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2 unusual facts about parochial school


Parochial school

In 2002, Frank Dobson proposed an amendment to the Education Bill (for England & Wales) which would limit the selection rights of faith schools by requiring them to offer at least a quarter of places to children of another or no religion, in order to increase inclusivity and lessening social division.

Doctor Ghayasuddin Siddiqui, the leader of the Muslim Parliament of Great Britain, has called for them to be subject to government inspection following publication of a 2006 report which highlighted widespread physical and sexual abuse.


Good Shepherd Cathedral School

It is a private sectarian school situated at the back of the Cathedral Shrine and Parish of the Good Shepherd, the seat of the Bishop of Novaliches.

Herman O. Kent

He came to the town of Ashippun in Dodge County, Wisconsin with his parents, when one month old, living there on a farm until 1898, and attending local public schools and St. John's German-language parochial school.

Patrick Aloysius Alphonsus McGovern

McGovern was pastor of St. Philomena's Cathedral from 1898 to 1907, during which time he also abolished tuition fees for the parochial school.

Theodore Rudzinski

He was educated in St. Mary's parish school in Milwaukee, and graduated from St. Gall's Academy, Milwaukee, and Spencerian Business College of Milwaukee.


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David Levering Lewis

Lewis attended parochial school in Little Rock, then Wilberforce Preparatory School and Xenia High School in Ohio.

Escuela Parroquial Santa Rita

Escuela Parroquial Santa Rita (Santa Rita Parochial School) is the name of a private, catholic elementary and high school located in the city of San Cristóbal, Dominican Republic, within the province of the same name.

John W. Boehne

Born in Scott Township, Indiana, Boehne attended the district schools, the German parochial school of the Lutheran Church, and Evansville Business College.

Legacy Christian Academy

Formerly Cathedral Christian High School, Legacy Christian Academy is the largest non-denominational private school in Southeast Texas, and the only non-Catholic PK3 - 12 parochial school in southeast Texas, according to the Beaumont Enterpise.

Martin Teofilo Delgado

He went to school at the Santa Barbara Parochial School and later at the St. Vincent Ferrer Seminary, then known as Seminario de San Vicente Ferrer, in Jaro and Ateneo Municipal in Manila.

National Fire Academy

In June 1809, Elizabeth Ann Seton (later canonized as the first American Saint) had arrived in Emmitsburg, Maryland, and established the first parochial school for girls in the United States.

Saint Jerome's Academy

Saint Jerome's Academy, also called SJA, is a private, Roman Catholic parochial school located at the town proper of Bagabag, Nueva Vizcaya, Philippines.

Sisters of Saint Anne

Later that same year, having recovered her health, Blondin accepted the invitation from another former novice of the Congregation, who was running a parochial school in Vaudreuil, to join her in teaching there.

William P. Bolton

Born near Whiteford, Maryland, Bolton attended the public schools and St. Francis Parochial School in Baltimore County, Maryland.