While I'd like to believe the warm and fuzzy idea of Aquinas, in real life, trying hard simply isn't enough. In real life, if you can't get your job done and you don't know your material, you're plain out of luck - no matter how hard you try.
The facilities were updated and clean and full of technology. This is amazing, considering that ALL this was accomplished without the support of tax dollars and the bottomless pockets of the government! As testing and student achievement show, it is by far the best value based education in the area. Aquinas is built from a foundation of Christian morality and higher learning that educates the body, mind, and spirit.
Do you strongly feel that a Catholic spin must be thrust onto every subject, even if it means ignoring or skimming through certain aspects?
I suppose thee kindness from this school and the entire region this is why my daughter has no choice but to transfer out of your school this upcoming year. All my children have always gone to Catholic schools with very previous pleasant experiences. Under the veil of kindness and behind closed doors, the discriminatory basis for reasons of treating an aggregate or non local family badly still stands behind the external show and misinformed data to the rest of the nation.
Come on over to this school, if you love Jesus and detentions. Probably the worst experience your child will ever have. The teachers don't care about their jobs and make no effort to help students. Worst school of all time. No exaggeration.
Would you like your child to receive extra special attention and assistance to receive better grades, even if he/she does not actually understand the material?
All facilities were old and lacking in current technologies. Many things that we should have been able to explore and learn were unavailable as we lacked the proper equipment.
The worst problem I have with the Aquinas schools are some of the attitudes they foster. I understand that they are a Catholic institution, but that does not give them the right to treat others of differing faiths and lifestyles with anything less than respect and kindness. No views differing from Catholic canon will be tolerated within those walls; in fact, students who possess opposing viewpoints are often punished and ostracized. I might even call some of their teachings religious bullying.
I think the Aquinas family of schools used to be great. Many people seem to feel that way. But when I was there 5-11 years ago, that greatness was long gone. Only a few of the teachers were what I would call "quality" instructors who did a good job, knew what they were doing, and still cared at all about their work. Most of those "quality" instructors are now retired. Perhaps new hires took their places, but 5-11 years ago all new hires were more or less bumbling fools who couldn't find job placement elsewhere.
Do you want to hide other world views and lifestyles from your child?
I will say, however, that struggling students can receive all the help that they need. Small classroom sizes make individual attention very easy to get. While that aspect of the school is wonderful, it is also problematic. Less intelligent students are able to seek out so much help and extra credit that they are able to pass their classes with flying colors, wether they truly know the material or not. In many classes, over 75% of the class received A's. A large percentage of my classmates were ill-prepared for university because they were accustomed to receiving good grades just for "trying hard" and putting in the time for extra credit.
Are these hallmarks of all underfunded schools this day and age? Maybe. But I don't think so.
If you're looking into Aquinas schools simply because you want your child to have the best academically, look elsewhere. Now that I am a parent, I would be appalled to send my child there, much less to spend money on sending my child there.
Our children have attended Aquinas schools since they were 3 years old and each year we have experienced excellence! We appreciate the effort to include service to church, community and school each day. The strong academic environment and the strong Catholic identity. We feel the other Aquinas families have become our family!
If you answered yes to these questions, then maybe Aquinas is a perfect fit for you. For most others, however, I would skip Aquinas and choose one of the area's public schools and simply send your child for religious instruction on weekends, if that's important to you.
Aquinas High School is a US School based in La Crosse, Wisconsin. Aquinas High School is located at 315 11th St S, La Crosse, WI 54601, USA.
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