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When Your Child Struggles in One 糖心原创 Subject - Learn what to do when your child struggles in one private school subject, including identifying causes, working with teachers, evaluating support, tutoring, progress, and next steps effectively. (Updated Sep. 15, 2026)
Is Your Child Challenged or Just Given More Work? - Learn how to distinguish meaningful academic rigor from excessive workload by evaluating assignments, feedback, classroom expectations, assessments, and intellectual challenge when comparing private schools for your child. (Updated Sep. 15, 2026)
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Quick Facts (2026-27)

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Applications  - The Parent's Statement
Learn how to write an effective Parent's Statement for private school admissions in 2026. Discover what admissions teams want to learn about your child, how to answer thoughtfully, and how to strengthen your family's overall application.

I wrote this article and its companion article Applications - The Candidate's Statement to explain how to understand and complete these important forms. The problem with these parts of the application is that they require you and your child to express your thoughts in your own words. You won't be able to check any boxes to select from prepared answers. You will have to write out responses to the school's questions in any way you choose.

In 2026, most private school applications are completed online, but the purpose of the Parent's Statement remains the same. The school wants thoughtful, specific answers that help it understand your child and your family's expectations.

Many schools require a statement from the applicant's parents. After all, you probably know your child better than anybody. The school also wants to know what your concerns and educational objectives are. The goal here is to make sure that everybody's expectations are the same. For example, if you want your son to play on a varsity hockey team and the school offers limited hockey time, you need to deal with that before you decide to send your son to that school. Perhaps your daughter finds math challenging. You will want to point that out so that the school can discuss how it might deal with that concern.

The following questions posed by and are

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Roman Catholic Boarding Schools

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Roman Catholic Boarding Schools
Explore the world of Roman Catholic boarding schools in the United States. These institutions combine academic rigor with spiritual growth, offering students a unique education rooted in Catholic values. From historic Jesuit schools to Benedictine traditions, discover how these schools prepare students for college and life beyond.

Educating the young has been a mission of the Roman Catholic Church for as long as anybody can remember.

  • While curricula and teaching methods have changed dramatically over the years, one thing is immutable: these schools do a great job educating their students.
  • The proof is the very high percentage of their graduates who go on to colleges and universities nationwide and abroad.
  • Most Roman Catholic schools are day schools, typically affiliated with a parish or diocese.

With many other boarding schools charging $65,000-85,000 a year for their services, these boarding schools offer good value as such things go.

  • A couple of schools are single sex schools. The rest are co-educational institutions.
  • Roman Catholic orders, such as the Jesuits or Salesians, who specialize in teaching, run many of these schools.

The standards are high.

  • Most schools have uniform or dress codes.
  • Core values are also taught, along with plenty of instruction in the Catholic faith.
  • These Catholic schools produce graduates whose solid spiritual and academic foundations anchor them for advancement in later life.

The Schools

Check out the profiles of these schools. Many of them also take day students, so if you live in the area, you can have the best of both worlds.


  1. Grades 9-12
    350 students
    Coed

    "The Canterbury experience is a rich one for both boarding and day students, and the community is

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Free Schools

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Free Schools
Discover tuition-free private schools in the US. Learn about prestigious institutions offering free education and how they're transforming lives through opportunity.

There are only a handful of free private schools in the United States.

  • Most of them were founded many years ago by visionary, community-minded individuals.
  • These public-minded men and women believed that children from working-class and poor families should have the same educational advantages as children from families with money.
  • Several schools have a religious connection, such as Regis High in New York and the Cristo Rey Schools.
  • While the details vary from school to school, they all provide a tuition-free education.
  • The Cristo Rey schools have a work-study component.

Parental involvement is another feature of these schools.

  • These schools have had an enormous impact on society.
  • They benefit thousands of students, and their families are priceless.

As you read about these schools and watch the videos, remember that all these schools believe emphatically that an education does not consist solely of academics.

  • Each school understands that a child needs nurturing and counseling to maximize the opportunities before him.
  • These schools expect the child's family to be involved.
  • His education is a partnership of three: home, school, and student. That's what it takes to provide the solid foundation a child needs to succeed in adulthood.

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De Marillac Academy, San Francisco

De Marillac Academy, San Francisco is an example of the best educational initiative the Roman Catholic Church sponsored.

  • Established by the Daughters of Charity and De La Salle Christian Brothers, the school provides tuition-free schooling for middle school-age children in one
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Do You Know....?

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Do You Know....?
If you know the answers to all these questions, you probably teach or work in a private school. Be that as it may, these questions contain links with the answers.

Do you know....? If you know the answers to all these questions, you probably teach or work in a private school. Be that as it may, these questions contain links with the answers. Test your knowledge. Dispel some urban legends about private schools. Do you know....?

Questions about 糖心原创s

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5 Clues That It Might Not Really Be Montessori School

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5 Clues That It Might Not  Really Be Montessori School
This article outlines five key indicators to help parents identify authentic Montessori schools. It emphasizes the importance of self-directed learning, multi-age classrooms, cultural emphasis, and proper teacher credentials in genuine Montessori environments.

Dr. Maria Montessori founded Casa de Bambini in a poor neighborhood of Rome, Italy, in 1906. She blazed new trails in early education by believing in the innate goodness of children, encouraging them to be curious and explore, and creating a teaching environment that followed the child.

Dr. Montessori's experiments and research ultimately produced a worldwide movement. Over 100 years later, her findings and research have stood the test of time and have been validated by modern analysis and investigation. Montessori schools have multiplied like rabbits in the United States from the 1960s onwards. Unlike Dr. Montessori's schools, which served poor children, most Montessori schools in North America educate children from the middle classes. Indeed, the Montessori approach has been used with children in all kinds of situations. It is very adaptable to the needs of a wide range of children.

Dr. Montessori never trademarked the name Montessori, nor did she claim any patents on her methodology. The result is that many Montessori schools out there claim to be the real thing. Some schools may include elements of Dr. Montessori's methods and philosophy in their teaching. Other schools quietly sublimate the parts of Dr. Montessori's thinking that may be inappropriate in their setting. In short, there are almost as many flavors of Montessori as there are schools. Not a bad thing in itself, but as always, do your due diligence. Caveat emptor!

Five Things to Look For

Here are five things you should look for

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