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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]The good news is that there is literally something for everybody in DC Catholic schools - single sex, coed, very bookish, very sporty.  If you are living in Cleveland Park, you will be a short hop to just about everything.  You might want to think about living a bit further into upper NW so that you have more schools in range.  I don't know Chicago schools, but DC Catholic schools are quite competitive to get into - especially the single sex and independent schools.[/quote]
Thanks for the info!

The thing about Catholic schools in Chicago is that there are so dang many of them! You are never more than 15 minutes away from a Catholic high school, and there is a parish with an attached K-8 school in pretty much every suburb and many city neighborhoods (we live in a suburb just outside the city). There are HSs where basically anyone with a pulse and $XX,000 to spare can attend, and then there are ones that are very very selective. The single-sex ones tend to fall into the "anyone with a pulse" (OK that sounds really awful of me) category, co-ed is more a mixed bag. So there is something for everyone, whether a very strong student or a not-so-strong student that simply wants to go to a Catholic high school for social reasons, sports, want a smaller environment, whatever.

[b]We will definitely give St. John's a look. From my research it looks like a very well-rounded school, the type where a lot of different kinds of kids could succeed, where there is no one "type"...am I off base here? [/b]

For the sake of anonymity I won't say which school she'll be at next year, but I'll definitely talk to the other school families once we get there. Just thought I'd get a head start. [/quote]

90% of the students play a sport at SJC.  It is a VERY sporty school.  It has every non-sport activity you would expect at a HS, but sports pulls it all together.  For girls, the marquis sport is basketball.  I think most of the other girls sports are close to being no-cut, especially for team sports.  [/quote]
OK- good to know. My daughter is sporty but she does cross country and soccer. [/quote]

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