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Georgetown Day SchoolGeorgetown Day School is an independent, K-12 school in Washington, DC. It is familiarly called "GDS," or less frequently "Georgetown Day;" its high school is sometimes abbreviated GDHS. It was founded in 1945 as the first integrated school in the District. The lower and middle schools (grades pre-kindergarten to eight) is located in the Palisades neighborhood; the high school is in the Tenleytown neighborhood. The school has about 1000 students attending in any given year and graduates about 100 student from 12th grade each year. GDS is known for a strong emphasis on the arts and its historical success in high school policy debate and quizbowl. Because it believes that students and teachers are partners in education, everyone at the school--students, faculty, and administration--goes by their first names. It is generally considered to be among the best private schools in the DC area, the others being the Sidwell Friends School, St. Albans School, National Cathedral School, the Landon School, Holton Arms School, Maret School, Edmund Burke School, Field School, and the Washington International School. Famous graduates Alumni parents External links Georgetown Day School
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