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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Unless a Catholic education is really important to you, you are better off living in 20171 and attending one of the publics there. No point in spending the money. The Catholic schools are good for language arts but not as much for math or science. One of our kids attended Catholic elementary for a couple years (different school but same diocese) and they were behind on math when they got to FCPS. Science and art both seemed like a joke compared to our FCPS elementary.[/quote]

Agree with this. We did st joes for a year and the math and science were very weak. Plus the behavior was worse than public. Moved back to FCPS. Kids from st joes tend to go to PVI, DJO and Gonzaga. It is a very Catholic track school. [/quote]

Many also attend Herndon HS. My kids are there now. We belong to St Joe’s and know many of the families who sent their kids to the grade school. My DC attended Herndon Es, MS and now HS, ans one did AAP at Clearview. Should’ve stuck with immersion instead of AAP. The fruits of immersion on brain development is noticeable. The root causes of most issues at the schools are the FCPS system. The issues I have are mostly the same my friends with kids at Chantilly and Oakton. Our kids are involved in sports and activities that involve many HS pyramids. I see the same divide between the parochial and public schools — the parochial school is stronger with English / language arts and public is stronger with math. The social issues are slightly different and high have their downsides.. I’d argue that the kinds of issues associated with parochial schools are a bit “more” due to local affluence more noticeably in HS.

— alum of both public and private. [/quote]

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