Bethlehem Catholic High School

If you are looking to send your either, new highschool son or daughter to an educational environment that would uphold the simplest necessities for a good high school experience. Bethlehem Catholic is not the choice for you. The tuition is over 8,000 dollars without a scholarship, you are basically paying for a far worse academic learning experience, a school with no A/C,and a very poor faculty. They say how much they care about ALL of their students like no other school, yet they divide their schools and favor certain students like no other as well. In an athletically focused school if you do not play sports or do any extra corricular activities you are soon forgotten. Also, the school makes it impossible to get in to a higher academic classes, due to their poor teaching. Which are the only classes that may have a good teacher (not gauranteed), all the standard class teachers dont excel in their field as a simple public school teacher may and from my experience as well as my fellow classmates can say, no one understands what the teacher is teaching and basically has to learn on their own. If you want to send your son or daughter to BECA, i strongly suggest to pick another school.
--Submitted by a student

Beca is AWESOME! What makes is so special are the people- the students and the teachers. It has a nice "family" feel to it. The administration is very willing to work with parents. The honors classes are challenging.
--Submitted by a parent

Low academics, bizarre priorities with sports at the top of the list. If you care about quality education look elsewhere.
--Submitted by a parent

Look no further for the best high school for your son or daughter. Faculty has fantastic credentials, sports programs are outstanding, parental involvement is second to none. If your child is college bound, this is the place to be. Almost all students go on to attend top quality 4 year colleges, from the Ivy's right on down the list.
--Submitted by a parent

BECA is a place for everyone. Teachers are skilled and care about the development of everyone. BECA encourages students to be leaders with strong moral standards. My son achived a dean scholarship.
--Submitted by a parent

If your son or daughter aspires to gain entry to a top college or university, plays sports well, and will give BECA another 'statistic' to tack up on the wall then you're in the right place. If your son/daughter is just a typical kid that wants to enjoy their day-to-day school experience surrounded by nice kids then you'll need to look elsewhere. The academic expectations are sub par despite the fact that BECA has some excellent faculty. There's too much wasted time on nonsense assemblies (to honor athletes), shortened class shedules, etc. Our child learned little or lost ground academically in the school amidst constant bullying. Look elsewhere!
--Submitted by a parent

This is the wost catholic school i've ever attended.Not only are the teachers horrible but the rules dont make sense!you get in trouble for wearing the wrong colored hair-band but no one gets in trouble for dis-respecting teachers.Their theology classes are jokes!most of the teachers don't even know what they're teaching!!i can not wait to graduate!
--Submitted by a student

I chose to send my daughter (who graduated #1 in her elementary school class of 103 students) to Bethlehem Catholic rather than choose the local public high school available to us. I have to say, it was one of the best things I ever did. Not only did she excel academically beyond what I had hoped for but she graduated a well rounded students with strong ethical morals that I attribute to Bethlehem Catholics excellent teaching staff. She went on to a very prestigious college and I am happy to say she is graduating this year. Thank you BECA high! PS and ..the uniforms are a fabulous idea! Nothing like NOT having to argue with your daughter every school morning regarding appropriate school attire!
--Submitted by a parent

I go to this school and could have gone numerous other places and still can if I choose to do so, but the feeling in the school is one of a family. We stick up for each other and really care for each other. If something happens to anyone connected to the school, past or present, we all take it to heart. I chose to go to BECA because of the teachers, students, and everyone else who is there day in and day out. People really do care about the answer when they ask how you are. I would like to say one last thing. Not that long ago a friend of mine asked me why I liked going to high school so much. My reply, 'I go to BECA, why wouldn't I?'