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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]I have nothing to offer other than that I took a quick look at the websites of BI, PVI and DJO.  To PP -- SSSAS is not a Catholic school.

BI and DJO both state on their website the percentage of students who are Catholic.  81% and 80%, respectively.  I could find nothing similar on the PVI website, which may be the source of parents' concerns.

The purpose of a Catholic school, especially a diocesan school, is to educate children in the context of the Catholic faith.  If the student body is less and less Catholic, that is absolutely going to impact the culture of the school.  [/quote]

I do wonder what the plan is for some of these WCAC schools.  My kid is at SJC and the school prides itself on attracting non-Catholics...I think it could possibly be less than 50% Catholic these days (or maybe just around 50%).  They don't even seem to really care if you are Christian.

It could be the most liberal of the WCACs...I don't really know the reputation of most.  Scripture classes feel more akin to history and philosophy than the religion classes I took back in the day.  Not a problem for me.

However, there is some tension with things like CS hours where Sophomore year they expect you to have service to your church...and a lot of kids correctly mention they don't really have a church or they suggest CS and the school says something like "that isn't really CS because that is just what you would normally do at church"...and the kid points out again that you accepted me knowing I don't go to church and I am definitely not Catholic.

Seems like you can either be nearly 100% Catholic or a sports powerhouse...but not both.[/quote]

I'm also a parent at SJC. I don't know what % of kids are Catholic at SJC exactly but it definitely functions like a Catholic school. My Catholic sophomore did his service work at a soup kitchen. Not every church is able to accommodate a lot of teenagers who want to do service work, and that's especially true since Covid. It's not the religion teacher's problem that a kid isn't Catholic. You went there knowing you aren't Catholic and you still have to deal with the service work.
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