Check Out Your Local Catholic School!

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I’ve said it before (about a million times) and I’ll say it again. The Wichita diocese in Kansas is an all tithing diocese. If you tithe, there is no tuition for elementary or high school. Simple enough, I think. The key to it is that everyone tithes, even if they don’t have kids in school. In any event, we’re supposed to and it’s tax deductible.

The poorest parishes in the diocese still brings in around 11K a week. The wealthy parishes can bring in around 75K a week and we’re not even talking about Christmas when I’ve seen it over 100K.
 
armywife said:
I’ve said it before (about a million times) and I’ll say it again. The Wichita diocese in Kansas is an all tithing diocese. If you tithe, there is no tuition for elementary or high school. Simple enough, I think. The key to it is that everyone tithes, even if they don’t have kids in school. In any event, we’re supposed to and it’s tax deductible.

The poorest parishes in the diocese still brings in around 11K a week. The wealthy parishes can bring in around 75K a week and we’re not even talking about Christmas when I’ve seen it over 100K.
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This is key. The parish and Diocese should be interested in the Catholic formation of its baptized children. To do this they must all buck up and eliminate tuition as an obstacle to enrollment. Otherwise the Catholic schools are schools of the elite, far from their mission.

In many parishes it amounts to around each parish family contributing around 20.00 per week to make it work. It has to be sold on its merits.
 
Our daughter will be attending 1st grade at a Caholic School this fall, and I think the tuition works out to $2400/year. It’s definitely a strain, but a sacrifice that we agreed should be made. It’s going to get REALLY interesting when my 3yo son will head to Kindergarten and bump us to around $4000/year. Still it’ll be worth it.

I can only hope and pray that when it’s time for High School, we can afford it. Either that or we’ll be moving to a new school district.
 
I’ll also concede that a school that has a name starting with Saint doesn’t guarantee that it provides solid catholic teaching and example. But it isn’t hard to figure out which ones are good and which ones aren’t. Ask to read the 7th and 8th grade sexuality curriculum. Dead giveaway on the orthodoxy of the administration.

I’m also aware that this is a sensitive topic for some folks. In many ways it is like the “stay at home mom” issue. Done right, both are HIGHLY valuable and give your kids the best chance of achieving healthy, faithful adult status someday. But lacking them hardly automatically dooms kids to destruction either. It is an assist to help parents raise kids that can tell the difference between the good aspects of our culture and the bad ones.

And don’t kid yourself, education cannot be divorced from values. When you try it, as do public schools, the value you are instilling is moral relativism, something our pope has decried as incompatible with the faith. This CAN be overcome with heroic parental involvement at home, but it sure helps if your are in harmony with the worldview that is held at school instead of in opposition to it.
 
Our Bishop has stated that no child in the Diocease that wants a Catholic education will be denied one due to financial need. Says to me that if you can’t afford it, it will be covered for you. HOWEVER, you have to prove that you can’t afford it by meeting with the school system President and bringing a copy of your tax return. I know people that say “we really would like to send our kids to Catholic school but can’t afford it”. Then they get into their Lincoln Navigator and drive away…

Please don’t think this is a slam on any of the OP! I’m just saying it happens in our town. Does NOT mean that I think everyone is that way!!

Personally we do the same as others. We camp in a tent for vacations or visit family in near by towns. We cut out food treats such as ice cream, chips & beer (these things are purchased for special occations such a birthday’s or good grade rewards) and we shop at Goodwill or Salvation Army. We also get a lot of hand me downs for uniforms. We get by, money isn’t really very important so we don’t worry about it to much.
 
Does anyone know of a really good, orthodox Catholic school system in St. John, Dyer or Schererville, Indiana? A good friend is moving there with several young children. For anyone who knows Michigan, we’re looking for a place like Spiritus Sanctus!

Thanks!
 
We can not afford Catholic school for our son either. Its 3300 just for preschool and goes up from. That is the parish price too, it goes up to 4500 for school at a non parish level.

We are considering sending him to a Moravian school instead, since they offer scholarships or even the local public schools.
 
Our school just raised rates. For two kids of parishoners, it’s $4200 a year. For three or more, it’s $4900. One child is $2800 a year. Non-parishoners pay about 25-40% more.

Yes, it is an excellent idea to look into what is offered in the way of financial aid for good Catholic education. You simply never know until you ask!

It is also helpful to make sure the Catholic education offered is good Catholic education, and not Catholic in name only. It is also helpful to make sure the child will fit in, as far as learning differences, etc. Some Catholic schools are right on top of this (ours is). Others are not. A Catholic-In-Name-Only school is not a bargain, and not worth the sacrifice.

And whoever said that parents that are not teaching their children their Faith was right on the money!

And there is the Catholic school that happens to be in the home. For those so inclined, it is a good alternative- and a bargain!
 
warrior said:
Does anyone know of a really good, orthodox Catholic school system in St. John, Dyer or Schererville, Indiana? A good friend is moving there with several young children. For anyone who knows Michigan, we’re looking for a place like Spiritus Sanctus!

Thanks!
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Not orthodox, but St John the Evangalist in St John is an excellent school. It stresses both faith and scholarship. The cover K through 8. From the academic standpoint, it is one of the best schools in the county. I know several people at St Michaels in Schererville who have their kids in that school, they seem to be in a constant state of complaining. St Edward’s in Lowell is a very small school, but the kids all love it and so do the parents. My daughter went there and we were very happy with the faith formation she received. We now have her in St John because St Edward’s doesn’t cover the middle school grades.
 
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