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re: Best Private Elementary School in BR
Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:09 pm to Rouge
Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:09 pm to Rouge
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Must be so depressing to have to live in BR and feel the necessity to shell out upwards of $6K to send your 5 year old to kindergarten.
As if living in BR wouldn’t already be depressing enough
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Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:09 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
Red Hawks baybee
Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:10 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
TIFWIW but I went to St. George and now I’m beyond wealthy.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:34 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
St Jude is a Blue Ribbon school
Posted on 10/5/20 at 8:48 pm to Higgysmalls
send your kids to Westdale magnet, yeah.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 9:16 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
Parkview is a blue ribbon school
Posted on 10/5/20 at 9:42 pm to 756
Dunham
Posted on 10/5/20 at 9:45 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
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They don't have a Pre-K, but we will apply next year for Kindergarten admission.
I think the application period is right now. I have a friend doing it.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 9:48 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
St. James starts at pre-k 2.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 10:29 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
either St. James Episcopal downtown or Our Lady of Mercy - if you want your child to stay there for school
St. Luke’s, Trinity, STM, St. Aloysius, St. George and St. Jude are very good as well
For preschool only - the First United Methodist downtown is very good
And maybe the LSU Early Childhood Lab
I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Fundamentals place out in Central, if you live that way
Dunham might be good - I’ve only known of a child that went through their special education program
We homeschool so this is my honest opinion (and mostly unbiased)
St. Luke’s, Trinity, STM, St. Aloysius, St. George and St. Jude are very good as well
For preschool only - the First United Methodist downtown is very good
And maybe the LSU Early Childhood Lab
I’ve heard a lot of good things about the Fundamentals place out in Central, if you live that way
Dunham might be good - I’ve only known of a child that went through their special education program
We homeschool so this is my honest opinion (and mostly unbiased)
Posted on 10/5/20 at 11:01 pm to Rohan
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Any of the Catholic Schools are basically interchangeable. We lived at the nexus of Sacred Heart, St Aloysius, and Mercy parishes. Visited all three and chose Mercy because we liked the vibe. Go visit and see which one “feels” right.
The kids from St Aloysius and St George are some cocky dipshits like their parents compared the the other Catholic Schools in the area.
But yes the schools' education are all about the same as they coordinate with the public school curricula, but they foster the nerdy kids' advancement better than public schools.
This post was edited on 10/5/20 at 11:16 pm
Posted on 10/5/20 at 11:03 pm to 3rdRowTailgater
We chose to go with St. Jude because of location and class size. Could have gone St. George but I believe they now have 5 classes per grade. St. Jude is still at 2 classes. I believe Aloysius and Mercy are either also at 5 classes per grade or are close to making the jump from 4.
We're very happy with St. Jude but you won't go wrong with whatever school you choose. Aside from good ol fashioned rivalry trash talk, i have never heard any real negative comments about any private school in BR - Catholic school or otherwise.
We're very happy with St. Jude but you won't go wrong with whatever school you choose. Aside from good ol fashioned rivalry trash talk, i have never heard any real negative comments about any private school in BR - Catholic school or otherwise.
Posted on 10/5/20 at 11:20 pm to Rouge
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Must be so depressing to have to live in BR and feel the necessity to shell out upwards of $6K to send your 5 year old to kindergarten.
I live in Livingston and send my kids to ACA so don't feel too bad.
Posted on 10/6/20 at 5:16 am to 3rdRowTailgater
We looked high and low throughout all of BR recently, and here is what we came up with:
Tier 1:
Episcopal
Trinity
Dunham
St James
Tier 2:
All the Catholic schools - St Jude and Sacred Heart being the smallest class / size wise, St George & Aloysious being the largest
Tier 3:
U High (I know you said private, but U High is a good option, has a competitive waiting list and requires testing to get in and isn’t free)
Bonus Info:
First Presbyterian and First United Methodist have the best early learning / pre K programs
Tier 1:
Episcopal
Trinity
Dunham
St James
Tier 2:
All the Catholic schools - St Jude and Sacred Heart being the smallest class / size wise, St George & Aloysious being the largest
Tier 3:
U High (I know you said private, but U High is a good option, has a competitive waiting list and requires testing to get in and isn’t free)
Bonus Info:
First Presbyterian and First United Methodist have the best early learning / pre K programs
Posted on 10/6/20 at 5:28 am to Kreg Jennings
quote:
Must be so depressing to have to live in BR and feel the necessity to shell out upwards of $6K to send your 5 year old to kindergarten.
Better put a few more thousand in that estimate.
Posted on 10/6/20 at 7:10 am to 3rdRowTailgater
Dunham, Episcopal, or Trinity.
Posted on 10/6/20 at 7:59 am to 3rdRowTailgater
Your decision greatly hinges on where you live or want to live if moving. Always go to the school on the bus route where you live.
My kids go to Mercy and live in Tara. We love it and the community of parents are fun.
I'm not even catholic. Really great school.
My kids go to Mercy and live in Tara. We love it and the community of parents are fun.
I'm not even catholic. Really great school.
This post was edited on 10/6/20 at 8:02 am
Posted on 10/6/20 at 8:04 am to mikelbr
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The kids from St Aloysius and St George are some cocky dipshits like their parents
Cocky? No. Downright money-worshipping, fake, assholes that breed more bullying, fake, money-worshipping assholes.
Any nice kids and parents there are the exception and not the rule.
Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:02 am to whoa
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Lauren Ray
affair with a board member. There's a new head of school; she's a great administrator. I"m sure Ive seen her in carpool, but couldnt ID her if I had to.
Posted on 10/6/20 at 9:07 am to TheEnglishman
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Your decision greatly hinges on where you live or want to live if moving. Always go to the school on the bus route where you live.
I couldn’t agree more. Location is more important to me, especially with how bad the traffic is. We chose our school and house so they’d be really close together and couldn’t be happier.
No way would I choose a school across town because some clique said it was the best school only to have to sit in the car for hours a day transporting my kids to/from school, practices, etc.
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