Georgetown Day School

Infobox Private School
name = Georgetown Day School


type = Private Preparatory School
religion = Non-sectarian
established = 1945
head_name = Headmaster
head = Peter Branch
city = Washington, D.C.
country = USA
campus =
10 overall acres
2 buildings
enrollment = 1100 (grades PreK-12)
faculty = 165
class = 16
ratio = 6:1
year = NA
SAT = NA
athletics = 14 Interscholastic Sports
63 Interscholastic Teams
colors = Green and White
mascot =( mighty)Hopper (Grasshopper)
conference = Mid-Atlantic Athletic Conference (Boys)
Independent School League (Girls)
homepage = [http://www.gds.org/ www.gds.org]

Georgetown Day School is an independent, PreK-12 school in Washington, DC. It is familiarly called "GDS," or less frequently "Georgetown Day"; the high school is sometimes abbreviated GDHS and the Lower and Middle schools are somethimes referd to as one as GDS-LMS or GDS-L/MS. GDS was founded in 1945 as the first integrated school in the District. Housed on two separate campuses in northwest Washington, the lower and middle schools (grades pre-kindergarten to eight) are located in the Palisades neighborhood, while the high school is located several miles away in Tenleytown. Both campuses feature libraries, full-size gymnasiums and athletic fields, black box theaters, fully equipped science labs, art studios, technology/multimedia labs, and student lounges and activity areas. Both facilities have elevators and are fully handicapped-accessible.

The school enrolls approximately 1000 students in any given year and graduates about 120 seniors each year. GDS is known for a strong emphasis on the arts, especially the performing arts, continuing commitment to diversity, and its historical success in high school policy debate and quizbowl. (It was the #1 school in the nation at debate in 2006.Fact|date=February 2007) Because it believes that students and teachers are partners in education, everyone at the school — students, faculty, and administrators — goes by first names. The current head of school is Peter M. Branch.

Famous graduates

*Brian Baker, musician in Minor Threat, Dag Nasty, and Bad Religion
*Suzanne Berne, novelist
*Max Blumenthal, blogger and journalist
*Sam Endicott, guitarist and vocalist for The Bravery
*Franklin Foer, "The New Republic" editor
*Jonathan Safran Foer, novelist
*Joshua Foer, freelance journalist
*Andrew Sean Greer, author
*Tessa Horst, winner of
*Judy Kuhn, actress and singer
*Judith Martin, ("Miss Manners")
*Sam Means, 2006 Emmy winner for writing on Jon Stewart's "The Daily Show"
*Jennifer Miller, author and freelance journalist
*Guy Picciotto, guitarist and vocalist for Fugazi
*Michael Portnoy, multimedia artist, musician, actor
*Lyle Preslar, guitarist for Minor Threat
*Jamin Raskin, law professor and author
*Alice Randall, author ("The Wind Done Gone")
*Matt Safer, bassist for The Rapture
*Melissa Sagemiller, actress, recently in "The Guardian" with Ashton Kutcher and Kevin Costner
*Matt Squire, multi-platinum music producer
*Mark Thompson, TV personality/meteorologist
*Olivia Wilde, "The Black Donnelly's" actress (attended through 8th grade)
* jesseca salky, literary agent for the stars

External links

* [http://www.gds.org Georgetown Day School]

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