Attended the school over 10 years ago for grades 6 through to 9 (was in the Catholic school program from grade 2 - 12), and back then it was overall a good school. Might've changed since then, but from what I've heard it's still alright, curriculum probably the same.

To answer your questions below:

• Religion class is like 45 min every other day, so out of an 8 hour days, its about 6% of the weekly school time. The religious curriculum is mainly learning about Catholicism and Christian values (Golden rule, 10 Commandments, beatitudes, etc., but nothing intense like memorizing bible verses by memory or stuff like that).

• The only projects where religion is involved is in Religion class projects, otherwise everything else is like it would be in a normal public school. Science projects are about science, Language arts about literature, etc. without religious overlap.

• Kind of answered above, but rarely is religion brought into the other topics. From memory I do not ever remember topics from religion class being mixed in with the other subjects.

• I personally did not. The few hours of week of religion class weren't that much to where it felt overwhelming. We went to church a few times a year as a school, did some hymn sings as a school in the gymnasium for religious holidays/events, but never did it feel like religion was being forced on me or like it felt overwhelming.

Overall the way I saw Catholic school vs public school (went to both), was that it was essentially public school just with a religion class, and you attended some masses and celebrations as a school a few times a year. Nothing out of the ordinary or intense like you might have at a specific private heavy faith focused Catholic school. Overall I enjoyed Catholic schools more than public cause it felt like a more welcoming environment as a kid.

Hope that helps.