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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]What bothers me about St. Mary's after the open/house tour is that the school seems to put religion first and curriculum second. At least, that is the impression we got. Other schools we've visited (even parochials) spent more time discussing their competitive curriculums and academics. All St. Mary's staff did was talk about religion, religion, religion. There was not even a teacher on the panel.[/quote]

It might not be the school for your family then.  I'm not Catholic and didn't grow up in a religious household (my DH is Catholic), but from the perspective of a nonreligious parent, it's a school.  Yes, it's a Catholic school so the PP who set forth the purpose of the school is absolutely correct, but my son in first grade comes home with spelling/phonics and math homework every night.  It's not like he's focusing on religion all the time.  He has religion class every morning, right before math class, but that seems pretty obvious in a parochial school.  The only religion homework he has ever had was a project where we helped him do some "research" online on a saint of his choice, and then he had to write 5 sentences about that saint and read his 5 sentences to the class.  This was for All Saints Day. To me, that's a completely appropriate way to incorporate religion into education.[/quote]

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