Saints Peter and Paul School

Hello Jim,

Attended for 6 years so my answers are based on that personal experience.

The reputation is good. Faculty, I had a few screwballs as teachers and some that were excellent - general rating for the whole lot would be Ok to good. I had an overall positive experience; would have liked to have more activities and more college prep in terms of helpful programs for SAT, where to attend, ect. I thought they lacked greatly in that department when I was there.

What are your questions about the students? and the Community?

In speaking to a few more recent students in the past couple years they remarked that the classwork seemed a bit to easy and that the reputation was slipping a bit (they were comparing from when I was there). I haven't heard anything recently; I attended quite a number of years ago.

Hopefully a more current student/alumni or parent can provide further insight.

--Isalnder

Thanks for the information. In terms of the school and community I am just wondering if most students are Catholic and if the population is reflective of the island or not.

Anyone else out there, I'd love to know more.
Thanks!

Hello Jim,

The majority of the students are Catholic. Religion is a required course every semester, every grade. There is a campus priest and the Cathedral is right next door. Attending Mass was required when they held Mass for students, I don't think this has changed. Confession was required when they held confession for students - usually during Easter. There were also non-Catholic students; there were a few Muslim students when I was there, a few Indian students (I don't know what their Religion was but it was not Catholic), there was a few other Christian faiths (Protestant, Baptist ect.). Students that were not Catholic still had to take Religion and still had to attend Mass.

As for the religion of the community - most Virgin Islanders follow a Christian faith, Baptist and Catholic being the largest ones.

The school population is a mixture of the community; there are usually some Black students, some whites from the French Community, a few new-residents (mostly whites), a few students of Indian descent, a few of Arab descent, a few hispanic kids - but overall mostly local Blacks and Whites. Teachers were a mixture of local teachers and teachers from the states, although while I was there I had a one or two from the Phillipines, Africa, South America.

--Islander