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I am a rising sophmore at Paul VI and I absolutely love it. I'm on dance team and student government and I just cannot say enough good things about PVI. I've read many of these reviews and it seems to me that the people who don't like PVI are the kids who don't try. I would not say that PVI is easy, but it is also not impossible to get a good grade in a class. If you use all the resources provided and study, you will get an A, and that is the way it should be. If someone is not struggling at all, they need to be put into higher classes. The teachers are always enthusiastic and the classes ARE up to date; in fact, they update the curriculum every year. I recommend this school to anyone, regardless of their level of learning.
I live in Fairfax. Deciding to go the Catholic school route instead of FCPS system was based on our observations, of what was happening to the public school system in this area. We choose PVI based partly on location. My child liked nothing about the school. The academics were not at all challenging, the students were not very friendly, they stayed within their small elementary group clicks. It just never seemed welcoming. My child transferred to O'Connell after the first year. It was a fantastic choice. The academics blew PVI's academics away. The student body was very inviting and friendly. The faculty excellent. It is larger in size, and student body which also works to its advantage. It is a further commute granted, but well worth the extra time. I will send all my children to O'Connell. It is a wonderful high school environment! We love everything about.
Paul Vi in my opinion is a very bad school. It concentrates more on giving you detentions rather than helping you learn. The teachers have no connection with the students and dont give a damn about their students. The student to teacher ratio is very high and in this case, meaning the teachers dont personally give help that the students need. Every test or assigment the teachers give are from the book or another source. They never make tests or quizzes themselves. Overall this is one of the worst private schools that you can send you children to.
PVI is not a bad school. You certainly get the tools you need for college, but very few will go out of there way to help you with that extra mile. Very few will go out of their way for anything at all, unless your tie is loose around your neck. Which, if frequent enough, will earn you a polite request to not return the following semester. If you're really willing to sacrifice quality of education for rigidity and good old-fashioned catholic guilt, PVI might be for you. In fact, in most other parts of the country, PVI would probably be better than average. What I can't understand is why, with access to one of the best public school systems in the country, anyone would send their child here.
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