th grade and didn’t intend to stay in the 2-3 schools most kids go to for high school, I don’t think you’d be as enchanted. [/quote]

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