Elementary Schools in District #25
Catholic Schools in the 11357, 11358, 11364 and surrounding areas. With my eldest son's pending 8th grade graduation, I was asked to write a letter about why I chose the school that I did. While I will not repost the entire letter here, I will just give reasons why I chose a Catholic Private School as opposed to the Public Schools.
I can remember when my oldest was going to be starting school. My thoughts of him becoming a scholar were not any different than most of my friends hopes and dreams were for their children. When they all chose to send their children to Public Schools, I chose the Catholic Private. I knew that the financial end of things I would have to sacrifice somethings to allow him to go to the particular school that I wanted him to go to.
When I went on my "interviews" , I knew the second I walked into St. Mel's that this would become his second home. It almost had nothing to do with the education that I was promised, but is was because of the comfort level that I got. It was also about the foundation that he would gain. I have to sadly admit that I am not a devout Catholic and I know less than my children do about Religion. But, I wanted them to KNOW and understand more than I do.
I am a strict mother. I do not let things fly by me easy and most of the times I can claim I have "been there, DONE that". I am harder on my kids than my husband is. I wanted to know that when my children go to school they are expected to respect, listen and to do what is asked of them in and out of school. I wanted my children to know that going to the Catholic Private was a privilege and something that I could take away should they not act in the way that they are expected to.
It is not that I have anything against the Public Schools, in fact, the public schools in District 25 and 26 are fantastic. Because I have never had my kids in any public schools ever, I can only go by what I have heard and what I have seen from the outside in. I know that the public elementary schools are probably rated one of the highest in the districts. But the Middle and High Schools are less than desirable. NOW, let me again say that I don't know this for a fact, but this is what my peers tell me.
So, with my sons pending graduation, he had a choice. He could go to any school he wants to. He has every door knocking with opportunity and he is in fact holding the key to his future. After taking his High School entrance tests and scoring very high, combined with his 7th and 8th grade transcripts he had his pick to every school that he applied to. He could even have his freedom and break free of the Catholic Private setting, should he want to do that. When it came down for him to actually pick he chose a Private Catholic School.
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