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历史
1924年春天, four newly professed members of the Order of Saint Benedict began their lives as monks in a farm house on Sargent Road in the Brookland section of Northeast Washington, D.C.
圣就这样诞生了。. 安瑟伦的十大网赌信誉网站. 这个小社区的领袖是Fr. 托马斯·弗纳·摩尔，的OSB, a researcher and professor at nearby Catholic University of America with degrees in both medicine and psychology.
In 1930, the monks moved around the block to a new monastery atop a hill on South Dakota Avenue, 他们的社区正在蓬勃发展. Fr. Thomas knew from his work with adolescents that some of the most underserved students in the American secondary school system were the most gifted. So, 本笃会教育的悠久传统, the monks forged ahead to establish what was then known as the Priory School, a four-year high school dedicated to scholarship.
9月15日, 1942, eighteen ninth-grade students enrolled at the Priory School under Headmaster Fr. 奥斯汀·麦克纳米，的OSB. 学校很快开始发展壮大, and in 1955 the seventh and eighth grades were added, along with a new academic building for the expanding student body. 与英国传统保持一致, the school began using the form system: instead of grades 7 through 12, 这些课程被称为中一至六中.
When in 1961 the Holy See elevated the monastery from a priory to an abbey, 学校的名字也随之改变了. The school continued to grow in both size and reputation over the succeeding decades, establishing itself as one of the Washington area’s most academically rigorous institutions. Following a major expansion to the academic building, Headmaster Fr. Michael Hall, 的OSB, added a sixth grade class in 1990, known as Form A.
St. 安瑟伦的 Abbey School has continued to thrive in the twenty-first century. In 2003, the school completed a $9 million athletic and performing arts complex under the leadership of Fr. Peter Weigand, 的OSB, the eighth Headmaster and current President of St. 安瑟伦的. This included the construction of a state-of-the-art athletic facility and gymnasium, as well as the conversion of the old 1945 gym into the Devine Performing Arts Center, 包含教室空间, faculty offices and a theater with seating for 400. 在学业上, the school remains among the best in the region: recent graduating classes have had average SAT scores of 1360 (on a 1,400分制), and the curriculum remains one of the most challenging in the Washington area.
今天，圣。. 安瑟伦的 Abbey School community consists of 230 young scholars in 形式 A through VI and their families, more than 60 Benedictine and lay faculty members and over 1,500名校友. More than 75 years after the first freshman class enrolled at the Priory School, the school continues to pursue its mission “to create an atmosphere of peace, 有为社区服务的意识, and a willingness within our students to work toward a balance in mind, 身体和精神.”
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Fr. 托马斯·弗纳·摩尔，的OSB
创始人,圣. 安瑟姆十大网赌信誉网站和学校
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Fr. 奥斯汀·麦克纳米，的OSB
第一任校长
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传统
3项清单.
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房屋制度
进入圣. 安瑟伦的, each student becomes a member of one of four Houses named for important figures in the school’s history: 奥尔本房子，以Fr命名. 奥尔本·博尔特伍德，圣. 安塞姆十大网赌信誉网站; 奥斯丁的房子，以Fr命名. Austin McNamee, the school’s founding Headmaster; 主屋，以Fr命名. John Main, the school’s fifth Headmaster; and 摩尔的房子，以Fr命名. 托马斯·弗纳·摩尔, founder of the monastery and school.
房屋制度 was established in the mid-1980s by then-Headmaster Fr. 迈克尔·霍尔，1956年. While no student can choose for himself which House he joins, it is traditional for members of the same family (brothers, 表亲, or fathers and sons) to be placed in the same House. House assignments are announced each September in a "House Draft" on House Day, 由高年级领导.Each House is led by one member of the Sixth Form, 五年级的助教, 由各种形式的学生组成. The four houses compete each year for the House Cup, winning points for their performance in intramural athletics, 学术成就, and participation in extracurricular and community service activities. -
St. 安塞姆篮球邀请赛
每年，圣。. 安瑟伦的 Abbey School plays host to the Washington region’s longest-running interscholastic basketball tournament, 圣. 安瑟伦的邀请赛. The tournament was established in 1948 by longtime basketball coach Bob Dwyer and Fr. Hugh Monmonier, 的OSB, who later became the school’s third Headmaster.The post-season tournament traditionally begins on a Friday afternoon in late February, 当整个学生团体, 教师和工作人员加入家长, friends and alumni in the gym to cheer on the varsity Panthers. The three-day event concludes on Sunday evening with the championship game, followed by an awards ceremony and banquet for participating teams. The winning team’s name is inscribed on the Dwyer Trophy (named after the tournament’s founding coach), which is held by the winning school until the following tournament. -
蛋花
每年春天, Form IV students must complete a unique assignment as part of their Physics class: construct a vessel which, when dropped from the roof of the athletics complex, can hold an egg and keep it from breaking while hitting a target area on the sidewalk below. Students must construct their entries using only a single predetermined material, which changes each year and is revealed just weeks before the 蛋花.物理教师博士. Herb Wood, who established this tradition more than two decades ago, and Mr. Bryan Taylor grade each vehicle based on its size and dimensions, as well as its ability to keep the egg safe and intact. The student with the fewest deductions is named the winner of the coveted “蛋花 Award”—and, 更重要的是, 他的作业得到了满分.