{"id":7094,"date":"2012-01-18T11:56:09","date_gmt":"2012-01-18T17:56:09","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/?p=7094"},"modified":"2020-01-15T22:09:18","modified_gmt":"2020-01-15T22:09:18","slug":"despite-all-the-changes-catholic-education-continues-to-thrive","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/flovalleynews.com\/?p=7094","title":{"rendered":"Despite all the Changes, Catholic  Education Continues to Thrive"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>North County Catholic Schools Rebound After Consolidation<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>By Tom Anselm<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Back in the early 1950s, our fair neighborhood boasted a large number of Catholic schools.\u00a0\u00a0 In this week\u2019s edition, we feature many of such educational institutions that have taken on the challenge of faith-based education in a changing population.\u00a0\u00a0 Just as people came from the city in the mid-twentieth century to settle the farmlands north of Interstate 70, so many more have moved across the great divide of the Missouri River to points west, almost to the point of making the Greater St. Louis area a suburb of Columbia, MO.<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.flovalleynews.com\/despite-all-the-changes-catholic-education-continues-to-thrive\/tom-amsel-pg-2jpg-6\" rel=\"attachment wp-att-7108\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-thumbnail wp-image-7108 lazyload\" title=\"Tom Amsel. pg 2jpg\" data-src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/www.flovalleynews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/01\/Tom-Amsel.-pg-2jpg-112x150.jpg?resize=112%2C150\" alt=\"\" width=\"112\" height=\"150\" src=\"data:image\/svg+xml;base64,PHN2ZyB3aWR0aD0iMSIgaGVpZ2h0PSIxIiB4bWxucz0iaHR0cDovL3d3dy53My5vcmcvMjAwMC9zdmciPjwvc3ZnPg==\" style=\"--smush-placeholder-width: 112px; --smush-placeholder-aspect-ratio: 112\/150;\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Call it what you will, that movement of population has\u00a0changed the face of Catholic education in our area.\u00a0 Parishes closed and consolidated, forming new congregations.\u00a0 This and the higher cost of private schooling have led to even more joining of schools.\u00a0 The system remains sound, and successful, even amidst these challenges.\u00a0 But things have changed since I was a kid.<\/p>\n<p>I am a product of Catholic education, Kindergarten through high school.\u00a0 Now that may be taken as a credit to the system, or an indictment, depending upon who you talk to.\u00a0 But as I look at our Catholic Schools Week section, I wonder\u2026 why do schools have to advertise to get students?\u00a0 Doesn\u2019t the product speak for itself?\u00a0 Shouldn\u2019t parents just be knocking down the doors to get their kids in?\u00a0 I don\u2019t have all the answers, but here are a few observations.<\/p>\n<p>Private education has always been more expensive, and it is especially so in today\u2019s economic climate.\u00a0 Many parents I know with children my grand-kids age just can\u2019t find a way to afford it.<\/p>\n<p>When I was a kid, almost everyone I knew went to St. Jerome\u2019s in Bissell Hills.\u00a0 In fact, this subdivision, like Glasgow Village (St. Pius X), the south end of Bellefontaine Neighbors (Good Counsel) and Hathaway Manor (St. Casimir), were built with the school and church as the centerpiece of the development.\u00a0 You were either Catholic, or \u201cpublic\u201d, an unfortunate term for kids who went to the local district schools.<\/p>\n<p>Not a good way of looking at it, but true, nonetheless.\u00a0\u00a0 Even then, it was a struggle for many parents to send their kids to the private schools, especially since many families were rather large in the post-WWII population boom of which I am so much a part of.\u00a0 But the price was kept down by employing very low cost labor as teachers\u2014the beloved nuns.<\/p>\n<p>Now I say beloved not in a sarcastic way.\u00a0 Sure, the legends abound of rulers knocking the knuckles of miscreants, and Sister Mary Drill Sergeant roaring down the halls as innocent bystanders flew hither and yon against locker and wall. But they do not do justice to the many wonderful and sweet women who gave their lives to the children of their parishes.<\/p>\n<p>Today\u2019s elementary schools have one nun, maybe, with highly qualified and trained teachers, a vast array of programs, up-to date technology, and a strong curriculum.\u00a0 So the current cost of this quality can be steep.<\/p>\n<p>But you seem to get what you pay for.\u00a0 The high schools boast high graduation rates, with many students going on to college. Strong foundations in the basics are a product of the elementary schools.\u00a0 And another feature that these schools offer is the element of discipline.\u00a0 I have seen Catholic schools in operation, and have taught in public schools.\u00a0 There is a difference.<\/p>\n<p>The sheer size of a schools population may be one determinate, and I don\u2019t mean an 8th grader who looks like he shaves twice a day and drives to school.\u00a0 With a smaller student body, there is a greater opportunity to gain special relationships with students and parents.<\/p>\n<p>I know that the public school must take anyone who shows up at their door, and educate them in a free and appropriate manner.\u00a0 That is the law, what we pay taxes for, and that is as it should be.\u00a0 And there are many teachers in these systems no less dedicated and talented than their parochial counterparts.\u00a0 Plus, the advantage that a private school has to pick its students plays into this issue.\u00a0\u00a0 So I know we are not comparing apples and apples here.\u00a0 Still, the difference can be palpable.<\/p>\n<p>Then, there is the key element that Catholic schools offer that is not always prominently promoted.\u00a0 That element is the atmosphere of faith.\u00a0 The opportunity to pray, attend Mass with your classmates and teachers, to be surrounded daily by reminders of a Higher Power.\u00a0 This could explain more than anything else why parents who are not Catholic are seeking this private option more and more.\u00a0 They may see something essential that they cannot find elsewhere.\u00a0 The word \u201ccatholic\u201d itself comes from the Greek and means \u201cuniversal,\u201d and current enrollments are reflective of that diversity.<\/p>\n<p>Preparing our youth for life has never been more difficult than in today\u2019s culture. 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