Elizabeth Seton High School
{{for|the successor to former school in Pittsburgh with the same name|Seton-La Salle Catholic High School}}
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| name = Elizabeth Seton High School
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| streetaddress = 5715 Emerson Street
| city = Bladensburg
| state = Maryland
| county = (Prince George's County)
| zipcode = 20710
| country = USA
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| district = Archdiocese of Washington Catholic Schools{{Cite web|url=https://adwcatholicschools.org/find-a-school/|title=Find a School}}
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| religion = Roman Catholic
(Daughters of Charity)
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| president = Dr. Lisa Grillo ’89
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| principal = Vanessa Cooke (interim)
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| faculty = 37
| teaching_staff = 49
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| ceeb = 210273
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| average_class_size = 18
| ratio = 13:1
| SAT = 1480
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| type = Private
| gender = Girls
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| tuition = $19,077.00{{cite web | url=https://www.setonhs.org/admissions/tuition--financial-aid | title=Elizabeth Seton High School }}
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| campus_size = {{convert|24|acre|m2|adj=on}} campus
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| athletics_conference = WCAC
| slogan = "stronger through sisterhood"
| song = Elizabeth Seton High School Song
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| motto = Light To Know. Grace To Do.
| accreditation = MSA{{cite web|url=http://www.css-msa.org/search.php/ |title=MSA-Commission on Secondary Schools |access-date=2009-07-31 |author=MSA-CSS |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110514215741/http://www.css-msa.org/search.php |archive-date=2011-05-14 }}
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| mascot = Roadrunner
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| sports = 24 athletic teams
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| team_name = Roadrunners
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| colors = Scarlet, Gold, and White {{color box|#FF2400}} {{color box|#FFD700}} {{color box|#FFFFFF}}
| yearbook = Caritas
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| newspaper = The Roadrunner Review
| established = 1959
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| enrollment = 552
| enrollment_as_of = 2016-7
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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.{{cite news| url = https://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A11194-2005Mar29.html| title = High Schools That Work (washingtonpost.com)| newspaper = The Washington Post}}
Description
Seton covers grades 9–12 and can hold about 650 students.{{cite web
| title =Elizabeth Seton High School
| publisher =Private Schools Report
| url =http://schools.privateschoolsreport.com/Maryland/Bladensburg/ElizabethSetonHighSchool.html
| access-date = 2007-10-06 }}
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|date=July 2011}}
=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
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External links
- [http://www.setonhs.org/ School website]
{{Outline of Washington Metro Area Catholic High Schools}}{{Private schools in Maryland|state=collapsed}}
{{Prince George's County, Maryland High Schools|state=collapsed}}
{{Girls' schools in DC|state=collapsed}}
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Category:Catholic secondary schools in Maryland
Category:Schools in Prince George's County, Maryland
Category:Educational institutions established in 1959
Category:Girls' schools in Maryland