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Georgetown Days

  • Spring 2019 Spring 2019
    One Campus. One Mission. One GDS.
    For decades, GDS has dreamed of unifying our school on one campus, and now the stars have aligned. With the purchased property adjacent to our High School, construction is well underway on our new Lower/Middle School. Now all of our students, PK-12, can be together.
  • Fall 2018 Fall 2018
    A Place of Purpose
    In fall 2020, Georgetown Day School will open the doors to a whole new school—a unified school, with grades pre-kindergarten through twelve residing at one address—lifting the GDS idea into the future.
  • Spring 2018 Spring 2018
    The Evolution of Math & Science at GDS
    The year 1969 was a tumultuous and transformative one in American history, from the moon landing, to the Stonewall riots, to the Vietnam War; it was also the year that Georgetown Day School chose to launch its high school. Adding on to its already existing 9th grade, GDS would see its first high school class graduate in 1972. In the nearly 50 years since that first graduating class, not only has the world grown and changed at a rapid pace, but the curriculum offered to students, particularly in the fields of math and science, have as well.
  • Fall 2017 Fall 2017
    Responsive Classroom
    Georgetown Day School is one of a number of elementary and middle schools in the region that has integrated the Responsive Classroom model into its curricula, while also retaining certain aspects that are uniquely important to, and reflective of, the values within the GDS community...

Communications Team

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  • Photo of Alison Grasheim

    Alison Grasheim 

    Director of Communications
    202-274-3294
  • Photo of Tenley Peterson

    Tenley Peterson 

  • Photo of Danny Stock

    Danny Stock 

LOWER/MIDDLE SCHOOL

4530 MacArthur Boulevard, NW, Washington, DC 20007

HIGH SCHOOL

4200 Davenport Street, NW, Washington, DC 20016


Georgetown Day School is a coed, preK-12, non-sectarian private school in Washington, DC with small class sizes and a diverse school community. Our comprehensive, innovative curriculum includes hands-on learning, honors and AP classes, as well as advanced-level math and STEM courses. An education is not just college prep and SAT scores. GDS teachers focus on providing the best education for each child, from elementary grades through high school. The school performing arts program includes theater, dance, and music. The athletics program offers competitive sports for student athletes, including cross-country, track, soccer, lacrosse, and crew/rowing. With our strong commitment to financial aid, an independent school tuition is affordable.