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MaddyK
10-17-2013, 07:58 PM
I'm interested in learning the difference between these two schools and what the pros/cons of each are. Can any parents with kids currently enrolled chime in and tell me about your experiences?
ladivavida
10-21-2013, 09:16 AM
We have friends at both places who seem happy with their kids' experiences at the school. We toured both schools when we went through the process for our first. Both are great parochial schools, among the best in the city. The main difference is probably SVdP drawing from its parish neighborhood whereas NDV has more options to pick and choose its students from across the city. NDV also felt more progressive in the way it teaches relative to SVdP and St. Brendans. Not sure if that helps but figured I'd throw my two cents in.
MaddyK
10-21-2013, 05:09 PM
This is really helpful, thank you! I've heard that SVdP mainly takes parishioners but that NDV is more open to kids who don't belong to their church. Is that true? Is it helpful for admission to be a member at NDV or doesn't it really matter?
ladivavida
10-21-2013, 07:39 PM
For SVdP, there are usually more siblings and parishioners than there are spots available so you have almost no chance if you're not a parishioner. From what I remember, NDV doesn't have an actual parish even though it has a church, which is why it's able to accommodate non-parishioners. (Or the fact that its location downtown means its parishioners are not the typical families that would send their kids to school there, leaving more spots for non-parishioners).

By the way, did you see this tour summary? It's couple years old but I thought it was helpful when we went toured NDV.

http://www.theschoolboards.com/showthread.php/261-Notes-from-Our-NDV-Tour
MaddyK
10-22-2013, 10:54 AM
For SVdP, there are usually more siblings and parishioners than there are spots available so you have almost no chance if you're not a parishioner. From what I remember, NDV doesn't have an actual parish even though it has a church, which is why it's able to accommodate non-parishioners. (Or the fact that its location downtown means its parishioners are not the typical families that would send their kids to school there, leaving more spots for non-parishioners).

By the way, did you see this tour summary? It's couple years old but I thought it was helpful when we went toured NDV.

http://www.theschoolboards.com/showthread.php/261-Notes-from-Our-NDV-Tour

This was really helpful. I had no idea that NDV didn't have its own parish so that makes sense about having more room to accept children from other neighborhoods/parishes. The tour notes were great!