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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Can anyone share their experiences in detail about St. Pius in Bowie, St. Mary of the Assumption in Upper Marlboro, and/or Holy Trinity in Glenn Dale? My husband and I are trying to make a decision we’ve narrowed it down to these three schools. I’ve read a lot of things about these schools already and the reviews are mixed. We toured Holy Trinity (pre-COVID) and liked what we saw however Glenn Dale is out of the way for us and St. Pius and/or St. Mary’s will be a much better commute for us. While we are both working from home now due to COVID, however this won’t be our situation forever. I will drive into DC and my husband will drive into Vienna daily for work. We are still considering Holy Trinity because the other two are catholic schools and we aren’t catholic so to ensure we are keeping our options open, Holy Trinity remains on our list even though it’s out of the way.

Here is some additional background:
We live in Upper Marlboro right off 301. 
Our son will be four by the start of the 2021-22 school year and we are looking into the pre-k4 program. 
We are not catholic and our local elementary school is absolutely out of the question.

One of our concerns is that we are not catholic, I’d like to know how non-catholic families are treated at St. Pius and St. Mary’s? We are looking for a school that is welcoming and offers a solid education for our son. I heard St. Ambrose is an awesome school however we had to rule them out because they don’t offer before and aftercare which we will need.

We are asking for why you love or hate these schools. We know that we will have to apply starting at the end of January especially if we want to try and get into one of the catholic schools. Your feedback is greatly appreciated, thank you so much in advance![/quote]

St. Piux - if you’re ok with religion, their program is pretty solid.
St. Mary’s - heavily religious. A lot of mass and religion everyday. It was too much to not be Catholic.
Holy Trinity - I have first hand. We attended for PreK and elected not to re-enroll for K! The new head of the Daisy Lane school bought her own curriculum with her. Not impressed. Also, I should have known better when my son had to do a 45/1 hour assessment for admission. A joke! Wasn’t my cup of tea. For what it’s worth, we live in Upper Marlboro as well by Rosaryville. Not a lot to choose from. There is Excellence Christian school but you have to be able to stomach the classrooms with no windows. I could not![/quote]

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