Stone Ridge School

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Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart is a Pre-K-12 independent, Catholic school for girls located in Bethesda, Maryland, in the Washington, DC suburbs. Stone Ridge offers a competitive college preparatory curriculum within a dynamic and diverse community. Stone Ridge is located across the street from the National Institutes of Health and next door to Bethesda Naval Hospital.

The school known today as Stone Ridge was established in downtown Washington, DC at 1719 Massachusetts Avenue, NW in 1923. By the end of the Second World War, the school had outgrown the building known affectionately as "1719."

In 1947, the Society of the Sacred Heart bought 35 acres of land and their estate, known as "Stone Ridge," in Bethesda, Maryland from Mr. and Mrs. George Hamilton. To this day, the original part of the Hamilton estate is known as "Hamilton House." Over the years, multiple additions have supported the growth of the school, including an initial wing off the back of Hamilton House to accommodate classrooms. In the 1950s and 1960s, another addition was built to support classrooms for the lower and upper schools, as well as the religious community. At that time, a new gym was built as well. In 1996, a large new addition with new classroom and lab space was built for the upper school, in addition to a new, third gym. More recent additions include a swimming pool and major landscaping work.

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[edit] Goals and Criteria

Central to the curriculum and values taught at Stone Ridge are the goals and criteria of the Sacred Heart commit themselves to educate to:

  • a personal and active faith in God,
  • a deep respect for intellectual values,
  • a social awareness which impels to action,
  • the building of community as a Christian value, and
  • personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

The tradition of the school is undeniably Catholic, but all of the faculty -- and even all of the students -- are not. However, the commitment to the Goals and Criteria is consistent throughout the Stone Ridge community. Stone Ridge girls compete athletically in the prestigious Independent School League, with traditional rivalries against the Holton-Arms School, Connelly School of the Holy Child, and the National Cathedral School.

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