GEORGETOWN PREPARATORY SCHOOL

'Georgetown Preparatory School' is an independent, Jesuit college-preparatory school for young men in grades 9 through 12. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington, on 90 acres in the incorporated community of North Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland, United States, just outside the District of Columbia.
The school was founded in 1789 by Archbishop John Carroll, S.J., the first Catholic Bishop of the United States. The school is America’s oldest boarding and day school for young men, and the only Jesuit boarding school in the country. Approximately 100 of the school’s 450 students are residents.
Georgetown Prep is one of the most exclusive prep schools in the United States[1]. The average senior has taken 4.5 advanced placement courses with 80 percent of the test scores qualifying for college credit. Prep is regarded as one of the most challenging and prestigious private high schools in the country. The average SAT score of a graduate is 1350 (650 verbal, 700 math) under the old scoring system. These averages rank amongst the highest in the nation. The school accepts fewer than 25 percent of all freshman applicants. For the 2007/2008 academic year, Day Student tuition is US$22,650, while Resident tuition is $44,650.

Contents

History

Quick Facts

Notable alumni

References

External links

History

In 1789, Archbishop John Carroll founded the Georgetown Preparatory School[2] pursuant to an act of Congress, and its student body included among its first members the family of George Washington. Originally a part of Georgetown University, in the 1890s Georgetown College Preparatory School emerged as a distinct entity, and the current school was born (Academy on the Patowmack). Georgetown Prep purchases land in North Bethesda, Maryland on July 14, 1915, and in 1919 moved from its previous location where Georgetown University now resides. In 1927 the school legally separated from the University.^[1] Georgetown Prep is located in a suburban setting near the National Institutes of Health and the Bethesda Naval Medical Center, near the Grosvenor Station of the Washington Metro's Red Line, and is 35 minutes from each of Washington's major airports. As of late, the current physical plant is undergoing significant reconstruction to modernize its 90 acre campus.
The first phase of the project, completed in December 2006, includes a state-of-the-art athletic center, which features a 200 meter indoor track, 11 lane swimming pool with diving area, competition basketball arena, wrestling room, 6000 s.f. weight training/cardiovascular room, and a team film room.
The second phase will convert the existing field house into a learning center featuring expanded and modern library facilities, classrooms and meeting rooms. The architect for the project is Leo Daly, while Joe Hills, son of golf course architect, Arthur Hills, has redesigned the golf course, which is also undergoing construction.

Quick Facts

• Founded in 1789

• 450 students from 22 states and 21 countries

• 23% boarding students; 77% day students

• 70% Catholic, 20% Protestant, 8% Other, 2% No Preference

• 74% Caucasian, 10% African-American, 9% Asian, 7% Hispanic

• 25% of students receive financial aid (average grant equals $12,000)

• 100% of graduating seniors enroll in a 4-year college or university

• 8:1 Student/Faculty ratio

• 15.2 Average class size

• 24 AP courses

• 4.5: Average number of AP courses taken by graduating seniors

• Over the past ten years 1 in 5 Seniors have taken 2nd year College Calculus at Prep, receiving an average score of 4.9 out of 5.

• 80% of students receiving college credit for AP tests

• No. 1 school in the Nation for AP Calculus AB Exam

• 1350: Average SAT score of graduating seniors

• 10% of Prep Graduates go on to enroll in one of the Top 10 Universties in the world.

• Class of 2007 colleges and universities: Georgetown, Yale, Princeton, University of Pennsylvania's Wharton School of Business, UVA, Harvard, Boston College, Johns Hopkins, Stanford, Notre Dame, Duke, North Carolina and other top schools.

• Over two dozen extracurricular clubs, including Student Government, The Little Hoya Newspaper, Photography, Film, Political Review Op-ed Magazine, Forensics, Chess, and Intramural Sports.

