Elizabeth Seton High School

     Slogan"stronger through sisterhood"SongElizabeth Seton High School SongAthletics conferenceWCACSports24 athletic teamsMascotRoadrunnerTeam nameRoadrunnersAccreditationMSA^[3]NewspaperThe Roadrunner ReviewYearbookCaritasTuition$19,077.00^[2]Websitesetonhs.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

External links

• School website