I am curious about all the people here who want a religious school that does not do anything even remotely religious.

Why not choose a secular school instead?

Anonymous wrote:We have a child at Grace and we are not religious. I'd agree with the PP--small class sizes, individualized attention and student instruction, and a warm, inviting, and mellow environment were the driving factors for us.

Curious why that's a driving factor to send your child to school there, but not one to attract you to services? Churches tend to be warm, inviting, and inclusiveness. They just want to share the Good News.

We have a child at Grace and we are not religious. I'd agree with the PP--small class sizes, individualized attention and student instruction, and a warm, inviting, and mellow environment were the driving factors for us.

Yes, we are current parents and many other families are not members of the church. Although they have chapel every Friday, it appears that more emphasis is place on their five character keys. It's a small school by design with a warm community. The graduates are accepted to their 1st choice school, which says a lot about the program. Call the AD and schedule a private tour, it may be the right fit for your DC.

We strongly considered the school a few years ago--there's probably some posts from me about it somewhere. I recall being told that it was fairly diverse in terms of actual religious affiliation of the students, and there was really no emphasis at all from the AD on the importance of attending the church, or any church. DC was accepted but we ended up somewhere else. Seemed like a great little school.

Yes we did.. Lots of students didn't belong to the church but mostly all the kids in DDs class were Christian. She is now in HS so it has been awhile.. Not sure of the make up now. We really lived the school.

Anonymous wrote:There's a really wide range -- definitely a variety of beliefs and lots of secular families as well. It is a very inclusive message there (as is pretty common for the Episcopal Church in this area). Good luck!

My bad -- I was thinking of the Kensington Grace Episcopal (although your post was properly labelled). Not sure about Grace Episcopal in Alexandria -- sorry.

There's a really wide range -- definitely a variety of beliefs and lots of secular families as well. It is a very inclusive message there (as is pretty common for the Episcopal Church in this area). Good luck!

We are considering Grace for our DS, but we do not regularly attend church. Are there a variety of beliefs and strengths of beliefs among the families who attend Grace, or do you think our family would feel out of place? Thanks for any insight you can provide.