| The Heights School | |
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| Address | |
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10400 Seven Locks Road , 20854-4085 United States | |
| Coordinates | 39°1′42″N 77°9′52″W / 39.02833°N 77.16444°W |
| Information | |
| Type | Private, day |
| Motto | "Crescite" (grow; increase, multiply (Genesis 1:28)) |
| Denomination | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Independent |
| Headmaster | Alvaro de Vicente |
| Chaplain | Rev. Diego Daza[1] Rev. Rene Schatteman[2] |
| Faculty | 62.1 (FTE)[3] |
| Grades | 3–12 |
| Gender | Boys |
| Enrollment | 538[3] (2017–18) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.7:1[3] |
| Color(s) | Red and white |
| Slogan | "Men Fully Alive" |
| Song | "To The Heights" |
| Athletics conference | Washington Catholic Athletic Conference |
| Mascot | Cavalier |
| Team name | Cavaliers |
| Accreditation | AdvancED[4] |
| Newspaper | The Heights Herald |
| Affiliation | Opus Dei |
| Website | www |
The Heights School is a preparatory school for boys in grades 3–12 in Potomac, Maryland, United States. Its mission is to assist parents in the intellectual, spiritual, and physical education of their sons. The Heights School offers a liberal arts curriculum in English, mathematics, classics, history, religion, science, Spanish, art, computers, and music.[5]
As of 2017–2018, the school had an enrollment of 538 kids and 62.1 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.7.[3] Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church, supervises the school's religious orientation and spiritual formation. The local church authority, the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, however, does not include the Heights in their list of Catholic schools.[6][7] Still, the faculty for the Catholic doctrine program as well as the curriculum are reviewed and approved by the Archdiocese of Washington.[8][better source needed]
- ^ "Rev. Diego Daza – the Heights School".
- ^ "Rene Schatteman – the Heights School".
- ^ a b c d Search for Private Schools: The Heights School, National Center for Education Statistics. Accessed June 2, 2020
- ^ AdvancED website
- ^ "The Heights School".
- ^ "ADW Catholic High School Directory", 2019–2020 edition, Archdiocese of Washington.
- ^ "Faith – The Heights School". heights.edu. Retrieved 27 September 2021.
Although The Heights is not officially (canonically) a Catholic School, it does offer classes in Catholic doctrine as well as Catholic sacraments and liturgy.
- ^ "Faith – The Heights School". Retrieved 28 September 2021.