Lutheran School for Catholic?

[Retread_Mick]

IMNTBHO smaller class sizes are for the teachers benefit, not the students. Granted, I haven’t attended school for a half a century, but when I did, every class I ever attended had closer to forty students, than thirty. Twenty was unheard of. In grade school the teachers were** all **women, mostly nuns with a few lay teachers in the middle grades, and yet I managed to reach adulthood without any misgivings about my male identity. Our classroom prayers included Our Blessed Mother, along with other saints at appropriate times. A practice I’m sure would be missing at a Lutheran school. We were taught the three "R"s, and how to apply ourselves to the tasks at hand, which has served me well over the years.
There was no such thing as “Social promotion”. We either passed or failed on our own merits, or lack of them. In other words we were prepared to function in the real world. In short if you have the opportunity to send your child to a Catholic School, do so, even if the class size doesn’t meet the NEAs standards. Life isn’t laid back, it’s hectic and competitive.

 

[Sunbreak]

A classroom of 30 is not too bad. Back in the old days, we had large classes of 50 children in the Catholic school since there were so many children attending. Where does your son want to go? He’s old enough to have a preference.

 

[Selah_KY]

One thing you might want to think about is the friends your son will make. I doubt the Lutheran kids will be going to the Catholic high school that you have picked out for your son.

Interestingly, in my world there weren’t any Lutheran high schools and a lot of the kids from the Lutheran grade schools went to the Catholic high school.

 

[retire_early]

Interestingly, in my world there weren’t any Lutheran high schools and a lot of the kids from the Lutheran grade schools went to the Catholic high school.

That would be something to think about, too. By contrast, in my area, there is a Lutheran high school as well as several Christian (non-Catholic) high schools and some private schools in addition to a multitude of public schools. I don’t think too many Lutherans are choosing the Catholic high schools, especially with the cost of tuition being what it is and the choices available.

 

[julia1234]

I just wanted to get back here and say Thanks for all the viewpoints, it really helped. I decided to go with the Catholic School. Also, I didn’t think about how it really was nuns that used to do much of the teaching. I let the Lutheran school know they are my back up if for some reason this doesn’t work out. Once he’s in, it would have to be pretty bad for me to switch though. Thanks again.