The Heights School (Maryland)

The Heights School
The Heights School "Crescite" grow; increase, multiply (Genesis 1:28)
Address
10400 Seven Locks Road Potomac, Maryland, (Montgomery County), 20854-4085 United States
Coordinates	39°1′42″N 77°9′52″W / 39.02833°N 77.16444°W / 39.02833; -77.16444Coordinates: 39°1′42″N 77°9′52″W / 39.02833°N 77.16444°W / 39.02833; -77.16444
Information
Type	Private, Day
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1969
School district	Independent
Headmaster	Alvaro de Vicente
Faculty	65
Grades	3–12
Gender	Boys
Enrollment	465 (2011-2012)
Student to teacher ratio	7:1^[1]
Color(s)	Red and White
Slogan	"Men Fully Alive"
Song	"To The Heights"
Mascot	Cavalier
Team name	Cavaliers
Accreditation	AdvancED^[2]
Newspaper	The Cavalier
Affiliation	Opus Dei
Admission Director	Richard Moss
Athletic Director	Dan Lively
Website	http://www.heights.edu

The Heights School is a preparatory school for boys in grades 3-12 in Potomac, Maryland, USA. Its mission is to assist parents in the intellectual, spiritual, and physical education of their sons. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The school's Christian orientation and spiritual formation are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in 1928. The Heights School offers a liberal arts curriculum in English, Mathematics, Classics, History, Religion, Science, Spanish, Art, Computers, and Music.

As of the 2009-2010 school year, the school had an enrollment of 458 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 7.6.^[1]

Athletics

The Heights School currently has 13 different sports teams. These teams are Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Basketball, Squash, Swimming, Wrestling, Baseball, Lacrosse, Tennis, Track and Field, and Rugby.

History

A group of Catholic laymen, many belonging to the Prelature of Opus Dei ("Work of God"), founded The Heights School in 1969. Among these was author and parenting expert James Stenson.

Notable alumni

Freddy Adu, professional soccer player, attended but eventually transferred.^[3]^[4]

Scholarships

The William Peter Gallahad Blatty scholarship is given once every four years to an outstanding student in honor of William P. G. Blatty, son of the author of The Exorcist and member of the Class of 2005, who died of a heart condition.

References and footnotes

1 2 , National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 29, 2012.
↑ AdvancED website
↑ Sports Illustrated online: Who's Next? Freddy Adu. "In his first organized basketball game two years ago, a J.V. contest for The Heights School in Potomac, Freddy scored 28 points." Accessed June 4, 2008.
↑ Goliath.com - Adu completes high school. Accessed June 4, 2008.

External links

The Heights School official website

Opus Dei

General	Opus Dei Priestly Society of the Holy Cross Types of membership of Opus Dei Numerary Supernumerary Teachings of Opus Dei Timeline of Opus Dei

Churches and shrines	Torreciudad St Mary Star of the Sea, West Melbourne Peterskirche, Vienna

Key people	Josemaría Escrivá canonization John Masso Javier Echevarría Rodríguez Álvaro del Portillo Joseph Muzquiz Dora del Hoyo Scott Hahn Joaquín Navarro-Valls

Universities	University of Navarra Pontifical University of the Holy Cross PanAmerican Institute for High Business Direction Lexington College Strathmore University

Schools	Colégio Planalto The Heights School Northridge Preparatory School Oakcrest School PAREF Northfield School

Media	Camino (film) The Da Vinci Code L'Opus Dei: enquête sur le "monstre" Opus Dei: An Objective Look Behind the Myths and Reality of the Most Controversial Force in the Catholic Church

Lists and related topics	Bibliography of Opus Dei Controversies about Opus Dei Corporate work List of members of Opus Dei Opus Dei and Catholic Church leaders Opus Dei and politics Opus Dei in society Women in Opus Dei

Catholicism portal

Potomac, Maryland

Primary & Secondary Schools	Montgomery County Public Schools Winston Churchill High School Bullis School Connelly School of the Holy Child German School Washington, D.C. (DSW) The Heights School Norwood School

Other topics	People

This list is incomplete.

Montgomery County, Maryland High Schools

Montgomery County Public Schools

Zoned schools	Bethesda-Chevy Chase Montgomery Blair Blake Winston Churchill Clarksburg Damascus Albert Einstein Gaithersburg Walter Johnson John F. Kennedy Magruder Richard Montgomery Northwest Northwood Paint Branch Poolesville Quince Orchard Rockville Seneca Valley Sherwood Watkins Mill Wheaton Walt Whitman Thomas Sprigg Wootton

Magnet/Alternative schools	Thomas Edison High School of Technology

Charter schools?

Charter schools	??

Independent schools

Secular private	Barrie School Bullis School Georgetown Preparatory School German School Washington, D.C. Holton-Arms School Landon School Lycée Rochambeau Nora School

Religious	Academy of the Holy Cross Avalon School Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Don Bosco Cristo Rey High School The Heights School Our Lady of Good Counsel High School St. Andrew's Episcopal School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

This list is incomplete.

Single-gender schools in the Washington, DC area

Private boys' schools

District of Columbia	Gonzaga College High School St. Anselm's Abbey School St. Albans School

Maryland	Avalon School DeMatha Catholic High School Georgetown Preparatory School The Heights School Landon School

Became coeducational	Bishop Ireton High School (Virginia)

Private girls' schools

District of Columbia	Georgetown Visitation Preparatory School National Cathedral School

Virginia	Madeira School Oakcrest School

Maryland	Academy of the Holy Cross Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Elizabeth Seton High School Holton-Arms School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

Single-gender schools in Maryland

Private boys' schools

Washington, DC area	Avalon School DeMatha Catholic High School Georgetown Preparatory School The Heights School Landon School

Baltimore area	Archbishop Curley High School Calvert Hall College High School Loyola Blakefield Mount Saint Joseph High School

Closed	Cardinal Gibbons School (Baltimore)

Private girls' schools

Washington, DC area	Academy of the Holy Cross Brookewood School Connelly School of the Holy Child Elizabeth Seton High School Holton-Arms School Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart

Baltimore area	The Catholic High School of Baltimore Institute of Notre Dame Maryvale Preparatory School Mercy High School Mount de Sales Academy Notre Dame Preparatory School Seton Keough High School

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