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FROM THE PRINCIPAL:
Dear Families
The National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP) tests reveal that
Catholic school students perform significantly better in reading, math and
science than their public school peers. Catholic students in Catholic high
schools, compared to Catholic students in public high schools, attend church
more, place a higher value on religion, have a more positive outlook on marriage
and family, express more concern for other people, and more often express a
belief that they will graduate from college. (The Heart of the Matter: Effects
of Catholic High Schools on Student Values, Beliefs & Behaviors, NCEA)
At St. Rose, we offer our students that opportunity to visit our Catholic high
schools (grades 6-8) to give them time to think about continuing on in their
journey of faith. This is an annual event, however, 8th grade students sometimes
visit individually at the high school of their choice. When our students visit
Fisher Catholic in Lancaster or Bishop Rosecrans in Zanesville they are paired
with former St. Rose students and spend most of the school day going to classes
with them. Often, upon return, our students comment about the comfort level at
the high school and begin discussing their options for high school with their
parents. We continue to maintain our relationships with both high schools with
the hopes that it will help our students on their journey to become Disciples of
Christ.
God bless you,
Mrs. D.
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