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Originally Posted by jdierickx
We are looking for a private elementary school for our 4 year old son for next year. After some research we came up with a list of schools that we have selected: - Ascension Elementary School
- Holy Family School
- Holy Spirit School
- Holy Trinity Parish School
- Our Savior Lutheran School
- St. Raphael the Archangel Elementary School
- Our Lady of Lourdes School
Do some of you have some good insight on those schools? We are from Europe and this concept of Christian/Religious Church associated to schools is very abstract for us. My wife and I are both christians but not to the extent of practicing every Sunday in a Church. Would we qualify as active Christian for a parish? Are some of those listed schools not too focused on religious aspects?
We are very broad in our research... Highlands, St Matthews and even East Side. We are also looking for affordable schools so anything like Chance, KCD or Walden would not fit with our budget...
Thanks guys for your help...
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Unfortunately for Catholic parents, these schools provide little in the way of formal Catholic education. Also, their enrollments consist of a large percentage of non Catholic children as well as children of Catholics who are non practicing. So, from your persepctive, the Catholic religion will not be forced down your throat.
I think your list looks great, and I would honestly pick your house first, then your school. I agree with the above add ons too, but I would also look strongly at St. Agnes. If I were you and money were no issue, I would move within walking distance of St Agnes which has won several blue ribbon awards for excellence (as have St Rapheal and others on the list). St Agnes is in the Deer Park area of the Highlands and beautiful homes can be had in this area, Audubon Park, Tyler Park, and the Highlands-Douglass/Bonnycastle sections of the Highlands for very cheap.
The Highlands of Louisville, KY USA home page
The Highlands is the most urban, diverse area with all the safety of an outer ring suburb, and lots more charm and walkability.
If I were looking at suburbs, I would look at
Welcome to Norton Commons, a Traditional Neighborhood Development in Prospect, Kentucky, which is building its own Catholic school, St Marys, which will open in a about 2 years on the site of the community. Nearby St Patrick is an excellent school in the interim. That said, I would really strongly lean toward the rewarding urban lifestyle found in the Highlands corridor, and go with St. Raphael or St. Agnes. In the Frankfort Ave/Lexington Avenue corridor, should you choose to live on Cherokee Park in say, Seneca Gardens, which is a highly desirable area for resale, then I would look at Holy Spirit too.