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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

Oh honey, you must be blind or have a child who attends one of those “brains, not looks” schools. Just be happy your daughter will not have to rely on her looks to get ahead. She will have smarts and a stick with it-ness that will allow her to be single forever instead of having to marry some wealthy overly tanned white-toothed Georgetown prep grad. How liberating!

You sound like you have neither brains nor looks. My children (one boy and one girl) attend the same Big 3. I’ll help you out because you seem a little slow—it’s either GDS or Sidwell.

Luckily my daughter has both brains and beauty. I’ll also make it very clear to my son that he should avoid girls from Holy Child. I’ve never given HC a thought before this thread, but these posts have been enlightening.

Ok. I don’t believe your daughter is cute. Ask me why but there’s a reason for the expression “X has a face only a mother could love.” And I seriously doubt your son has the looks, charm or wealth to attract a Holy Child girl.

I do not yet have a child in high school but looking at the insta pages for the high schools I would argue that Holy Child has an unusually high percentage of gorgeous girls and they seem genuinely happy. It’s okay to say this. I don’t know why stating this annoys so many middle aged/aging mothers.

Anyhow, like God said, all children are beautiful. So can’t we all just get along?

Not directed at any PP specifically, but the overall tone of some in this 'debate', trash-talking a small local independent school that is part of a network of schools that extend into Africa and South America, with an incredible founding mission. Do you know anything about Cornelia Connelly or the outreach the network does to a wide variety of girls, both learning styles and socio economically? The pedagogical approach? Of the founders and founding missions in our area schools, Cornelia Connelly's philosophy stands out as very cool and enlightened. She certainly won BEST Nun during an era when Catholic education and orders didn't always shine so brightly (yes Irish laundries, I'm looking at you). I'm struggling to understand the motivation behind all this negativity. Why don't you visit the school and get to know it better?

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cornelia_Connelly
"Despite the strained economy of her Sussex school, Cornelia Connelly insisted on maintaining day schools for those who could afford tuition, as well as free schools for those who could not. She introduced Greek and Latin writers in translation for her brightest female pupils – courses that were otherwise reserved for male pupils. Amidst the Darwinian revolution, she had her pupils learn geology. She encouraged them to dabble in art, music, and drama, even to dance waltz and polka, as well as playing whist. Her attitude towards discipline was unusual in that a school to her was meant to be home, with the nuns as mothers who should love, trust and respect their pupils. Disliking the customary convent rules of constant surveillance, she encouraged mutual trust and respect for different talents.[25]

Some of the posters here sound nutty. What kind of mom picks apart another kid's looks? And, why care where A stranger sends their kid to school?

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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

Oh honey, you must be blind or have a child who attends one of those “brains, not looks” schools. Just be happy your daughter will not have to rely on her looks to get ahead. She will have smarts and a stick with it-ness that will allow her to be single forever instead of having to marry some wealthy overly tanned white-toothed Georgetown prep grad. How liberating!

You sound like you have neither brains nor looks. My children (one boy and one girl) attend the same Big 3. I’ll help you out because you seem a little slow—it’s either GDS or Sidwell.

Luckily my daughter has both brains and beauty. I’ll also make it very clear to my son that he should avoid girls from Holy Child. I’ve never given HC a thought before this thread, but these posts have been enlightening.

Ok. I don’t believe your daughter is cute. Ask me why but there’s a reason for the expression “X has a face only a mother could love.” And I seriously doubt your son has the looks, charm or wealth to attract a Holy Child girl.

I do not yet have a child in high school but looking at the insta pages for the high schools I would argue that Holy Child has an unusually high percentage of gorgeous girls and they seem genuinely happy. It’s okay to say this. I don’t know why stating this annoys so many middle aged/aging mothers.

Anyhow, like God said, all children are beautiful. So can’t we all just get along?

PP who wrote about the pecking order here. No I don't have a girl at Holy Child. Actually we have one at Visitation/Stone Ridge. I know this is how at least some of those girls think of Holy Child girls because our DD relays this to us and it makes her uncomfortable. We think it is appalling. I still am convinced that a lot of the nasty posts here are from teens.

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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

Oh honey, you must be blind or have a child who attends one of those “brains, not looks” schools. Just be happy your daughter will not have to rely on her looks to get ahead. She will have smarts and a stick with it-ness that will allow her to be single forever instead of having to marry some wealthy overly tanned white-toothed Georgetown prep grad. How liberating!

You sound like you have neither brains nor looks. My children (one boy and one girl) attend the same Big 3. I’ll help you out because you seem a little slow—it’s either GDS or Sidwell.

Luckily my daughter has both brains and beauty. I’ll also make it very clear to my son that he should avoid girls from Holy Child. I’ve never given HC a thought before this thread, but these posts have been enlightening.

