The Heights School (Maryland)

The Heights School
The Heights School
Address
10400 Seven Locks Road Potomac, Maryland, (Montgomery County) 20854-4085 United States
Coordinates	39°1′42″N 77°9′52″W / 39.02833°N 77.16444°W / 39.02833; -77.16444Coordinates: 39°1′42″N 77°9′52″W / 39.02833°N 77.16444°W / 39.02833; -77.16444
Information
Type	Private, day
Motto	"Crescite" (grow; increase, multiply (Genesis 1:28))
Religious affiliation(s)	Roman Catholic
Established	1969
School district	Independent
Headmaster	Mr. Alvaro de Vicente
Faculty	15
Grades	3–12
Gender	Other
Enrollment	465 ( 5 African-Americans Though)
Student to teacher ratio	45:1
Color(s)	Red and white
Slogan	"Men Fully Alive" & "#0 On The Field, #1 In Your Heart"
Song	"To The Heights"
Fight song	"H. HEI. HEIGHTS. GO HEIGHTS. GO HEIGHTS."
Mascot	Cavalier
Team name	Cavaliers
Accreditation	AdvancED
Newspaper	The Cavalier
Affiliation	Opus Dei
Admission Director	Richard Moss
Athletic Director	Dan Lively
Website	http://www.heights.edu

The Heights School is a preparatory school for boys in grades 3-12 in Potomac, Maryland, United States. Its mission is to assist parents in the intellectual, spiritual, and physical education of their sons. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington. The school's Christian orientation and spiritual formation are entrusted to Opus Dei, a personal prelature of the Catholic Church founded in 1928. The Heights School offers a liberal arts curriculum in English, mathematics, classics, history, religion, science, Spanish, art, computers, and music.

As of the 2009-2010 school year, the school had an enrollment of 458 students and 60.0 classroom teachers (on an FTE basis), for a student-teacher ratio of 7.6.

The Heights School currently has 13 different sports teams: cross country, golf, soccer, basketball, squash, swimming, wrestling, baseball, lacrosse, tennis, track and field, and rugby.