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RE: catholic schools - 3/28/2006 11:53:08 AM
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I live in Coram, my children attend a Catholic School. I just have to said that it has been a wonderful experience to see my children growing, happy and confident. They love to go to school. it would be imposible for me to tell if is better or not. I have no other experience.
Our goal as a family is to teach our children besides a very good education, love and respect from one to another. love for their comunity. Moral values to help them have a happy live.
My only concern about public education, I don't know if i am wrong about this, is the school does not teach ethics and moral values to their children. To me Religion is a very private matter, but love, compassion, respect and ethical values is a different aspect.
What do you think about this?
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RE: catholic schools - 5/22/2006 10:04:45 AM
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That is very nice. But children learn it at home. There is no guarantee that what you have taught your children at home applies to all Catholics and/or Christian schools. It does not. Public School kids may or may not have the same values as your children. However, they would probably have made friends who were more like themselves.
(Parent and Teacher)
Been there.
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RE: catholic schools - 7/4/2006 10:57:59 PM
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I am seeking employment in the Catholic Schools because I choose to be in an environment that aligns with my faith. I know that if I do get a teaching job I will be taking a paycut and beleive me, I am not wealthy, I just want to work in a setting where religious values are looked upon favorably. I have taught in Public Schools and do not have anything negative to say, although for me it is a personal choice.
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RE: catholic schools - 7/10/2006 1:25:23 PM
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do you remember a school called st. bernards catholic school in levittown ny ??? from kim
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RE: catholic schools - 7/10/2006 11:21:44 PM
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St Bernards Catholic Church -3100 Hempstead Tpke, Levittown, NY 11756
Hope this helps. RoseAnn
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RE: catholic schools - 7/11/2006 10:53:22 PM
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our lady of mercy high school in syosset ny is looking for teachers check them out it is fabulous all girls school but they are very demanding.
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RE: catholic schools - 7/13/2006 8:30:03 AM
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I am elementary ed certified. I just completed an interview with the diocese and am waiting to be called for interviews from individual schools. Nothing yet
I do remember St. Bernard's not too far from where I live.
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RE: catholic schools - 9/2/2006 3:59:20 PM
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That's right Public School children may have different set of values than you do - however, that is why it's important families have school choice so that we, not the state, can dictate what those morals should be. Our tax money should go toward the education we're pursuing for our children and not forced to serve an anti-catholic program. I also think that having a great academic education plus teaching kids values makes them a better rounded individual caring about their community.
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RE: catholic schools - 10/23/2006 9:11:39 PM
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I completely agree with the previous poster. You said it beautifully. "We, not the state" should choose how to educate our children. I like that.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/19/2007 12:34:08 PM
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i am considering st john the baptist diocesan h.s for my son. I can't find any statistics, school history. can someone please help
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RE: catholic schools - 1/19/2007 4:24:05 PM
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Yes, but the public schools on Long Island are closed for the Jewish holidays and open for Catholic ones. In our district, they have a Chanukah celebration, a "holiday" boutique and classroom "holiday" party.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/21/2007 8:16:07 AM
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Why is everyone under the impression that the public school system does not teach morality and respect. Every school I know of incorporates good citizenship and respect for differences in their cirriculum. Most include this in their mission statement. There is a big distinction between religious values and fostering citizenship. Any educational facility will provide the latter. Public schools do not celebrate ANY religious holiday. What they will celebrate are cultural holidays across the spectrum. Chanukah is just that. It is a part of the history of the jewish people and not a celebration of their God. I would have liked very much for our son to receive religious instruction in tandem with a high quality education. It was high on our wish list when I began researching our education options. I could not find a parochial school in my community that could come close to providing him the same level of instruction as well as the quality of the teachers and administration that he is getting in our village. Combine that with the programs, enrichment and facilities he has access to as well as the financial gains and it was a no brainer.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/25/2007 4:49:53 PM
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Judaism is a religion. Chanukah is a religious holiday, albeit a minor one. If the "public" schools don't celebrate religion, then why are they closed for Yom Kippur and Rosh Hashanah? They are open on the feast of the Immaculate Conception, which is a Holy Day of Obligation for Roman Catholics.
