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[quote=Anonymous]Grew up in another state and went to an independent Catholic school where the student body was a real mix of religious affiliations. We took religion courses and those who were Catholic took one or two that were specifically for Catholics. Non Catholics could choose to take the Catholic focused course or something like world religions. The school was very faith based, but despite weekly mass felt very open and welcoming to all religious groups. I’ve not encountered anything that comes close to that in the Catholic schools in the DMV. That’s not to say your Jewish daughter would be discriminated against or not have a good experience, but the Catholicism piece of is much much stronger—as in baked into everything, not just parish affiliations—than what I experienced in HS. At many schools there’s a prayer at the beginning of every class, for example. I’ve noticed a lot of families opting for Catholic schools because many are less expensive than secular schools only to be surprised how Catholic they are. [/quote]

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