St. Andrew’s challenges students in a way that builds their self-confidence and helps them discover their passions. We are enthusiastically committed to teaching and demonstrating, both locally and globally, that academic challenge and student well-being are the complementary foundations of educational excellence.Our students and faculty are direct beneficiaries of the latest research in the science of learning, which is translated for all teachers to apply to their classroom practice by our Center for Transformative Teaching & Learning.
Our Episcopal identity as an inclusive and welcoming place for students of all religious and spiritual backgrounds
Our commitment to research-informed teaching and innovation
Our commitment to all aspects of our student’s development -- academic, spiritual, athletic, and artistic
Our exceptional and devoted faculty
Our happy, high achieving students
Our warm and diverse community
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Faces of St. Andrew's
Every member of the St. Andrew's community has their own answer to "Why St. Andrew's?" Click on the pictures below to learn more about these current students, alumni, and faculty.
Instructional Librarian, 8th Grade Advisor "One of the things I think is amazing about being a librarian is that my job is to get to know the student and then connect them with their passion."
NIH Intern, Club Leader, Ski Instructor Kirstin was faced with a hard choice as an 11-year-old – follow in the footsteps of her brothers who were students at St. Andrew’s, or attend boarding school in Vermont and have a shot at pursuing a competitive skiing career...
SGA President, Jazz Musician Josh is constantly looking for opportunities to pursue his interests, and on the rare occasions when those opportunities don’t exist, he is putting himself in position to create them...
Freshman Class President, NYU Steinhardt School "St. Andrew’s taught me how to make my own community – to seek community wherever I go, to make connections with people, to talk to people, to be friends with them."
Head of Upper School, Breck School “Something about the community and being an Episcopal School fosters this notion of community, and people thrive in that and want to create it for others."
CTTL Finn Family Research Fellow, Coding Camp Creator Danan hosted an Hour of Code event at Bishop Walker School in 2016 and said the students’ response inspired him to do more...
Aspiring Filmmaker “I feel like I've finally found the right school, with my kind of people, people who love the arts but are open to other things too.”
Cross Country Champion, Class President “When I came here to visit and shadow, the thing that struck me most was everyone was happy, smiling and laughing and having a good time. That was just really cool, something I had never seen at a school before..."
Physics Teacher, Finneran Faculty Scholar "I play a very small role in the continued discovery of the sciences, hopefully by inspiring some kids to pursue science studies."
Actress, Graduate of the Royal Conservatoire of Scotland "The teachers who believed in me... have allowed me to see I can be more than just what I’m doing."
St. Andrew’s Episcopal School is a private, coeducational college preparatory day school for students in preschool (Age 2) through grade 12, located in Potomac, Maryland.