If you consider Chanukah to be a cultural holiday, and not a religious one, then why aren't other ethnic groups given equal treatment? Do the "public" schools officially recognize Steuben Day, Pulaski Day, etc. I don't think so.
You are a second class citizen if you are a Christian in a "public" school on Long Island.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/25/2007 5:01:24 PM
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Maybe some public schools do teach morality and respect. I'll give you that. I haven't had opportunity to observe every public school on Long Island. I do know a teacher who works in various working to middle-class public and parochial elementary and middle schools, and they have told me that they have observed public school teachers who try very hard and do a good job of maintaining order and teaching the children to respect one another and their teachers. In the district I worked in, most of the kids were nice and respectful. But there were quite a few who refused to follow rules, ran around the classroom and the hallways and cursed at their teachers. When their parents were called in, the responses were: "What's the big deal about cursing? It's just words.", "The teacher has the problem, not my child. She cannot control the class."
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RE: catholic schools - 1/25/2007 5:09:45 PM
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Children should learn values at home. Although we're labelled the "me" generation, I think most of today's parents do a decent job. But, some parents are just lazy. I've seen nice kids from both public and parochial schools, and rude kids with behavior problems from both public and parochial schools. But some parents just let their kids do whatever they want and don't discipline them at all. I know several families who just let their kids run all over town. These aren't poor folks, and their not families with "issues". These are middle to upper middle class "NT" kids.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/25/2007 5:12:09 PM
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If you substituted "Jewish" for "Catholic" in that last nasty remark you made, the JDL, etc. would be all over you. What are you? Are you a Jew, a Protestant or one of those lousy liberal so-called "Catholics"? What happened? You couldn't get into a Catholic school and now you're jealous?
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RE: catholic schools - 1/25/2007 5:45:42 PM
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Perhaps the reason that many people are under the impression that the public schools don't teach values is their observation of SOME public school kids and the parents of these kids. Most of my friends' kids go to public school. They are LOVELY families. Some of them are Catholic, some Protestant, some Jewish. We have a diverse multi-cultural group of friends. What we all have in common is that we supervise our children and try to teach them to respect others.
We have a MAJOR problem with SOME of the CCD children that use our parish school for religious instruction. They write curse words on the desks, they steal supplies, they rip down bulletin boards, etc. I know the teachers are volunteers and they are in short supply, but some of them don't supervise the children very well. I don't know why more of these kids' parents don't volunteer to help out. Honestly, I think many of them are lazy and don't want to be bothered. It is obvious that they don't teach their children values at home and they don't care whether or not they are learning them in school. Most of the families take CCD seriously. But some just do it during Communion and Confirmation years to appease the grandparents and so they can "have a party".
I am active in the parish so I am up at the school several days each week. The CCD kids are running all over, playing basketball and soccer in the halls, running in and out of the school library, etc. while the parents are oblivious. The moms are all standing around gabbing at drop off and pick up time. They allow the younger siblings to run all over the building. Yesterday, for example, I observed an unsupervised baby running all over, a little girl roller skating up and down the halls and two boys bouncing a basketball against glass doors while their mommies gabbed. Not only could they have caused damage by breaking the glass, but they could have injured themselves or others in the building. When I went to say something to them, they ran outside. The custodian had heard the balls bouncing loudly against the glass and came running to see what was going on. I told him what the boys were doing. He said he was sorry, to let him know if anything else happened. I said: "It's not your fault, their mothers should have been watching them." (And these boys were about 11 or 12, old enough to know better.) One kid knocked over a bulletin board display and proceeded to run in and out of the library, swinging the doors back and forth. He didn't bother to try to pick it up. His mother (know the family) was gabbing on her cell phone, and didn't bother to tell him to pick it up.
My kids aren't perfect angels, but I would NEVER allow them to behave this way. I can't imagine going into some one else's school and doing things like this.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/30/2007 7:38:00 PM
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Looking for a community service program for a troubled teen. A divorced morhter is having trouble with her teen.
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RE: catholic schools - 1/31/2007 10:58:54 AM
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