Georgetown Preparatory School

Georgetown Preparatory School is an American Jesuit college preparatory school for grades 9 through 12. It is the oldest all boys school in the United States, and the only Jesuit boarding school in the country. It is located in the Roman Catholic Archdiocese of Washington on 90 acres (360,000 m) in the suburban community of North Bethesda in Montgomery County, Maryland, outside of the District of Columbia. In 1789, Father John Carroll founded the Georgetown College (later to become Georgetown University). In the 1890s Georgetown College Preparatory School emerged as a distinct entity, and the current school was born. Georgetown Prep purchased land in what was originally Rockville, Maryland and today is in the Census Designate Place of...