McLean School of Maryland

McLean School
Address
8224 Lochinver Lane
Potomac, MD
USA 20854
Coordinates 39°2′21″N 77°10′4″W / 39.03917°N 77.16778°W / 39.03917; -77.16778Coordinates: 39°2′21″N 77°10′4″W / 39.03917°N 77.16778°W / 39.03917; -77.16778
Information
Type Private Preparatory School
Established 1954
Head of School Mike Saxenian
Faculty 120
Enrollment 390 (grades K-12)
Average class size 10
Student to teacher ratio 6:1
Campus Suburban, 9 acres
Color(s) Black and Blue
Athletics 11 interscholastic sports
25 interscholastic teams
Athletics conference Potomac Valley Athletic Conference
Mascot Mustang
Tuition $25,990/Year (Kindergarten), $33,490/Year (Grade 1), $39,990 (Grades 2-4), $43,990/Year (Middle School), $45,990/Year (Upper School)
Website www.mcleanschool.org

McLean School (formerly the McLean School of Maryland) is a K-12 co-educational, college preparatory school located in Potomac, Maryland.

School profile

History

Lenore and Delbert Foster established and headed McLean School in 1954.

After the Fosters retired in 1978, a group of parents, faculty and staff formed a non-profit corporation for McLean School and relocated to the present Lochinver Lane campus in Potomac, Maryland.

Facilities

McLean School of Maryland is situated 12 miles (19 km) northwest of Washington, DC, in Potomac, Maryland. McLean's 9 acres (36,000 m2) along a residential side street are surrounded by homes and townhouses.

The main structure of 47,000 square feet (4,400 m2) was built in the early 1970s as a Montgomery County elementary school. McLean took possession in 1978, and in the 1990s completed a 10,800-square-foot (1,000 m2) gymnasium. In 2000 McLean renovated the building, adding classrooms to the Middle School and building a new three-story wing to house the Upper School. McLean School's campus today includes:

  • Two fields for soccer, softball, and lacrosse.
  • A playground and equipment for children.
  • 60+ classrooms (with computer access) that house around 10 students each.
  • Three computer labs.
  • A lounge for high-school students.

Academics

Students in Upper School are required to carry a course load of six year-long academic classes (English, literature, foreign language, history, mathematics, and science). They must take physical education (or an independent physical education contract) for 2 years, and select courses in art, music, computer, and other electives to complete graduation requirements.[1]

Athletics

McLean fields a variety of sports teams every season. Students face other schools in the Potomac Valley Athletic Conference.[2]

McLean Boys Varsity Basketball Team won the PVAC Basketball Tournament and regular season title during the 2012-13 season.[3][4]

Accreditation

McLean is accredited by the Maryland Department of Education.[5] It is a member of the National Association of Independent Schools,[6] the Association of Independent Schools of Greater Washington,[7] the Association of Independent Maryland Schools,[8] the Secondary School Admission Test Board,[9] and The Black Student Fund.[10]

Summer program

The McLean School hosts SummerEdge, a program which offers full-day and half-day sessions for pre-kindergarten through grade 12 in which students work on their reading, writing, math, science and beyond. There are also other non-academic camp offerings for fun.[11]

References

  1. ↑ "Course Load". McLean School. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  2. ↑ "Athletics". McLean School. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  3. ↑ Nelson, Louis (2013-02-24). "Donte Hobbs's energy lifts McLean School to PVAC boys' basketball championship". Washington Post. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  4. ↑ "McLean wins PVAC championship". Gazette. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
  5. ↑ "Maryland State Department of Education Nonpublic Schools". Msde.state.md.us. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  6. ↑ "Membership Directory". Nais.org. Archived from the original on 2012-03-18. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  7. ↑ "Access Denied | Independent Education". Aisgw.org. Archived from the original on 2010-12-03. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  8. ↑ "Association of Independent Maryland & DC Schools". Aimsmd.org. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  9. ↑ "Finding a School". SSAT. Archived from the original on 2012-03-29. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  10. ↑ "Black Student Fund". Black Student Fund. Archived from the original on 2012-03-15. Retrieved 2012-03-16.
  11. ↑ "SummerEdge". McLean School of Maryland. Retrieved 2013-03-14.
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