Should I move my daughter to a Catholic School b/c I need child care?
Posted by ccare | Filed under Primary & Secondary Education
giggles asked:
My 3rd grade daughter is in a pretty good public school. Next year I will be taking Master’s classes that start at 8:30am, so I will need morning & afternoon child care, which the public school doesn’t offer. A Catholic School, (we are practising Catholics) 3.6 miles away has better hours & after care.
My 3rd grade daughter is in a pretty good public school. Next year I will be taking Master’s classes that start at 8:30am, so I will need morning & afternoon child care, which the public school doesn’t offer. A Catholic School, (we are practising Catholics) 3.6 miles away has better hours & after care.
What should I be asking before I decide to make the switch?
My daughter is afaraid she won’t have any friends, but she is excited about being able to do cheerleading and band. I don’t know what to do.
Tags: Child Care, Morning Afternoon, School Doesn
July 22nd, 2008 at 10:22 am
Catholic schools offer excellent education and a great environment…I’d go for it…and she’ll make good quality friends.
July 24th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
Take it from someone who was yanked out of school after school, who suffered from shyness and had trouble making new friends, I’d suggest providing the most stable school environment as possible for your daughter. If she’s naturally gregarious and makes friends easily and looks forward to the options at the new school, go ahead with confidence. But since she did express concerns about socialization, beware. Not having friends can be a debilitating problem which can affect her throughout her school years.
July 27th, 2008 at 4:18 am
I’d go for it. You can’t beat the education she will teceive and she is young enough to make new friends quickly.
July 30th, 2008 at 6:13 am
If you can afford this option and your daughter is all for it, then go for it!
You are practicing Catholics so it won’t be a complete religious shock to her. It obviously has the best in care and has extracurricular activities that she is interested in.
You need to make sure they understand this is her first time in a Catholic school setting and that they need to make the transition easy for her.
Make sure you find out if they use Corporal punishment and if they would ever try to use it without your direct consent.
Also, make sure they are using the same curriculum and that your daughter won’t be too far behind the other students.
At a young age (8-16) children can be particularly cruel to new kids so try to introduce your daughter to as many classmates as possible before the new school year starts!
August 2nd, 2008 at 1:41 pm
You should do what is best for your daughter. Which school will give her a better education and help her go to a good college? Have her be part of the decision process because this is an important step. Catholic school can sometimes be more demanding than public school. Overall I feel it is important to decide what is best for your daughter. So the most important question is how will the change effect your daughter.
August 3rd, 2008 at 7:55 am
I went to public school from K-3 and then was put into a Lutheran school for 4-8. At first I didn’t mind the idea but because I had gotten the taste of public schooling I started to hate the fact that I had to go to this other school. I didn’t like the way they taught or the fact of the strict dress codes or anything like that, because I knew what was on the other side. Maybe your daughter will be happy and maybe she already has to wear a uniform and stuff so it won’t really matter, but once I was put back into public school in the 9th grade I didn’t know anyone anymore, even the kids I used to be friends with in elementary school. I had a hard time with yet another change and because I was the only student from my Lutheran school in the public school I didn’t have any friends and because it was jr. high it was even harder to make new friends. Even though I had gotten a taste of public school early on I had pretty much forgot what it was like by the time I re-entered public school. You should really think about this before making this decision because as far as I am concerned a child going into the 3rd grade or even 4th grade doesn’t really know what may happen later on. If she does have to or ends up back in public school her friends may forget about her and so on and it will just be a little harder on her. Plus you have to think of the big differences between Catholic school and public school. First being all of the religion and secondly the dress code and the fact that it will most likely be harder than public school. The benefits include smaller class sizes for individual attention and a more structured education. I wouldn’t do it simply for child care purposes though, there is always some kind of day care that will pick up or buses can drop off at, and maybe you can check with your local YMCA for morning and after school activities for a lot less than a Catholic education. As far as cheerleading goes call or go to your local recreation department and most of the time they will have a football program for the boys and a cheerleading program for the girls.