Why Catholic Schools? – a Student’s Perspective

The following is a part of the high school news class and is also published in the school newspaper Echoes.

Going to a Catholic school is a very special thing, not everyone can do. There are many advantages to attending Catholic schools, including living with Christ, building strong links with schools and communities, and finally getting excellent education. This is a very unique thing and it is free to pray and express your faith, no matter what you want.

There are many reasons for parents to choose to send their children to a Catholic school. Parents are obligated to ensure that their children grow under their faith and send them to the Catholic school to fulfill this obligation. It also gives students the opportunity to learn about the importance of Catholic faith and to approach God.

Catholic schools are different from public schools because you can openly talk about God and your faith at any time. It feels like a big family, everyone knows each other, and that is wonderful. Mr. Adolfsson, president of Sacred Heart School, stated as follows.

Catholic school students also score considerably higher than the national average in standard tests. Students in Catholic schools will have higher test results in smaller classes. In addition, teachers are taking time to make their studies succeed. Students also have the advantage of participating in the religious curriculum and Mass Week, allowing them to explore their beliefs more than public schools.

"I really want to graduate from high school at a Catholic school," he said, he said. In his old public school, freedom of thought was suppressed. "We can praise Jesus in the holy heart anytime!"

Many Sacred Heart students go to a Catholic school for various reasons. Second grade, Abbey Anderson said: "Because I went here from kindergarten, I like to participate in sacredness, so it seems like a second house." In relation to God I was brought up. It was a very fortunate thing that a wonderful teacher came on my journey.

99% of students attending Catholic High School graduates. 86% of these students are enrolled in a four-year university.

For 19 years as a student at the Catholic school (K-12 and postgraduate), I was fortunate to be taught only by devout Catholics, non-Catholics, LGBTQ staff and them. Please ask their beliefs. Regardless of the relationship with the Catholic Church and its principles, many of these teachers and instructors have focused on protecting and serving others. People different from us are around to help us grow. Force them to get rid of intolerance and hatred

I studied the majority of my life at the Catholic school. I attended Catholic K - 12 school in Grand Rapids, Michigan, and in 2004 graduated from West Catholic High School. I got a doctor's degree. In 2016, I studied at the University of Notre Dame. I am working as an educator and coach in the West of Michigan, as well as various domestic private Catholics, Christian, and public schools. I am extremely grateful to the West Catholics and other schools who taught me to evaluate social justice, the worldview of pluralism, critical thinking. For this kind of education, what I wrote today is to fight for justice.

Unlike schools in public schools, Catholic schools are focused on growing individuals as practitioners of Catholic faith. Leaders, teachers, and students must concentrate on the four basic rules that churches and schools begin with. This includes the school's Catholic identity, education of life and faith, ceremonies of life and faith, behavior and social justice. Like other Christian affiliates, Catholic schools are required to submit entrance or admission requirements and legal documents, regardless of religion, denomination beliefs, race, ethnicity, or nationality, as long as they comply with the rules But because it is accepted, it is usually non-religious. It was prescribed for productive school life. However, non-Catholics may need to participate in the necessary activities, especially religious activities, whether Christian or not, or abandon it.