Immaculata Preparatory School

Private, college-prep school in the United States
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Immaculata Preparatory School was a private all-girls school that operated in the Washington, D.C. area from 1905 to 1991.

History

Immaculata Seminary was opened by the Sisters of Providence of Saint Mary-of-the-Woods in 1905 in the Tenleytown neighborhood of Washington, D.C.

After plans were made to close the school and sell the campus to American University in 1984, a group of parents successfully sued the Sisters of Providence in order to keep the school open. Immaculata then moved to Rockville, Maryland, where it operated as "Immaculata College High School" until 1991.[1]

Notable alumnae

  • Maeve Brennan, '36
  • Maureen Dowd, '70
  • Regina Hall, '88
  • Patricia McGerr, '33
  • In his 1917 book, The Profits of Religion, Upton Sinclair mentions Immaculata Seminary among a list of Catholic schools and colleges with "strange titles."
  • During his 2018 confirmation hearings, Brett Kavanaugh described socializing with friends from Catholic all-girls high schools, including Immaculata.[2]

References

  1. ^ "History of Immaculata in Washington, D.C." April 24, 2018. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
  2. ^ McIntire, Mike; Qiu, Linda; Eder, Steve; Kelly, Kate (September 28, 2018). "At Times, Kavanaugh's Defense Misleads or Veers Off Point". The New York Times. Retrieved October 27, 2019.
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Single-gender schools in the Washington, DC area
Private boys' schools
District of Columbia
Virginia
  • King Abdullah Academy (boys' secondary classes)
Maryland
Became coeducational
Private girls' schools
District of Columbia
Virginia
Maryland
Closed