Opinions on Archbishop Molloy HS in Queens

[JohnAlexander]

I would like to hear if anyone has an opion about Archbishop Molloy HS in Queens.

How Catholic is it? My children have gone to Catholic school for grade school. Education wise it was average. As far as teaching Catholocism, I would rate it a D. If a non Catholic used what has been taught (directly as an academic subject, and indirectly by behaviour of the students and staff) then I sincerely doubt that they would ever conclude that the Catholic Church was the one true Church founded by Christ.

Overall the school has done a terrible job of teaching what it means to be Catholic. The kids in the school are no different than public schools children. The only reason anyone would ever know they are Catholic is because of their uniform. Certainly not their behaviour.

So does anyone have any experience with Mollow HS? 95% of the information I find online about Mollow is about their sports. Words can not describe how I feel about that.
I do not care about sports. While that might be an important part of HS for some people I think there are many more important things.

1. Catholicism. I don’t see any point in sending my children to Catholic school if it will make them leave the Church. All the people I met when I was in college who had gone to Catholic school were no longer practicing.
2. Academics. It seems that Molloy has really lowered their academic standards (or maybe they were never that high)
3. Social. What are the children like? Are they cliquish, nasty, mean, socially stuck up, “in-crowd”, “out-crowd”
4. Do the grown ups have a clue? I know someone who recently graduated from Regis (2007). There were kids who did drugs, got drunk, I am guessing that half were sexually active although all the boys claimed they were. For those who don’t know Regis is an all boys HS that is, academically at least, the best Catholic HS in New York City. Parents, teachers, etc. will all tell you how great the school was while pretending that all the bad things don’t happen.

I find the sad state of Catholocism very depressing. It is hard to find real, practicing Catholics vs. outward socailly appearing Catholics. I do think a large part of the blame is the failure of Catholic schools to teach what Catholicism really means. It is like being taught that being Irish means you wear green, eat potatos and dance without moving your arms.

 

[Allegra]

I have no experience with that particular high school, but I think your problem is a common one for lots of schools. I wouldn’t send kids to even my parish elementary school because there is nothing remotely Christian in the behavior of the students, teachers, or other parents. The purpose of that school is all about social status and not allowing your kids to mix with “undesirables”. Frankly, I don’t want my children to see Catholicism that way. I’d rather they go to public school and have to defend their faith a little than be constantly surounded by fake Christianity. However, I have several good public school options. Not all people have the luxury.

 

[Irish_Eyes_826]

I don’t know very much about the high school, other than that it is a Marist school. I went to a different Marist high school in the Archdiocese of New York and got an excellent education that has also inspired me to consider a theology minor. I met several Molloy kids on a Marist Encounter retreat. They were very nice and were very enthusiastic about Marist spirituality and the mass at the end of the retreat. Just my :twocents:, but I think the school having Marist brothers is definitely a plus!