Dwenger Football offering scholarships

[Walter Sobchack]

What does the 40 time need to be to qualify for the scholarship?

[Impartial_Observer]

Doing the work of the lord. 

[psaboy]

Nothing new about them offering scholly's. Neighborhood pal of mine got one in late 70's.

[coachkj]

13 hours ago, Walter Sobchack said:

What does the 40 time need to be to qualify for the scholarship?

https://www.bishopdwenger.com/tuition-and-assistance

I scoured the scholarships for the football one.  Coudn't find it anywhere.

[First_Backer_Inside]

Private schools are getting desperate. Public schools got them on the ropes. Maybe this is the year not one private school wins a state championship!

[oldtimeqb]

Curious that they lead with "Safe" in their marketing materials.  What are the public schools like in SB? 

[BTF]

Good for Dwenger. It's a new landscape out there. State championships will be few and far between by only relying on your pipeline. To keep up with the Cathedrals, Roncalli's, and Chatards of the world, you probably need to hit the recruiting trail. If any team team wants to recruit, who cares. They'll bump up with the success factor. Just don't thump your chest saying we're smarter and work harder than the rest because we're "only" using our kids. It's ok to say, "we're better because our enrollment is twice the size as yours." It's ok to say, "we're better because we've built a program that kids want to play at and we recruit." Go find opponents who play at your level and knock heads against one another. 

[Bonecrusher]

4 hours ago, oldtimeqb said:

Curious that they lead with "Safe" in their marketing materials.  What are the public schools like in SB? 

Dwenger is in Fort Wayne.  But you could ask the same question about any city's public schools.

I think we all know why they lead with "safe".

[BTF]

5 hours ago, oldtimeqb said:

Curious that they lead with "Safe" in their marketing materials.  What are the public schools like in SB? 

Overall, I'd say that FWCS are safe. But let's not pretend they are as safe as the private schools. 

[Coach_K]

I worked in a Catholic school in the past, and this is simply an advertisement for the school.  The school I worked at had an open house night for students and families to come and talk with current students, teachers, and a financial aid person. Most schools nowadays "advertise" their schools to attract students and families.  I know of middle schools recruiting against both public and private schools.

As far as the football scholarships go, that is most likely not happening.  Catholic schools use money from the diocese churches, donations, state vouchers and other resources to help students and their families afford the education.  

This is also the lenten season so they might being trying to strike when the iron is hot for Catholicism.

[oldtimeqb]

2 hours ago, Bonecrusher said:

Dwenger is in Fort Wayne.  But you could ask the same question about any city's public schools.

I think we all know why they lead with "safe".

Mea culpa. I knew that.  I have no idea why I typed SB instead. 

[psaboy]

8 hours ago, oldtimeqb said:

Curious that they lead with "Safe" in their marketing materials.  What are the public schools like in SB? 

I moved out of SB district years ago to send kids to PHM (Penn) district. But that was the good ole days when kids went to schools that they live by. I do know the SB schools are losing kids to the PHM district and even Mishawaka. I would say SB schools are probably safe for the most part, but academically they struggle. 

[US31]

1 hour ago, psaboy said:

I moved out of SB district years ago to send kids to PHM (Penn) district. But that was the good ole days when kids went to schools that they live by. I do know the SB schools are losing kids to the PHM district and even Mishawaka. I would say SB schools are probably safe for the most part, but academically they struggle. 

Some of the smaller schools west of SB or south of the 20 Bypass are allowing for out of district transfers. Guess where most of them come from …

[Donnie Baker]

On 2/23/2023 at 7:10 PM, Walter Sobchack said:

What does the 40 time need to be to qualify for the scholarship?

Fake news 

[Mebuck]

They have always had scholarships. But not just for sports. My son received one because he was interested in the priesthood.  It was $500. Tuition was 5k back then.

He didn't play any sports.

Edited February 25 by Mebuck

[MHSTigerFan]

On 2/23/2023 at 6:10 PM, Walter Sobchack said:

What does the 40 time need to be to qualify for the scholarship?

Most parochial schools offer financial assistance - and long have.

I’m trying to figure out what the issue here is.

