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Principal |
Rev. Vincent G. Conti, S.J. email the principal |
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Special features |
religious |
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Gender composition |
all male |
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Dress code |
Dress code: Students wear a collared shirt with dress slacks, shoes, and socks. Once a month, for school-wide Mass, students wear ties in the fall and spring and in the winter, tie and blazer. |
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School Mission
- Gonzaga College High School is a Catholic college preparatory school for boys. Drawing its inspiration from the spiritual vision of St. Ignatius Loyola and the apostolic and educational tradition of the Jesuits, it offers a values-oriented and academically challenging curriculum to young men of diverse backgrounds from all over the Washington metropolitan area.
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- This school is best known for its Educating Men for Others
- This high school program is primarily college preparatory and aims for most graduates to go immediately to four year colleges.
- Foreign language(s) taught: French, German, Latin, Mandarin, Spanish and Greek.
- This school has a particular instructional focus on accelerated learning, honors, college preparation.
- Physical education is required for the following grade: 9
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Instructional Program Highlights
- The challege to perform at the highest academic level a student can, while also acting thoughtfully and compassionately in his community.
- Daily teacher-student interaction, based mainly in the socratic method.
- An average of three hours of homework each night.
- Allowing each student the independence to learn the balance of their academic and extra curricular activites at the school.
| Activities and Sports |
- Boys sports: basketball, baseball, cross country, fencing, football, golf, lacrosse, soccer, swimming, tennis, track, water polo, wrestling, rowing, squash and water polo.
- Clubs and extra-curricular activities include: Yearbook/newspaper; community service; student government and over 40 other extra curricular clubs and actvities.
- This school has the following art(s) programs: band, chorus, photography and drawing/painting.
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| Technology and Facilities |
- This school was established before 1920.
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| Admissions and Enrollment |
- Measures used to evaluate applicants: essays and recommendations.
- To evaluate applicants, this school also uses: grades, admission application.
- Standardized tests used to evaluate applicants: HSPT.
- Of the students who applied for admission to this school for the current school year, 41-60% were accepted.
- Tuition: $15,000-$15,999
- 21-40% of students receive financial aid to attend this school.
- In addition to Gonzaga's $1.9 million provided in financial aid, Gonzaga cooperates with the Archdiocese of Washington Fitzgerald Program, Black Student Fund, Capital Partners for Education, DC Opportunity Scholar Program, Latino Student Fund, and Washington Scholarship Fund.
- Entering students typically come from: Gonzaga students come from over 150 different grade schools.
- Students at this school are admitted on the basis of tests, grades, auditions or other criteria.
- Few of the students at this school come from the neighborhood where the school is located.
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| Other Features and Highlights |
- 96-100% of students remained enrolled at the school between last school year and this school year.
- Regular classroom hours: 8:10 am to 2:45 pm.
- Accredited by Middle States in 2005.
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| Source of Data |
Additional information, including curriculum and special programs, was either submitted to GreatSchools by a school official or comes directly from the school or school district's Web site. This page was last updated on 09/04/2009. We cannot guarantee the accuracy of information submitted by school officials.
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