• Renowned Speech and Debate, Organization of American States, (OAS), Theater and Campus Ministry programs

• National Champion Lacrosse program; National Catholic Schools Champion Swimming program; top Washington area Golf program; perennial successes such as cross country, basketball, rugby, and football

• 80% of students participate in sports

• For more info go to [3]

Notable alumni

★ Dylan Baker '76 (actor);

★ John Barrymore (Shakespearean actor and grandfather of Drew Barrymore). Attended but was expelled;^[2]

★ Bill Bidwell '49 (Owner - NFL's Arizona Cardinals);

★ Tommy Boggs, Jr. '58 (Lobbyist and attorney; Name partner of Patton Boggs, L.L.P. and named No. 1 Washington Lobbyist by ''Washingtonian Magazine'', July 2007 issue);

★ Brian Cashman '85 (General Manager - New York Yankees);

★ Capt. Michael J. Daly '41 (U.S. Army Retired) (Medal of Honor Recipient);

★ Joseph A. DeFrancis '72 (President/CEO of Maryland Jockey Club and owner of Pimlico Race Course, home of the Preakness);

★ Rep. John Dingell '44 (Longest serving member of the U.S. House of Representatives, D.-Mich.);

★ Senator Christopher Dodd '62 (U.S. Senate, D.-Conn); Presidential Candidate

★ Hon. Neil M. Gorsuch '85 (Judge, United States Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit. At the time of his confirmation, he was the youngest Court of Appeals Judge in the United States);

★ Paul G. Haaga, Jr. '66 (Executive Vice President and Director of The Capital Group Companies, Executive Committee Chair of the American Funds Group and former Chair of the Investment Company Institute, the Association representing mutual fund interests.);

★ Lal Heneghan '81 (Executive Vice-President of Football Operations, San Francisco 49ers);

★ Roy Hibbert '04 (Georgetown University basketball player);

★ Hon. Thomas Hogan '56 (Chief Judge, United States District Court for the District of Columbia);

★ Charles "Chip" Jenkins '82 (1992 Olympic Gold Medalist for US 4 x 400 Relay Team);

★ Mark Gauvreau Judge '83 (Conservative author and columnist);

★ Hon. Brett Kavanaugh '83 (Former Associate Independent Counsel in the Whitewater Scandal and Staff Secretary under George W. Bush. He is now a judge on the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit);

★ Christopher George Kennedy '82 (Son of Robert F. Kennedy and President of Merchandise Mart Properties, Inc.);

★ Douglas Harriman Kennedy '86 (Son of Robert F. Kennedy and current Fox News Channel Correspondent);

★ Charles C. Koones '80 (President of the Variety Group, publisher of Variety Magazine);

★ Rep. Frank LoBiondo '64 (U.S. House of Representatives, R.-N.J.);

★ Marcus Mason '03 (Running Back, Washington Redskins);

★ Dennis Murphy '65 (National Emmy Award winning television journalist for Dateline NBC);

★ Willie Oshodin '87 (Former Defensive End for the Denver Broncos);

★ John Cosgrove Phillips '51 (Former chief of staff of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission);

★ Kevin Plank, (Founder of Under Armour). Attended but was expelled;

★ Mo Rocca (Maurice Rocca) '87 (Comedian);

★ Christopher T. Rogers '76 (Co-Founder of Nextel Communications);

★ L. Francis Rooney, III '71 (Current U.S. Ambassador to Vatican City);

★ Chris Rose (Journalist), '78 (Pulitzer Prize winning columnist for the_Times-Picayune of New Orleans)

★ B. Francis Saul, II '50 (Grandson of founder and current CEO of Chevy Chase Bank);

★ Hon. Joseph E. Schmitz, '72 (Former Inspector General of the Pentagon);

★ Anthony Paul Kennedy Shriver '84 (Co-founder of Best Buddies International and son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver);

★ Mark Kennedy Shriver '82 (former representative to the Maryland House of Delegates (15th District), and son of Eunice Kennedy Shriver and Sargent Shriver);

★ James Whitaker '86 (Hollywood Producer and President of Production for Imagine Entertainment);

★ AJ Wood '91 (Former NCAA Soccer All-American and Soccer America Player of the Year, 1996 Olympian and player for MLS D.C. United and the New York/New Jersey Metrostars);

★ Harry You '75 (CEO, BearingPoint, Inc. Former CFO of Oracle Corporation);

★ Charles Gordon Zubrod '32 (Father of modern chemotherapy)

References

1. Third Grammar Class, Second Section, on the steps of Healy Hall at Georgetown University
2. David Wallechinsky & Amy Wallace: ''The New Book of Lists'', p.9. Canongate, 2005. ISBN 1-84195-719-4.

Academy on the Patowmack by Dr. Stephen J. Ochs, published 1989 Library of Congress Catalog Number: 89-8453-4

External links

★ Georgetown Preparatory School official site

★ Georgetown Prepratory Admissions Site