Stone Ridge Lower and Middle School Preview Book 2017

A Preview of the

LOWER & MIDDLE SCHOOLS at STONE

RIDGE

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GOAL I: A personal and active faith in God.

THE 5 GOALS

of Sacred Heart Education

GOAL V: Personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom.

GOAL II: A deep respect for

intellectual values.

GOAL III: A social awareness which impels to action.

GOAL IV: The building of community as a Christian value.

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Welcome to Stone Ridge... where innovation meets mission.

Stone Ridge is the only school in the greater Washington area that brings together the Goals of Sacred Heart, all-girls education, and innovative teaching and learning.

Stone Ridge is proud of its Catholic identity and Sacred Heart family. The five Goals of Sacred Heart education provide the foundation for the School’s mission­—to inspire young women to lead and serve, through lives of purpose that integrate faith, intellect, community, social awareness, and personal growth in an atmosphere of wise freedom. Our all-girls setting allows even our youngest girls in Grade 1 to grow as purposeful, self-directed learners intent on developing their unique gifts.

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Our Catholic Identity and Sacred Heart Family For over 200 years, Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart has been a part of an international family, which includes 24 schools in the United States and 147 schools in 41 countries worldwide. In addition to the benefits of an active domestic and international exchange program within this affiliation, our students share in experiencing an education characterized by seriousness of purpose, love of learning, creativity, beauty, and loving relationships.

This truly international character of Sacred Heart education helps to foster an important global awareness in our students as they strive to build a more just world.

FIVE GOALS OF SACRED HEART EDUCATION: Goal I · A PERSONAL AND ACTIVE FAITH IN GOD; Goal II · A DEEP RESPECT FOR INTELLECTUAL VALUES;

“Stone Ridge is an extra special place because we are a Sacred Heart school.”

— Molly, Grade 4

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Goal III · A SOCIAL AWARENESS WHICH IMPELS TO ACTION;

The Regis School Houston, TX

Goal IV · THE BUILDING OF COMMUNITY AS A CHRISTIAN VALUE; Goal V · PERSONAL GROWTH IN AN ATMOSPHERE OF WISE FREEDOM.

Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national or ethnic origin, age, religion, disability, or any other class protected by law in the administration of its educational policies, employment practices, admission policies, scholarship loan or financial aid programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

“The diverse faculty and student body at Stone Ridge creates a lovely tapestry of community woven into the Goals of Sacred Heart and its traditions.”

Middle School parent

Network of Sacred Heart Schools in the United States and Canada

The Sacred Heart School of Montreal Sacred Heart School of Halifax

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Newton Country Day School Newton, MA

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Academy of the Sacred Heart Bloomfield Hills, MI

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Convent of the Sacred Heart Greenwich, CT

NH VT MA RI

NJ DE MD

Sprout Creek Farm Poughkeepsie, NY Convent of the Sacred Heart New York City, NY Stuart Country Day School Princeton, NJ Princeton Academy Princeton, NJ

Country Day School of the Sacred Heart Bryn Mawr, PA Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart Bethesda, MD Josephinum Academy Chicago, IL Sacred Heart Schools Chicago, IL Woodlands Academy Lake Forest, IL Carrolton School of the Sacred Heart Miami, FL

Barat Academy Dardenne Prairie, MO

FL

Academy of the Sacred Heart St. Charles, MO Villa Duchesne/Oak Hill School St. Louis, MO

Network Schools Provisional Member Associated with the Network

Academy of the Sacred Heart New Orleans, LA Academy of the Sacred Heart Grand Coteau, LA Duchesne Academy Omaha, NE

“Coming to a Sacred Heart school, you have entered into a family and have come to a home...You come as you are and are cared for with great love.” — An excerpt from Life at the Sacred Heart

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158 students

(including Little Hearts)

Educational Technology iPad library: Pre-K–Grade 1

Average Class Sizes: 13–17

French language instruction, beginning in Preschool

1-to-1 iPad program: Grades 2–3 1-to-1 Chromebook program: Grade 4 iMac Computer Lab Interactive whiteboards in classrooms Applied Creativity Center with 3-D printers

General Facts Mascot:

Faculty: 30

Faculty with advanced degrees: 20 Average teaching experience per Lower School faculty member:

12 years

Student/Faculty Ratio: 5:1

Colors: Blue & Gold Amount of financial assistance and scholarships granted to Stone Ridge students in 2015-2016:

