Maret School GLBT Admission Open House

[Anonymous]

GLBT Open House for Maret School

EVENT DETAILS

Come meet current GLBT parents and faculty; Annie Farquhar, Director of
Admission; and Patrick Scott, Associate Director of Middle School Admission to
learn more about life at Maret.

When: Sunday, November 16th, 2008, 2:00 to 4:00 pm

Where: Home of Richard Gervase and Stuart Delery, 3830 Livingston

Street, NW, Washington, DC, located in Chevy Chase DC at the corner of

Livingston and 39th Streets, one block west of Connecticut Avenue and to

the east of Reno Road/41st Street.


RSVP to Richard Gervase at [phone] or [e-mail].


Please feel free to contact the Admission Office if you have any questions.
202.939.8814
www.maret.org


MARET AT A GLANCE

6:1 student teacher ratio.

Average class size of 12 to 14 students.

106 faculty members; 1/3 have taught at Maret for more than 10 years;

68% of faculty hold advanced degrees (masters and doctorates).

Average faculty tenure is 10 years; 6 of our faculty have been at Maret

more than 20 years.

5 Maret alums are faculty members.

Advanced placement and college level courses offered in every discipline.

Students can create an independent study course with a teacher.

Seventh and eighth grade math is taught in gender split classes.

Service learning is incorporated throughout the curriculum for all grade

levels.

35% of students identify as a student of color.

42 countries are represented among the student body.

19% of students receive financial aid grants.

Annual lower, middle, and upper school drama productions.

Intensive Study Week in February allows students and faculty to explore

in depth a subject of interest together in small groups.

Each fifth through twelfth grader has a faculty advisor.

Foreign language instruction begins in kindergarten; Chinese is offered

in high school.

Teachers teach many different ages and across grade levels.

Physical education classes for kindergarten through sixth grade;

interscholastic athletics for seventh through twelfth grade.

Located within a 10 minute walk of the Woodley Park Metro.

Approximately 58% of students live in D.C., 33% in MD, 9% in VA.

7.5-acre historic campus completely renovated as of 2005, including an

enlarged all season artificial turf field.

Recipient of a $2 million grant from the Malone Family Foundation for

financial aid endowment for gifted and talented students.