St. Albans School (Washington, D.C.)

St. Albans School
Address
3001 Wisconsin Ave NW

Washington, D.C.
20016

United States
Coordinates 38°55′43″N 77°4′17″W
Information
Type Private, Day & Boarding, College-prep
Motto Latin: Pro Ecclesia et Pro Patria
(For Church and For State)
Religious affiliation(s) Episcopal
Established 1909
Sister school National Cathedral School
CEEB code 090165
Headmaster Jason F. Robinson
Teaching staff 69.6 (FTE) (2015–16)
Grades 4–12
Gender All male
Enrollment 591 (2015–16)
Student to teacher ratio 8.5 (2015–16)
Campus type Urban
Athletics conference Interstate Athletic Conference
DCSAA
Team name Bulldogs
Accreditation MSA
AIMS MD-DC
Publication
  • The Bulletin
  • The Saint Albans News (official student newspaper)
  • Albanian (yearbook)
  • Gyre (literary magazine)
  • Grace (Chapel talks)
Website www.stalbansschool.org

St. Albans School (STA) is an independent college preparatory day and boarding school for boys in grades 4–12, located in Washington, D.C. The school is named after Saint Alban, traditionally regarded as the first British martyr. Within the St. Albans community, the school is commonly referred to as "S-T-A."

The school enrolls approximately 590 day students in grades 4–12, and 30 additional boarding students in grades 9–12. It is affiliated with the National Cathedral School and the co-ed Beauvoir, the National Cathedral Elementary School, all of which are located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral. All the affiliated schools named are members of the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.

History

St. Albans in July 2012
St. Albans

The school was founded in 1909, with $300,000 ($7.2 million in 2015 dollars) in funding bequeathed by Harriet Lane Johnston, niece of President James Buchanan. Initially, it was a school for boy choristers to the Washington National Cathedral, a program that the school continues today.

The school opened its new Upper School building, Marriott Hall, in 2009–2010. The firm Skidmore, Owings, and Merrill designed the building, which received considerable media attention.

Notable alumni

Al Gore in the 1965 St. Albans School yearbook