LI Catholic High Schools (Melville: public school, ranked, best)

[littlelamb3]

First of all, Special Ed kids need to stay in public school. I was a catholic school teacher and they accepted kids they COULD NOT accomodate!! They did it all for the money. Catholic schools are NOT for children with disabilities. Public schools will address their needs. Please do not be fooled, there is no such thing as a special education in a Catholic school

[littlelamb3]

Catholic High Schools are FILLED with snobs and right wing conservatives. If you are not into sports you are looked down upon like you are a piece of garbage. My daughter is in one of them now, but I am putting her in public school next year. I also went to catholic school and was treated poorly becaue I was not a jock. You really need to be careful about your decisions to put your kid in one of these snobby high schools.

[Kisel17]

Originally Posted by littlelamb3

Catholic High Schools are FILLED with snobs and right wing conservatives... <snip>.

What's wrong with right wing conservatives?

[Walter Greenspan]

Originally Posted by Kisel17

What's wrong with right wing conservatives?

Nothing, unless you're a secular-progressive-liberal Leftist.

[Rich10]

Is there any objective way of ranking these schools? For example, is there an independent reviewer of LI Catholic High Schools? Is there a list of average SAT scores? Chaminade posts the colleges its graduates go to. That may be telling by itself.

[PatDJohns]

I graduated from Holy Trinity, which many have said is not the strongest of the Catholic High Schools on Long Island. However, I will say that Holy Trinity was not very strict with the religious themes. I learned about evolution, safe sex, acceptance of homosexuality, abortion, etc. Of course the teachers always started out with the Church's position but then they would often times ask us to interpret the teaching and provide our own opinions. I really respected that.

[Kbinspections]

Originally Posted by Rich10

Is there any objective way of ranking these schools? For example, is there an independent reviewer of LI Catholic High Schools? Is there a list of average SAT scores? Chaminade posts the colleges its graduates go to. That may be telling by itself.

They do not publish a list like that. Chaminade does send an annual report and it mentions the the mean SAT score for the current class. It was in the low 1300's

[Amelorn]

Originally Posted by Walter Greenspan

Nothing, unless you're a secular-progressive-liberal Leftist.

Because a right wing conservative and your secular-progressive-liberal Leftist are the only two political thoughts in existence.


What about the issue-based thinkers? Or the centrists? We don't like endless propaganda, be it the right-wing flavor from a Catholic school or socialist/revolutionary clap-trap from (insert institution here).

I will agree with littlelamb about the inordinate focus on sports culture. Chaminade '08 here, so that should come as no surprise. I endorse a healthy mind-healthy body (I support a fitness suite with machines and weights), but it's a school, not a sports camp. Between the same-sex environment, obsession with sports, and neurotic publicized grade rankings calculated to the tenth place, I found it a very tense environment.

[cleo mcdermott]

My daughter goes to St. Anthony's. I was not thrilled that she picked that school at first, because I'd heard that they were too focused on sports. When we made the open house tours, I liked Kellenberg and St. John Baptist but turned my nose up at St. Anthony's with its sports complex and brand new state-of-the-art physical therapy facility. In spite of my derisive comments, she selected St. Anthony's.

I am happy to report that I was dead wrong. St. A's does provide many sports opportunities but I don't think it overwhelms or even dominates the student culture. There are a ton of after school clubs that the kids can get involved in and many, many of the students stay after to participate in them. Although it is huge, they manage to maintain strict discipline and the kids don't get away with much nonsense. It seems to be a culture shock for the kids who come from public school.

The best part of the school its academics. My daughter is in many honors classes as a freshman and I can't believe how accelerated and advanced her classes are. My high school experience 30 years ago can't even hold a candle to hers. Even her French class, which is not honors, goes through the material quickly. And who can resist those cute friars in their robes?

[NHP Guy]

Originally Posted by Amelorn

I will agree with littlelamb about the inordinate focus on sports culture. Chaminade '08 here, so that should come as no surprise. I endorse a healthy mind-healthy body (I support a fitness suite with machines and weights), but it's a school, not a sports camp. Between the same-sex environment, obsession with sports, and neurotic publicized grade rankings calculated to the tenth place, I found it a very tense environment.

Would you agree that none of that really should've been a surprise to you or your parents?