Juan Diego Catholic High School
I have visited Juan Diego High School on numerous occasions to do volunteer work... I have to say, growing up Catholic, I always wanted to go to a Catholic school, and what a relief it would have been to be among those of my own religion! However, in the many times that I have volunteered my time, as well as others I was accompanied by, I was seriously disappointed!
Do parents nor teachers teach these kids manners, or courtesy? We had our hands FULL, and only ONE time did anyone ever open a door! Keeping in mind this is a high school, but I have visited other high schools, doing the same volunteer work, and even my own kids' high school, and had the door opened or held open for me. I would think that more prominent (or smarter, if there on scholarships) would be taught manners, and the boys CHIVALRY (No it's not dead)! I have found my experience very disappointing.
Submitted
on Nov 7, 2011
Juan Diego Catholic High School
I am not Catholic and not rich, it worried me when I walked into Juan Diego. Personally I loved attending Juan Diego. I was never excluded for my religion. I also thought that I was walking into a snooty, rich private school. Fact is, yes you have the "elite", rich students, but you also have kids that are there on financial aid/ scholarship. You are going to find that at any high school, there is no perfect high school. Yes, maybe the football team gets treated with a little extra respect, but they prove themselves every time out on the field. They are a great bunch of guys. The teachers really care about you and are willing to help you when you need it. Juan Diego often gets a bad rap because we are a newer school and very successful. People try to say that we are all about sports and not about academics. We are all students first at JD. Our coaches seriously enforce the rules of no playing if unitil you get your grades up.
In conclusion, my experience at JD has been great. It has given me many opportunities and I am proud to say that I go to JD. No matter where you go, there will always be drama. ITS HIGH SCHOOL, the most dramatic period of life, there is no avoiding it. I think it is a fantastic school and worth considering.
Submitted
by a Current Student
on Aug 9, 2011
Juan Diego Catholic High School
While the previous commentator illuminates many of the social problems seemingly specific to Juan Diego Catholic High School, I want to suggest that such ignominious behavior is bound to occur in a Catholic School located on Mormon turf. The overarching Mormon presence within the greater Salt Lake area forces Catholics and other minority religions to consolidate their own identities as part of a struggle to merely maintain those identities. Therefore, the tensions within the schools population is merely a microcosm of the larger religious and social tensions that result from cleavages within the larger surrounding community. A more powerful critique lies in exposing the institution for what it is (or is not): a place to
educate students!. juan Diego claims to educate its students within two realms: the spiritual and the academic. Although its job, as a religious school, includes developing the spirituality of its students, the mission to religiously educate places its actually academic effectiveness under erasure! That is to say, the administrators (namely the owners and principals) do a very good job at concealing a crumbling academic atmosphere, a hive of bumbling inexperienced teachers, by peddling a spiritually wholesome atmosphere to unwary parents! As the recipient of the school's most impressive awards, I find myself quite well-qualified to speak to the failure of this school's education system. There is no reason why I should have had to learn to write essays in college. If this school was doing its job, every student would graduate with at least some writing experience! I literally wrote one graded essay in my entire education career at Juan Diego. I found myself at an extreme disadvantage when I went to college because I had to learn how to write while all of my peers had significant writing experience in high school. The humiliation that accompanied the many C papers I wrote clearly reflects the academic humiliation Juan Diego would face if its academic programs are juxtaposed with the academics of other schools that seek to prepare students to college.
Submitted
by a Parent
on May 28, 2011
