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Founded in 1901 by Jessie Moon Holton and Carolyn Hough Arms, the Holton-Arms School is an independent college preparatory day school for girls, grades 3 through 12, located in a suburb of Washington, D.C. The School admits students with strong academic interests and abilities who wish to engage with and contribute to the life of the School community.
School and Community: Founded in 1901by Jessie Moon Holton and
Carolyn Hough Arms, the Holton-Arms School is an independent
college preparatory day school for girls, grades 3 through 12,
located in a suburb of Washington, D.C. The School admits students
with strong academic interests and abilities who wish to engage
with and contribute to the life of the School community.
Mission Statement: The mission of the Holton-Arms School is to
cultivate the unique potential of young women through the
"education not only of the mind, but of the soul and spirit."
Approach and Philosophy: Learn Well, Live Well, Lead Well (LW3)
is a comprehensive, multi-dimensional philosophy of education.To
cultivate the unique potential of students to become change agents,
we believe their education needs to be one in which they are given
the tools to learn well, live well, and lead well.
Programmatically, LW3 is the framework for building Holton's
curriculum. It allows us to stretch the work we do with students
beyond traditional academics and builds essential competencies
needed for future leaders.
Holton-arms School's tuition is approximately $52,970 for private students.
What sports does Holton-arms School offer?
Holton-arms School offers 15 interscholastic sports: Basketball, Crew, Cross Country, Dance, Diving, Field Hockey, Ice Hockey, Lacrosse, Soccer, Softball, Swimming, Tennis, Track and Field, Volleyball and Winter Track. Holton-arms School is ranked as one of the top 20% of private schools in Maryland for most sports offered.
Grades: 9-12 | 324 students4.8 miles 8328 Georgetown Pike Mc Lean, VA 22102 (703) 556-8211
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School Reviews
55/17/2016
Holton-Arms is an excellent all-girls college-preparatory school with a superb faculty, a diverse and dynamic student body, and and cutting-edge technology program with a balanced use of traditional methods of teaching with the latest in educational technology tools. Holton girls endure the academic rigor because they are high caliber students who strive for their best. They are supported by the Holton faculty and community in ways that allow their intellectual curiosity to grow and flourish. This is a warm and supportive community that celebrates all the girls'' success and supports them to learn from their mistakes. It is a place where even the quiet, more introverted girls can shine and feel safe to take risks and be challenged. This is how a girl's school education should be.
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