$2.7 million

Sample Lower School Daily Schedule 7:50 am Morning Meeting or Morning Assembly 8:15–9:45 am Language Arts 9:45–10:00 am Goûter (morning snack) 10:00–11:30 am Mathematics 11:30–12:30 pm Lunch and Recreation 12:30–1:15 pm French or Physical Education 1:15–2:00 pm Visual or Performing Arts 2:00–3:00 pm Science, Social Studies, or Religion 3:00 pm Dismissal 3:00–6:30 pm Extended Day/Afterschool Campus Options

Please visit our website to learn more about the many exciting opportunities available for your child in our Lower and Middle Schools:

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Middle School Grades 5-8 at a Glance

197 students

Student/Faculty Ratio: 8:1

Average Class Sizes: 13–18

Faculty: 35

Faculty with advanced degrees: 15

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Average teaching experience per Middle School faculty member: 26 years

35 acres 3 Gyms Aquatic Center Chapel 3 Libraries Turf Field

Educational Technology Students receiving financial assistance:

>30%

Grades 5–8: 1-to-1 Lenovo ThinkPad program Interactive whiteboards in classrooms Applied Creativity Center with 3-D printers Technology and Innovation Class

A typical day at Stone Ridge

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The Strength of an

All-Girls Environment Through the focus on the five Goals of Sacred Heart education, our students are encouraged to stretch and challenge themselves every day. Stone Ridge offers an educational program designed to nurture and inspire girls to find themselves, develop their gifts, and gain confidence in the knowledge that their lives have meaning and purpose.

In our all-girls setting, the students collaborate, lead, mentor, and learn from each other. Stone Ridge girls are provided a wealth of avenues for self-exploration. The girls take pride in their own accomplishments and those of their peers, and together they form strong, lifelong friendships.

“As a college professor, I could identify students from girls’ schools with a 90 percent accuracy rate on the first day of class. They were the young women whose hands shot up in the air, who were not afraid to defend their positions, and who assumed that I would be interested in their perspectives.”

Robin Robertson, Ph.D. (National Coalition of Girls Schools)

Joyful Growth Stone Ridge celebrates a balanced offering of academics, fine arts, and athletics, rooted in a tradition of excellence, faith, social awareness, and personal growth.

Our Lower School program for Grades 1–4 provides a well-suited environment for girls’ academic growth, with careful attention to a curriculum incorporating varied instructional approaches and opportunities for hands-on learning.

I am an eager learner.

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I am an emerging leader.

As our students grow and mature, moving from Lower School to Middle School, additional leadership training and opportunities are made available to them. In the Middle School, students help develop themes for our daily Assembly and share prayers and personal reflections related to those themes. Students may choose to run for a variety of elected offices, including Student Council, Blue/Gold Team Captains, and Social Action and Advisory Representatives. Additionally, they may serve as Student Ambassadors for prospective students and families. All of these leadership opportunities allow girls to discover and develop new interests and self-confidence.

Service leadership is also core to the mission of Sacred Heart education.

Our students research and identify particular areas of social justice for which they wish to advocate and then develop meaningful ways to support specific organizations. Our girls leave Stone Ridge with a commitment to service and advocacy.

" Let us respect childhood; let us honor the soul of that small creature of God who can already make choices of the best if we take the time to awaken her reason and make her use her judgment."

St. Madeleine Sophie Barat, Foundress of the Society of the Sacred Heart

I am a

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I am an

adventurous artist.

Arts Program Grades 1-3: General Music Literacy, Standards-based

Grades 4: General Music Literacy and Instrumental Exploration

Grades 5-8: Studio Art Grades 5-8: Music—Choice of Chorus, Orchestra, or Band

Grades 7&8: Choice Dance or Drama Extracurricular Offerings:

• Theater Productions (fall and spring)

• Private or Small Group instrument and voice lessons

GATOR STRONG Athletics Programs Grades 1-4: Physical Education and Daily Recreation

Grade 5:

Physical Education

Grades 6-8: Choice of Fall, Winter, or Spring Sports or Physical Education

Grades 5&6: Soccer and Lacrosse teams Club Teams: Ice Hockey, Equestrian and Golf Grades 6-8: participate in Positive Coaching AllianceÂŽ Triple-Impact Competitor: A Leadership Workshop for Athletes

I am a team player.

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Stone Ridge Celebrates a

Long History of Traditions

Blue/Gold Team Induction: At the beginning of each school year, Blue and Gold team captains announce each new student one-by-one at a special and spirited assembly, and welcome her to either the Blue or Gold team—a team she stays on for life.

Congé: Congé, a tradition shared among all Sacred Heart schools, comes from the French “to take leave,” and refers to a surprise day for the students when classes are cancelled, and the School focuses on building community through games and play.

Eighth Grade Trip to NYC: After Memorial Day, the Eighth Grade travels to New York, where it spends two days and one night exploring the city and enjoying a Broadway show.

