11-01-2012, 04:02 PM
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Catholic schools, Who can attend?
hello Dear friends of CP:
Quick question, if one is not Catholic or Christian and niether are one's offspring can the offspring still attend Catholic school if we decide to direct our taxes to there?
Thank you,
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11-01-2012, 04:03 PM
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I attend a Catholic high school and I couldn't give two left handed craps about what they preach. Go hard.
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11-01-2012, 04:06 PM
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Catholic schools, where Christmas is still Christmas.
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11-01-2012, 04:10 PM
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One parent must have been baptized Catholic for their child to go to this system.
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11-01-2012, 04:11 PM
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The biggest issue you will face is if the school is already full; or near capacity. If it's mostly full, you have to be Catholic to get in. However if it's not near capacity (like in an older neighbourhood), I know the rules are less strict.
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11-01-2012, 04:11 PM
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If I remember back to my schooling days where I got denied from going to Catholic school for being a heathen, I believe that at a bare minimum the kid's grandparents much be practicing catholics.
They sniffed me out immediately when I entered the room and a cross went up in flames.
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11-01-2012, 04:15 PM
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I went to Catholic school here in Toronto, and you absolutely did not need to be any religion to go there. I had friends who came from every religion known. I would go so far to say that about 10% of our school was from another religion. No biggie.
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11-01-2012, 04:16 PM
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The policy is "non-Catholics are encouraged to apply" which basically means what Ken said.
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11-01-2012, 04:24 PM
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Thank you for the replies:
I guess the reason I ask the question is that I would like to send my kids to the nearest school in the community and it was completely out of curiousity; especially considering my lack of kids.
But seems kind of odd that a publically funded school board, albiet Catholic, can refuse enterance based on religion denomination.
As a Sikh, I use that term liberally since I am non-practicing, I went to elementery school in England (90s). The public school board there was heavily influenced by protestant values and I, nor my familly, had any objections hence why I would not mind sending my kid to a catholic school.
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11-01-2012, 04:27 PM
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It depends, can the child play football? If so, there will be no questions asked at St. Francis or Notre Dame HS.
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11-01-2012, 05:15 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
One parent must have been baptized Catholic for their child to go to this system.
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This is not true. I am not a Catholic, never baptised. Neither is my wife. Our son goes to the Catholic school that is a 5 minute walk from our house as we have no desire to bus our kid 30 minutes to the "nearest" public school. It all depends on how much room there is.
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11-01-2012, 05:40 PM
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In Bridlewood before the pub school opened it was strictly a one parent or child baptized catholic to be reserved a spot. Others were allowed in if space permitted
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11-01-2012, 07:12 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by habernac
This is not true. I am not a Catholic, never baptised. Neither is my wife. Our son goes to the Catholic school that is a 5 minute walk from our house as we have no desire to bus our kid 30 minutes to the "nearest" public school. It all depends on how much room there is.
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Yeah, I don't think it's true either.
I went to a Catholic school until grade 11 and I remember that some kids that went there were not Catholic, but were kids in juvie whose parents sent them there to hopefully straighten them out (the idea being that Catholic schools are more strict).
I also recall some non-Catholic Christians were enrolled because their parents while not Catholic, still wanted a Christian element to their education.
Also, I don't think Catholic schools are necessarily more strict, but that is the image portrayed.
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11-01-2012, 08:27 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
One parent must have been baptized Catholic for their child to go to this system.
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This statement is just wrong when it comes to high school. Especially if you're good at Basketball. I'm not kidding.
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11-01-2012, 10:41 PM
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Cheese
One parent must have been baptized Catholic for their child to go to this system.
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Others have said "not true" and they are right,my daughter went to a Catholic high school and was far from Catholic as was her mother and of course myself.
Like anything Catholic, if there's money in it...they'll take you with open arms!
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11-02-2012, 08:17 AM
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Originally Posted by HELPNEEDED
Thank you for the replies:
I guess the reason I ask the question is that I would like to send my kids to the nearest school in the community and it was completely out of curiousity; especially considering my lack of kids.
But seems kind of odd that a publically funded school board, albiet Catholic, can refuse enterance based on religion denomination.
As a Sikh, I use that term liberally since I am non-practicing, I went to elementery school in England (90s). The public school board there was heavily influenced by protestant values and I, nor my familly, had any objections hence why I would not mind sending my kid to a catholic school.
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So long as you're comfortable with a few religion classes, going to church or church assemblies during class hours (approx once every two months) and taking part in morning prayer every morning, then you'll be fine.
Also to note, religion class in grade 12 is actually more of a history of religion which covers Judaism, Hindu, Muslim, Buddishm, etc.
No doubt the Catholic school board stresses faith and God etc but it's extremely easy to just go through the motions and passively take part. Can't really explain it. I don't believe in the big guy upstairs but I had a good time in Catholic school from K-12.
I am now 25 and three of my friends are high school catholic teachers. At the end of the day, the teachers are human beings and not priests or nuns.
Act respectfully and you'll be fine.
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11-02-2012, 09:40 AM
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Why would a non-Catholic want to go to a Catholic school?
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11-02-2012, 09:50 AM
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Why would a non-Catholic want to go to a Catholic school?
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11-02-2012, 09:54 AM
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How do Catholic schools and Public schools compare in terms of quality of education? Is one considered better than the other, or does it all just come down to specific schools?
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