Heck, public schools outdo them — everybody gets 100% financial assistance!

[psaboy]

19 hours ago, Mebuck said:

They have always had scholarships. But not just for sports. My son received one because he was interested in the priesthood.  It was $500. Tuition was 5k back then.

He didn't play any sports.

So, did he end up going the priest route??

[Mebuck]

9 hours ago, psaboy said:

So, did he end up going the priest route??

He was a Brother for 6 years and left the order

[Muda69]

On 2/24/2023 at 2:19 PM, Coach_K said:

As far as the football scholarships go, that is most likely not happening.  Catholic schools use money from the diocese churches, donations, state vouchers and other resources to help students and their families afford the education.  

 

The government school brethren absolutely hate this.

 

[Donnie Baker]

Isn’t the name of this thread fake? Do they really offer football scholarships?

[statmurp_10]

No, they do not. Some commenters were just stirring the s**t. BD offers some academic scholarships, which in many situations are not full, but more like financial assistance.

[Robert]

On 2/24/2023 at 9:06 AM, oldtimeqb said:

Curious that they lead with "Safe" in their marketing materials.  What are the public schools like in SB? 

My kids go to the nearest public to Dwenger.  I'd love to see the police report comparison to each address. 

[coachkj]

The reality of the top three reasons people choose private schools over public can be debated.

1.  Safety.

2. Moral or faith based teaching.

3.  Better academic preparation for college.

[Robert]

15 minutes ago, coachkj said:

The reality of the top three reasons people choose private schools over public can be debated.

1.  Safety.

2. Moral or faith based teaching.

3.  Better academic preparation for college.

The only one I would debate is #3.  It depends on the student.

[foxbat]

1 hour ago, coachkj said:

The reality of the top three reasons people choose private schools over public can be debated.

1.  Safety.

2. Moral or faith based teaching.

3.  Better academic preparation for college.

 

I'd also toss in status and tradition too.  I've known some folks who have their kids at p/p schools that are Creasters ... only attend Mass at Christmas and Easter, so it's no for the faith aspect and, as for safety, most of the schools around this area are reasonably safe regardless of the narratives.  As for academic prep, that can also be debated too and, as @Robert said, that may be tied to the student. 

I'm aware of folks that attend p/p schools simply to tell the Joneses that their kid is going to private school.  I'm also aware of some that also go because that's where their parents and grandparents went too.  Sometimes those folks also are part of #2, but sometimes it's just the status or tradition that's a driving force.  I'm not saying all and not saying it's primary, but I've seen enough of it across the four states where I attended or taught school to know it's not just an outlier.

1 hour ago, Robert said:

The only one I would debate is #3.  It depends on the student.

Two of my three kids that have completed high school, so far, started in Catholic schools, but finished homeschooled/public school mix.  The third was homeschool/public all the way.  My youngest two are either homeschooled or homeschool/public mix, but will eventually also come out of the public system too.  All three that completed high school already were all accepted at Purdue and all accepted with scholarships as well as several college credits.  The oldest two both graduated from Purdue and the other is currently there with the equivalent of a full-ride.  The three that attended, attended Jeff/Ivy Tech for their public experience and their academic prep was fine.  I can't say a bad thing about the prep and teachers that they had and the experiences for advanced courses in honors biology, genetics, chemistry, physics, and even their classes like econ and government as well as 4th/5th year foreign language were good experiences for them at Jeff.  The extra-curriculars that the kids took from quiz bowls, to foreign exchange programs, to robotics were also great as well.   I too am the product of early Catholic education that switched over to public school education as well and tend to see the college prep aspect as more situational/environmental as opposed to public vs. private. 

Of interest, on the college prep side, is that I recall when we went to the open house when my oldest was entering Jeff, we went to the honors biology instructor's classroom to talk with him about what to expect.  While there, i noticed he had pictures of his previous student classes on the wall.  When I looked at one, I noticed that I recognized some of the kids, but they weren't Jeff students ... they were from LCC.  I asked him about it and he said that, at that time, some of the LCC kids took honors biology over at Jeff.  That was over a decade ago and I don't know if they still do that or not.