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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]Well, my kids are at GDS and I love the school and everything it stands for. The diversity, the acceptance, the social justice that it teaches. And it is predominantly Jewish - there is no need to shy away from this! The person who writes that less than half the kids are Jewish is quibbling. Every school is predominantly something. St Albans is predominantly WASP, the Catholic schools are predominantly Catholic! I don't know why we need to run away from this and insist it isn't true. GDS is welcoming to everybody. There will also be a LOT of bar and bat mitzvahs in 7th and 8th grade! [/quote]

Saint Albans is not predominantly Protestant. There are are many Hindus, Muslims, Sikhs, Agnostics, Jewish, and at least one Athiest. I don't get it either why people protest so much that GDS is not overwhelmingly Jewish. It is. So is Sidwell. [/quote]

I am sure there are many people of other faiths and backgrounds. But you would argue that most kids are not of a Protestant background? That is demographically impossible. [/quote]

Religion is a non-factor at STA - the school is essentially secular.[/quote]

I would not say it is a non-factor.  The students take two religion courses for a semester each in Upper School and there is mandatory chapel twice a week.  The classes are chapel are structured to be welcoming to other faiths, but there's not a retreat from Christianity and a big feature of Chapel, for example, are prayers for those in the community in need, those in the service, and on other global or international issues.  (And they say the Lord's Prayer together -- the Protestant version with "thine is the Kingdom" etc.)[/quote]

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