National Cathedral School


National Cathedral School is an independent Episcopal private day school for girls in grades 4-12 located on the grounds of the Washington National Cathedral in Washington, D.C., United States. Founded by philanthropist and suffragist Phoebe Apperson Hearst and Bishop Henry Yates Satterlee in 1900, NCS is the oldest of the institutions constituting the Protestant Episcopal Cathedral Foundation.

The school

NCS has about 580 students in grades 4 through 12. Its mascot is the eagle. Its brother school, St. Albans, and the shared coeducational elementary school, Beauvoir, are also located on the Cathedral Close in Northwest Washington near the Washington National Cathedral. Susan C. Bosland is the eleventh Head of School.

Notable alumni