| The Heights School | |
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| Address | |
| 10400 Seven Locks Road Potomac, Maryland, (Montgomery County), 20854-4085 United States |
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| Type | Private, Boy's School |
| Motto | "Crescite" (to increase, multiply or grow. (Genesis 1:28)) |
| Religious affiliation(s) | Roman Catholic |
| Established | 1969 |
| School district | Archdiocese of Washington |
| Headmaster | Alvaro de Vicente |
| Faculty | 56.0 (on FTE basis)[1] |
| Grades | 3–12 |
| Enrollment | 462 (2005-2006) |
| Student to teacher ratio | 8.2:1[1] |
| Color(s) | Red and White |
| Team name | Cavaliers |
| Accreditation(s) | Middle States Association of Colleges and Schools[2] |
| Admission Director | Colin Gleason |
| 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 2005-06 school year, the school had an enrollment of 462 students and 56.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 8.2.[1]
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The Heights School currently has 11 different sports teams. These teams are Cross Country, Golf, Soccer, Basketball, Squash, Swimming, Wrestling, Baseball, Lacrosse, Tennis, and Track and Field.
Sports teams start from 6th grade and go up to the Varsity level.
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.
Ahmed M. Saeed, White House Fellow and Assistant Secretary of the Treasury under the George W. Bush administration.
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.