The following is from a Catholic SF guest column by Pamela Lyons, Superintendent of Schools for the Diocese of San Francisco.
As we celebrate Catholic Schools Week across the United States, you may be wondering what is it that separates the Catholic schools of the Archdiocese of San Francisco from the many other schools in Marin, San Francisco, and San Mateo. You may be asking yourself, why Catholic school?
When a child enters a Catholic school, they are treated as one of God’s beloved children, created in His image and likeness, and as such are inherently good. In other words, all of our students are beloved because they are created by God. Catholic schools create educational opportunities that not only address the intellect, but of equal importance, the spiritual, moral, and social aspects of every child. We recognize the importance of academic excellence, and are diligent about ensuring that our students are receiving an education on par with, and in most cases, an education that greatly surpasses other local public and private institutions.
The difference lies in our pursuit of academic excellence as a pathway to a greater good. Our curriculum is rooted in the Gospels that inspire a love of learning and the intellectual pursuit of the truth. I always tell our teachers that we are educating our students to change the world, by contributing to the Kingdom on earth, with their ultimate goal being entrance into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Full story at Catholic San Francisco.
Well, both teach the three R’s: Recycling, Reparations and Reproductive Rights… both promote moral relativism… both embrace a leftist ideology. So what’s the difference? I know… the Catholic school costs $20K.
Excuse me, but as a 30-plus years veteran of Catholic schools, I’ve never had to teach any of those things, although I confess my room has a recycling bin. I’m teaching my seventh graders about the Sixth and Nine Commandments this week, and I assure you they will NOT hear about reproductive “rights”. Please give evidence before casting aspersions.
Catholic schools do not teach recycling, reparations and reproduction rights. They do not promote moral relativism. I’ve never run into leftist ideology either. There may be recycling in the school trash program (one would hope) and there may be a recycling project started by kids, but my experience is they don’t do that very often.
I know the internet is a negative place where anybody can make up anything. I can’t imagine why anybody would lie about schools…
Well side gravey these schools are cesspools of moral relativism
Garvey is correct. So called, “Catholic” schools around here teach an ambiguous “spiritualism” with just a sprinkling of quasi “Christianity…” The only “religion” that is taught is the unwavering belief that the democrat party is Jesus Christ…. It’s public school with a price tag. There is what they call “financial aid…” but no charity in mind there… they have weaponized financial aid and use it to buy silence of any criticism or concerns parents have of anything, and cut it off the more you bring up issues or ask questions… especially if you’re even slightly Catholic…
I prefer this re Catholic schools. The tuition plan is superior too:
https://cal-catholic.com/why-arent-other-dioceses-looking-to-lincoln/
Paraphrasing SAINT Mother Teresa:
“Go ahead< when you find a "perfect" Catholic school join it. Then it won't be perfect anymore!"
The superintendent is putting on smiley face on a very difficult situation she has to manage.
There is no evidence here. Just culmany against the fine men and women who staff our schools
Right. I’m sure the local Catholic school would jump to hire you. You could teach Non-binary Gender Theology in a Post-councillor, Neo-paganism Society… or maybe P.E.
How is it culmany when everything I said actually happened to us and a bunch of families that took their kids out of the school for the reasons I said… which is why I said it… because it’s all true. If the San Francisco Bay Area “catholic” schools are doing such a great job, one way to measure that great success should be how many priests and nuns they produce every year right? So how many priest and nuns do these great men and women produce every year I wonder… are we allowed to ask that question? Can we use that as evidence that maybe… just maybe… something might be wrong here…. here’s another question… I went to “catholic” high school in the east bay and graduated in the 1990’s…. through Facebook I have…
It would be more helpful if you just stated what your experience was rather than generalizing it.
So going by your post above, I assume that your kids were not taught the Catholic Faith as you would have taught it? We home schooled for this reason.
Your kids were really taught that the Democratic party is Jesus Christ?
What were things you complained about?The stories I have about Catholic schools are from decades ago. People have retired so I do not know the current situation. How long ago was your experience?
Anytime you generalize, you lose information. And the information is what is important and what can make a difference.
Yes. Our Lady of the democrats teach that the democrat party is Jesus. Basically. I guess that’s why 95% of the graduates of the democrat stooge factories in the Bay Area don’t go to Mass and are radically opposed to Church teaching.