Elizabeth Seton High School

Infobox Secondary school
name = Elizabeth Seton High School


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established = 1959
type = Private secondary
enrollment = 599
principal = Mrs. Sharon Pasterick
grades = 9-12
address = 5715 Emerson Street
city = Bladensburg
state = Maryland
country = United States
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mascot =
website = [http://www.setonhs.org]
Phone = 301-864-4532

Elizabeth Seton High School is a private, Roman Catholic high school in Bladensburg, Maryland. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. Elizabeth Seton High School was incorporated 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 Elizabeth Seton High School. Enrollment increased annually, peaking to a total of 800 students in the late 1970’s.

Elizabeth Seton has recently been named one of ten private schools of distinction by The Washington Post [http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11194-2005Mar29.html.]

Vision Statement: Elizabeth Seton High School provides a challenging college preparatory program for all young women who seek a community that celebrates diversity and creativity, fosters moral, spiritual, academic and physical growth, and promotes the Gospel values through service to others.

Mission Statement:We educate young women in the Spirit of St. Elizabeth Ann Seton and St. Vincent DePaul, stressing Catholic values, academic excellence and service to those in need.

Values: Academic Excellence, Catholic Values, Creativity, Diversity, Respect, Service to Others

Background

An all girls school, Elizabeth Seton was founded in 1959. It covers grades 9-12, and has c. 600 students. [cite web
title =Elizabeth Seton High School
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publisher =Private Schools Report
url =http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/Maryland/Bladensburg/ElizabethSetonHighSchool.html
accessdate = 2007-10-06 ] The school colors are scarlet gold and white. The mascot is the roadrunner.

Enrollment

Grades 9-12: 600Student/Teacher Ratio: 13-1Average Class Size: 19Student/Computer Ratio: 7.5-1Class of 2008: 132

Academics

99% of graduates continue in higher education immediately following high school with the majority attending four-year colleges and universities. Scholarship and grant money awarded to graduating seniors has consistently exceeded $5 million annually.

ervice Learning Program

Seton has a Service Learning Program based its identity as a Catholic School, in accordance with the Vincentian Spirit and the Mission of the Daughters of Charity. Students must complete a minimum of 20 hours per school year, 10 of which must be given to the disadvantaged. Most students exceed these minimum requirements.

External links

* [http://www.setonhs.org/ School Website]

Notes and references

[http://www.setonhs.org/docs/school_profile.pdf] [http://www.setonhs.org/]