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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]9th grade at O'Connell:

1) small class sizes
2) sense of community
3) great communication with parents, the weekly newsletter is incredibly helpful
4) amazing school spirit
5) academic expectations compared to public middle school (daily quizzes in many subjects, hard grading expectations on writing, at least 1hr of homework per night)
6) away for the day with Yondr pouches is working well.

Don't like:

1) coming from public school kids are friendly but DC is finding it hard to break into pre-existing friend groups. (this will improve but it's tough with homecoming coming up that plans are being made by groups of kids from various parish K-8s so the truly new kids are struggling to find a place)
2) lunch prices are ridiculously expensive[/quote]

DD is a freshman at DJO and is the only one from her middle school to go there. Sports definitely helped with making friends and breaking through the pre-existing friend groups, but the overnight retreat and other activities helped as well. DD said the DJO was the best place for her and she couldn't have asked for a better first month of high school.

We are non-Catholic and I had been concerned about that for DD. We've had no issues so far and has given us plenty of opportunities to discuss what we believe vs what the teachers are saying.[/quote]

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