is there any none religion private school ?

Question

i mean my daughter is starting elementry but the school i put her in is cathlic .but i dont want her to learn all that . do you know

Answer 1

Yes, there are different types of private schools. As other posters have stated they are usually more expensive than religious private schools since they aren't subsidized by a congregation or diocese, but they are out there. Often they espouse one form of education such as:

Montessori - one type of education that believes in working with children’s strengths and specific learning styles. The are often private and are not religious based.

Waldorf education – a type of education that uses the arts, especially in the lower grades, to teach and engage children. They claim to be non-religious, but there are people who disagree with that statement.

Free Schools – based on the belief that children learn best when they are interested in a topic. Children at these schools set their own curriculum.

There are others too. If I were you I’d get a listing of the different private schools in your area, get information each and visit the ones that have a philosophy that you are interested in.

By the way, you can ask that your daughter sit out of religious classes if you want and is surely an option. Yet at some schools that will not stop her from getting exposure to religious beliefs. One school that I observed had children doing word problems such as these? “Jonah had a whale as a pet, the whale had 5 babies, each baby had 5 babies. How many whales are there?”, “Abraham walked through the desert. In five days he walked 100 miles, how many miles did he walk a day?” and my absolute favorite…‘There is a group of 100 people. 45 have accepted Jesus Christ as their personal lord and savior and are therefore saved, how many are not saved?”

Mainly, what I am saying is before you just decide to put your child in ANY school, research it thoroughly

Answer 2

There are non-religious private schools but as you can imagine they're few and far between. I'm not sure how you would go about finding them. And the only ones I've ever heard of are the "preppy" type of schools that aren't to cheap.

If I'm not mistaken you can request that you have your daughter "sit-out" on any religious types of functions/classes. I'm sure this all depends on the school and how hard up they are for new students.
But then again if they let her do that she may become an "outsider" among her peers and may feel insecure about it.

I went to a Catholic Private school for 13 years and (I can only speak for the 2 I went to) we had 1 religion class a day and we went to church on the religious holidays. But honestly nothing was hammered into you. In the classes it felt more like a history lesson than anything else.

In my opinion I would say definitely enroll her in a Catholic school (if you can't find another private one) since their educational side of things is FAR beyond most public schools. I went from a catholic high school to a public college and I was light years ahead of everyone else.

So in the end it's a trade off.

Answer 3

It depends on where you live. Check all the different schools in your area. I know that in New Jersey, where I live, there are some private schools around that don't have any religious aspect at all, however they do come attached with a hefty tuition. I can imagine how you feel also...I wouldn't want my kid filled with all that religious crap either...Anyways, good luck in finding a good school for your child, and if nothing else, there's always public school...

Answer 4

Yup

I've never gone to a religous private school before, yet I've been to three private schools.

All depends on the area you live in.

Answer 5

Religious ones tend to be subsidized by the religous sponsor, so are cheaper--but there are others available. First step: check your local Yellow Pages.