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Stone Ridge is more diverse than the other schools mentioned, so it is no surprise your experience has differed.  But you are incorrect.  The Catholic insularity is alive and well in CCDC and certain parts of MOCO.  Look at the other posters on these threads.  We are a New York family that is Catholic, and when we moved here, we were very shut out and isolated from the local Catholics and their Columbia CC clique.  That has been our experience.  Obviously others have a different experience.  We thought we were paranoid until we read about it and talked to others.  The other posters have it right, it's a Gonzaga, Visi, Blessed Sacrament, etc. group.  Trust me, it's there, I've seen it in action.  You may disagree, but you can't change our experience.[/quote]
NP here.  I attended a single-sex Catholic high school in the area (not Visi or Gonzaga), and as a non-Catholic, I did not pick up on any of this insularity or exclusion at all.  I never felt ostracized or left out, and made friends from a number of religious backgrounds.  My school had a significant non-Catholic population, probably something like 1/3rd. Nobody cared, or necessarily even knew, who was Catholic and who wasn't.  So the idea that non-Catholics are, as a rule, socially marginalized at Catholic high schools is simply untrue in my experience.

That said, I am aware of the Blessed Sacrament/Columbia CC "clique" as PP called it.  It exists, for sure, but by no means does it dominate at Catholic high schools in the area.  There were some families from that crowd at my school, including some good friends of mine.  I guess it's unlikely that my parents would ever have become good friends with their parents, but that didn't particularly matter to me.  And in my school's case, it was a pretty small number of families (a few kids per class), so hardly a dominant element of the school's social scene.  My feeling, though, is that even at schools where there were more of those families, it was just that - a clique, one of many social groups within the school.  It may be hard to break into that crowd, but who cares?  There are other people you can be friends with.[/quote]

Current catholic school parent at Blessed sacrament.  We are not legacy in any way!  I would agree with this and also add that once HS starts it matters less your religious backround.  especially if your kid is a good athlete!  I would say though if your daughter is obsessed with visitation, you will be at a disadvantage.  [/quote]

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