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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

Oh honey, you must be blind or have a child who attends one of those “brains, not looks” schools. Just be happy your daughter will not have to rely on her looks to get ahead. She will have smarts and a stick with it-ness that will allow her to be single forever instead of having to marry some wealthy overly tanned white-toothed Georgetown prep grad. How liberating!

Anonymous wrote:Is Holy Child at the bottom of the pecking order? It is certainly below Visitation and Stone Ridge, two other girls schools. Does that mean it is not a good school? Of course not. Does that mean that some girls think it isn't. Absolutely. Are some of them also jealous that Holy Child girls are higher in the attractiveness pecking order? I am sure. This is all part of the underbelly of the Catholic school world in the area. It is all very provincial but very real to the teens living in it.

“Are some of them also jealous that Holy Child girls are higher in the attractiveness pecking order?”

Ok, Holy Child mom. We get it, you know your daughter isn’t very bright (and her school is meh), so you feel compelled to convince the world that she’s “cute.”
If that’s the tiny little hill you want to die on, I’m not going to try to stop you.

Is Holy Child at the bottom of the pecking order? It is certainly below Visitation and Stone Ridge, two other girls schools. Does that mean it is not a good school? Of course not. Does that mean that some girls think it isn't. Absolutely. Are some of them also jealous that Holy Child girls are higher in the attractiveness pecking order? I am sure. This is all part of the underbelly of the Catholic school world in the area. It is all very provincial but very real to the teens living in it.

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the rep for this school? Are the girls snobby?

Snobby about what? Attending a 4th tier school with mediocre college admissions results?

There admissions are pretty good actually:

https://www.instagram.com/p/CtACZ0FMJPN/

You and I must have a different definition of “pretty good.” The highest ranked schools I saw were the University of Michigan, UVA and Georgetown (about 1 admit per school). I didn’t see a single Ivy, or even a top 20 university.

That’s pretty mediocre in my world.

I'd be more than happy if my kid got into one of those schools. Well, at least they are better looking than you.

Lol—you sound silly. I graduated from one of the aforementioned schools.

Of course, UofM, UVA, and Georgetown are great universities. However, at least a handful of Holy Child’s students should be heading to higher ranked universities on an annual basis—if you’re going to be snobby.

There are other things to be snobby about...namely your good looks and family wealth. These girls don't need to go to top schools to be successful. That's for the strivers of the world.

No, they don't need to go to good schools (and most of them can't) to be RICH, not successful. The ones I know are pretty, wealthy, and fairly unintellectual, just like their mother. That's what was emphasized to them growing up too. Lots of flashy insta pics and pretty clothes, but please don't read a book.

Now the whole school may not be that way, but that has been my experience with the girls from HC.

Yes the insta pages are off the chain. Look at all of the events even on the school’s insta page. Lots of beautiful blonde people in expensive pastel clothes (mostly pink). Bizzaro.

This is precisely the girls that went there after attending MoCo public with my DD.

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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

I have a somewhat different take. My understanding is that HC has a very intentional program within the school auspices to support neuro diverse learning. Wow! Some of these learners may need that support to blossom, and maybe will see the gains in graduate school, in the arts, in tech--who knows. A school that actively supports all kinds of children rather than recruiting "one type" may have different looking college admittances, but that may be a reflection of their open arms to many types of girls, and doesn't mean it's not a good school. It looked like a fine school to me when we were looking, for all kinds of girls. It also looked fun, interesting and balanced. I do think in High School it could have slightly wider program offerings--ie classic languages--but overall, the academics looked solid to me. Our area needs alternatives to the grind school routine many of our area "best" publics and privates have succumbed to, and an emphasis on engagement, joy and support actually seems refreshing and forward thinking. Different doesn't mean 'worse'. Their pedagogy/approach seems better articulated and delivered than a lot of places!

Anonymous wrote:Consider that some of these negative posters may be girls from other Catholic girls schools. There is a pecking order among these schools, and other girls can be very nasty and dismissive about Holy Child.

Is that because Holy Child is on the very bottom of that hierarchy?

Consider that some of these negative posters may be girls from other Catholic girls schools. There is a pecking order among these schools, and other girls can be very nasty and dismissive about Holy Child.

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The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

If someone insists on posting about how “beautiful” these girls are, the door has been opened for others to share differing opinions. Some of us have eyes and can clearly see that these girls do not look much different, as a whole, from students at NCS, Holton, Visitation, Stoneridge, etc.

The difference is that the above mentioned schools are all objectively better schools than Holy Child.

The people here taking time out of their day to post negative things about these teenagers' looks must be deeply unhappy people. There's enough awfulness in this world already and your comments have absolutely no added value. Please step back for a second and think about what you are writing on a public forum that could live forever on the internet. They all look beautiful to me!

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Anonymous wrote:What’s the rep for this school? Are the girls snobby?

They are known to be gorgeous.

Not based on the graduating seniors featured on Instagram. Those are very regular looking girls you see everyday on the street.