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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]We’re Catholic, but in public middle.

We’re thinking about Catholic school for high school, but want to make sure that there is a cohort generally speaking that our child could plug into at Northern Virginia Catholics—Paul IV, BI and maybe Bishop O’Connell— and also maybe Gonzaga. I think St Anslem’s is too far/the commute would be draining.

Our DS does not care about sports and loves foreign languages, history, math, science. A.k.a. lots of interest just not sports. I could see him getting into robotics or theater tech as well as maybe like a debate is like super excited to like talk to ICE and to talk brawl yeah, or model, UN etc. More math club, less football team. 😂 I know there are kinds of kids, but want an honest read if these schools could be right.

My husband and I both have experiences with Catholic schools (not in this area) that were not particularly academically challenging and had a “jock” culture. This is a generalization obviously and our experience from many years so trying to figure out what they are like in this area/these days.[/quote]

Shlep up to St. Anselm’s. DS will be grateful.[/quote]

Hard pass. [/quote]

^^ this is who OP is trying to avoid.[/quote]
How is that someone “who OP is trying to avoid?” If anything, you inadvertently showed yourself as someone to avoid. [/quote]

How so? That PP was rude, directly insulting the kind of kid OP said her kid is, and got called on it. It's on point and precisely what OP is asking about.[/quote]

None of what you said was said about a child. The PP said hard pass to a school. Not about a child. 
You are dishonest and a bully. [/quote]

This is standard bullying on here with any negative insight given about Anslem’s. You’ll get the same with some of the teachers. [/quote]
 
The comment, in context, appears to be saying that a school where OP's kid would fit in because he doesn't like sports is a "hard pass." You might disagree that that was what "hard pass" meant, but that doesn't mean someone is "bullying." A word that should not be used lightly and out of context.[/quote]

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