Feast of Mater Admirabilis: Feast of Mater Admirabilis is observed every October to celebrate the miraculous fresco of the Virgin Mary depicted by a young religious of the Sacred Heart in 1844.

Feast Wishes: Feast Wishes is an all-school gathering during Advent, where students present the gifts of song and cards to every member of the administration, faculty, and staff.

Field Day: Field Day is at the end of the school year when the Blue and Gold teams compete in a very spirited day. Activities include the tug-of-war, Father-Daughter races, a cookout lunch, music, and awards.

Goûter: From the French for “to taste,” goûter is a daily snack served in the Lower School, and a snack on special occasions, feast days, and holidays.

Grandparents Day: Lower and Middle School students welcome their grandparents with enjoyable activities and treats.

Parent/Daughter Liturgies: Special mother-daughter and father-daughter liturgies take place throughout the school year.

Primes: Primes is one of the oldest Sacred Heart traditions. Primes was originally a gathering of the entire student body on Sunday evening. Students who had been very good during the week received a small blue card, inscribed with the words Très Bien. Today, Primes is a weekly assembly held in the Lower School for Grades 1-4, with the Head of School presenting medals to students who are recognized by their teachers for living out the Goals of Sacred Heart education.

Prize Day: Prize Day is a formal assembly at the end of the school year for the distribution of certificates and awards recognizing special achievement.

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Afterschool CampUs Offerings Extended Day offers time for play and a snack after dismissal, followed by quiet homework time supervised by a Lower School teacher.

Supervised Study allows Middle School students to have quiet time after dismissal to work on homework and prepare for projects, with snacks provided.

A sampling of afterschool activities and extracurricular offerings: Cartooning Creative Drama by Imagination Stage Dance Fab Lab Guitar Lessons Junior Chorus Middle School Musical and Play Piano Lessons Gourmet Chefs by Tiny Chefs Girls on the Run by GOTR Robotics Team Suzuki Violin Lessons Swimming Spanish Tae Kwon Do

Just as prospective Lower School and Middle School families are looking to place their daughters in an environment where they will thrive, experience success, and make a seamless transition, our College Counseling team will be there to assist when it is time to look for a new home after high school.

We congratulate the Class of 2017!

College Acceptances and Matriculations Below is a sampling of college acceptances for the Class of 2017. Names in bold are schools attended by members of the Class of 2017.

American University

Georgetown University (5)

Purdue University

Auburn University

Georgia Institute of Technology (2)

Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute

Babson College

University of Georgia

University of Richmond

Bard College

Hamilton College

Rochester Institute of Technology

Barnard College

Haverford College

Saint Joseph’s University

Belmont University

College of the Holy Cross

Saint Louis University

Boston College

Indiana University at Bloomington

University of San Francisco

Boston University

James Madison University

Savannah College of Art

Bucknell University

Johns Hopkins University

University of California, Berkeley

King’s College London

Seton Hall University

University of California, Davis

Lafayette College

Sewanee: The University

University of California, Los Angeles

Lehigh University

Carnegie Mellon University

The London School of Economics

University of South Carolina

Case Western Reserve University

Southern Methodist University

The Catholic University of America

Universidad de Los Andes

Spelman College

Chapman University

Louisiana State University

St. John’s University—Queens

University of Chicago (3)

Loyola Chicago University

Stanford University

College of Charleston

Loyola University Maryland

Syracuse University

Christopher Newport University

Loyola University New Orleans

Texas A&M University

Clemson University (2)

Marquette University

University of Texas, Austin

Colgate University

University of Maryland,

Temple University

University of Colorado at Boulder

University of Toronto

Columbia University

University of Mary Washington

Trinity College

Davidson College

McGill University (2)

Tulane University

University of Dayton (2)

Miami University, Oxford

University of Vermont

University of Delaware

University of Miami

Villanova University (2)

DePaul University

University of Michigan

Virginia Tech

Dickinson College

Middlebury College

University of Virginia

Drexel University

New York University (3)

Wake Forest University

Duke University (2)

Northeastern University

Washington and Lee University

University of Edinburgh

Northwestern University (2)

Washington University in St. Louis

Elon University (2)

University of Notre Dame (3)

Wesleyan University

Emerson College

The Ohio State University

College of William & Mary

Emory University

Pennsylvania State University

Winthrop University

Fairfield University

University of Pennsylvania

University of Wisconsin, Madison

Fordham University (2)

University of Pittsburgh

Xavier University

Furman University

Pratt Institute

Yale University

George Washington University

Providence College

and Political Science

College Park (6)

and Design

of the South

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