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St. Dom's isn't exactly the best catholic HS either. St. Dom's and Holy Trinity (and even St. Mary's to some extent) are known as public schools with uniforms.
Wow, really? I remember definitely about Holy Trinity....I remember hearing that school was like a public school way back when. I didn't think St. Dom's was like that. Oh well. Guess you learn something new everyday. I personally wouldn't categorize St. Dom's with Chaminade or St. Anthony's anyway.
Wow, really? I remember definitely about Holy Trinity....I remember hearing that school was like a public school way back when. I didn't think St. Dom's was like that. Oh well. Guess you learn something new everyday. I personally wouldn't categorize St. Dom's with Chaminade or St. Anthony's anyway.
All the rich kids who got booted from Chaminade ended up going to st doms to finish out their HS careers... and most of the time they were booted for drugs.
If your kids can get into Chaminade, Kellenberg, Sacred Heart, OLM or St Anthony's, sending them to any of those schools will only benefit them.
Any comments on the difference between private Catholic schools and Diocesan Catholic schools?
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Originally Posted by brimasa
like which ones? I can't think of any.
Chaminade and Kellenberg are private, run by a religious order, the Marianist Brothers. They don't take non-Catholics. As far as I know most of the other Catholic High schools do, including other private schools run by religious orders like St. Anthony's which is run by the Franciscan Friars.
Holy Trinity and McGann-Mercy are Diocesan.
The only private (non-diocesan) Catholic grade school I can think of is Holy Child in Old Westbury. One difference between Holy Child and the diocesan parochial schools is that it's not connected to a parish and the diocese doesn't have any input into its finances.
In terms of cost, Holy Child is much more expensive than the parochial grade schools--around $16,000 /yr vs. $5,000/yr., though they do have an impressive campus with a pool and generous financial aid for families with demonstrated need.
There's no significant difference in costs between LI Catholic private & diocesan high schools, they're all around $7,000-8,000/yr.
As for the original question, yes, Catholic high schools are popular. Here are application figures for Chaminade:
"more than 1,600 boys from as far as Manhattan and Westchester County applied last year for 425 freshman seats at Chaminade, which many consider one of Long Island’s premier private schools"
from a NY Times article: http://www.nytimes.com/2008/09/28/ny.../28cathli.html
I know of students from Riverhead and Yaphank who come all the way to Chaminade and Sacred heart, which must mean that they think these schools are worth the commute compared to the east end schools. Isn't McGann-Mercy the only east end school anyway? YOu might want to start a new post with McGann Mercy in the title?
Mercy mcGann is getting there. It has about 450 students and starts in 7th grade. You can send your child there in 7th grade and they can take advantage of the high school things there. The diocese has poured a lot of money into it and it has improved lots. Many children I know went and still go there and are very happy.
it is the only catholic school we get bussing to so it is a contender if we can afford it. I believe it is about $7500 a year.
St. Dom's isn't exactly the best catholic HS either. St. Dom's and Holy Trinity (and even St. Mary's to some extent) are known as public schools with uniforms.
LOL - I am a graduate (in the 90s) of one of these schools and back then it was certainly a "public school with a uniform" (LOL). The main reason I was sent to Catholic school was because of the school district I was in.
Chaminade and Kellenberg are private, run by a religious order, the Marianist Brothers. They don't take non-Catholics.
Slight correction, Catholics are given priority, but they certainly do accept non-Catholic students. In my class (Kellenberg '99), there were quite a few Protestant students and at least one student who was Jewish.
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