Good luck in your search, amylou!
Your question reminded me of two of my high school teachers who made classical philosophy interesting enough to me to start out my undergraduate years as a philosophy major.
I did go to a Catholic high school, and did have trouble with the day "the hierarchy of religions" was discussed. But that was a few days out of two very interesting years.
I liked reading CS Lewis' and Madeleine L'Engle's non-fiction works. I even went to a talk given by Madeleine L'Engle at a nearby university, about which I only remember that I got to bask in her presence and that my dad was so willing to drive me to things he had no interest in himself.
For one class, we watched the movie "My Dinner With Andre."
