Elizabeth Seton High School

Elizabeth Seton High School
Elizabeth Seton High School
Address
	5715 Emerson Street; Bladensburg, (Prince George's County), Maryland 20710; United States
Coordinates	38°56′47″N 76°54′52″W / 38.94639°N 76.91444°W
Information
Type	Private
Motto	Light To Know. Grace To Do.
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic; (Daughters of Charity)
Established	1959
School district	Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools
CEEB code	210273
President	Dr. Lisa Grillo ’89
Principal	Vanessa Cooke (interim)
Faculty	37
Teaching staff	49
Grades	9–12
Gender	Girls
Enrollment	552 (2016-7)
Average class size	18
Student to teacher ratio	13:1
Campus size	24-acre (97,000 m2) campus
Color(s)	Scarlet, Gold, and White
Slogan	"stronger through sisterhood"
Song	Elizabeth Seton High School Song
Athletics conference	WCAC
Sports	24 athletic teams
Mascot	Roadrunner
Team name	Roadrunners
Accreditation	MSA
Newspaper	The Roadrunner Review
Yearbook	Caritas
Tuition	$19,077.00
Website	setonhs.org

Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, all-girls Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is located in the Archdiocese of Washington.

History

Elizabeth Seton High School was established on March 15, 1957, and opened with an enrollment of 138 freshmen and a faculty of six Daughters of Charity in September 1959.

As early as 1965, the Maryland State Department of Education issued a Certificate of Approval to the school and in 1968 the Middle States Association of Colleges and Secondary Schools accredited it.

Elizabeth Seton was named one of 10 private schools of distinction by The Washington Post in 2005.^[4]

Description

Seton covers grades 9–12 and can hold about 650 students.^[5]

The school was named in honor of the American Catholic saint Elizabeth Ann Seton. The school colors are scarlet, gold, and white. The mascot is a roadrunner. The school motto is "Light to know. Grace to do."^{[citation needed]}

Enrollment

Grades 9-12: 552 (2016–2017)
Student/teacher ratio: 13-1
Average class size: 16
Student/computer ratio: 7.5-1; 1:1 Beginning with the class of 2019
Class of 2015: 109

Notable alumni

Class of 1990: Muriel Bowser, current mayor of Washington, D.C.

References

^ "Find a School".
^ "Elizabeth Seton High School".
^ MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.
^ "High Schools That Work (washingtonpost.com)". The Washington Post.
^ "Elizabeth Seton High School". Private Schools Report. Retrieved October 6, 2007.

External links

School website

[1] "Find a School".

[2] "Elizabeth Seton High School".

[MSA-Commission_on_Secondary_Schools-3] MSA-CSS. "MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools". Archived from the original on May 14, 2011. Retrieved July 31, 2009.

[4] "High Schools That Work (washingtonpost.com)". The Washington Post.

[5] "Elizabeth Seton High School". Private Schools Report. Retrieved October 6, 2007.

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