Originally Posted by LaxMom1310
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Originally Posted by LaxMom1310
Originally Posted by Anonymous
Are Catholic or private middle schools any different? Any insight would be appreciated.


Catholic middle schools may or may not even have sports. If they do they are limited to baseball, basketball type sports. They are a situation when club ball would be a necessity.

You're dating yourself, almost all Catholic schools have soccer & lax programs for 7/8 graders and there are a few that can compete with almost any public school program - these are a lot of the same kids that wind up in Chaminade, St Anthony's, Kellenberg, Mercy, etc


I was just at St Patricks open house on Sunday and it was actually one thing we were most curious about. I went to St Mary's in East Islip also they didn't have it either.

Islip has boys lax only at this time, you can google catholic middle schools athletic association and all the information on what schools participate in lacrosse(probably 10 each for both boys and girls) and the various other sports being offered is there to look at - good luck with your decision!