Background
Located in Potomac, Maryland, The Fourth School is an independent coeducational day school for children from Pre-Kindergarten through Grade 6. The mission of The Fourth School is to pass on the best of our cultural inheritance to our covenant children in the light of a reformed Christian worldview so that all students may know and pursue what is good, true and beautiful.
Through this pursuit, our graduates will be able to understand, evaluate and transform their world under the lordship of Christ by contributing thoughtfully and responsibly to family life, to the church's life and mission, and to the political and cultural life of the general society, all to the glory of God.
The school is a ministry of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Bethesda, Maryland, and is governed by an independent board of directors elected by the Session of the church.
Endowments
$8.5 million
History
Founded in 1999 by Fourth Presbyterian Church, Bethesda
Head of School: John A. Murray
Lower School Principal: Nancy B. Coit
General Information
Lower School: Pre-Kindergarten - Grade 5
Middle School: Grade 6
Adding Grade 7 in fall 2009 and Grade 8 in fall 2010
Enrollment for 2008-2009: 111
Ethnic diversity: 24%
Faculty: 17 full and part-time
Student/faculty ratio: 7 to 1
Average class size: 13
Financial
2008-2009 Tuition
Pre-Kindergarten: $5,950
Lower School (K-5): $12,500
Middle School (6): $12,500
Students currently receiving financial aid: 20%
Campus Facilities
32 scenic wooded acres in the heart of Potomac
Campus Master Plan under development
Academic
Library Media Center: 6,000 volumes
Recent Stanford Achievement Test (SAT) Scores: 100% of students in grades 1, 3, 5 scored as advanced or proficient in reading and 99.7% scored as advanced or proficient in mathematics
Acceptances
Ad Fontes Academy
Connelly School of the Holy Child
Landon School
McLean School of Maryland
Norwood School
The Heights School
The Holton-Arms School
The Potomac School
St. Andrews Episcopal School
St. Patrick's Episcopal Day School
Stone Ridge School of the Sacred Heart
Trinity Christian School
Washington Christian Academy
Extracurricular
Golf, soccer, weekly Math Club for girls, grades 3, 4 and 5, monthly book club during lunch, missions service projects
Summer Splash - summer day camp
Technology
The Fourth campus is a wireless network
Memberships
Association of Independent Maryland Schools (AIMS)
Association of Christian Schools International (ACSI)