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[quote=Anonymous][quote=Anonymous]How are these schools as of 2019?

How do these schools rank as of 2019? Which would be top academically? [/quote]

Have 2 kids at Blessed Sacrament.  Like any other school, there are things we love and things that make me want to pull my hair out.  We just had a class gathering at a playground to welcome a transfer student.  The Mom was going on and on about how she wasn't pleased with ACPS and Maury elementary and that the "academics" aren't there, etc.  I was VERY surprised and after talking to a few other families that were there, this is the consensus on why people choose Catholic schools:

1) Instilling Catholic beliefs in their children.  Period.

2) Whether real or imagined, a sense of community and the idea that parents who care enough to apply/pay for tuition will be more invested in the school and community.

3) Easier issues with behavior in the classroom... the ability to remove children from the class who are disruptive, etc.

Every single parent that I talked to about this issue said academics were NOT their main focus.  From my personal experience at BSS, this particular Catholic school caters to the middle of the road - I think with large class sizes, it would be difficult to properly educate those who are severely behind or ahead.

So, you may get some responses from people who have better knowledge of the actual academics of these three schools (I only have BSS experience), but generally, I don't think any Catholic school is going to try to sell you on academics as the main point of their existence.[/quote]

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