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Our son attends Catholic grammar school, and will likely go to a Catholic high school. I'm Catholic, my spouse is Presbyterian. We are fortunate enough to be able to afford parochial school.
We both believe that, in addition to the benefits of a smaller school and a school community, our son benefits from learning a system of beliefs, learning right from wrong and getting a grounding in Western Judeo-Christian culture - the dominant cultural belief of our country. In his class, and in the school, are protestant, Hindu and Muslim children. His school teaches about other religions - he's learning about Islam right now - and respect for other religions and cultures. We teach him about tolerance, respect for others and try to imbue a consistent moral view.
Ideally he will be grounded with a system of values, and knowledge of other systems and values, be comfortable with others, and will be able to make good choices in life and respect others and live in a multi-cultural society.
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