NCS celebrated one of its oldest traditions with its annual Flag Day prize ceremony. Ninety seniors were individually recognized, and 35 awards, touching on every department in the school, were bestowed.
Lauren Carl ’19 has been passionate about STEAM subjects for as long as she can remember. She is sharing that passion with younger students through a computer skills and coding class at the National Center for Children and Families.
Lilly Keller '19 plays on the varsity soccer, basketball, and lacrosse teams at NCS, but she is also co-president of the Black Student Union, a student ambassador for the admissions office, and a member of Upper School Chorale and the a cappella group Sarsaparilla.
Jamie Wang '19 concluded her remarkable softball career at NCS with a couple of late-season awards, including being named the 2019 Gatorade District of Columbia Softball Player of the Year.
Olivia Harley '19 broke one school record and extended her own record in another event at the District of Columbia State Athletic Association track and field championships this week.
The selection of Olivia Vella '19 and Maggie Wang '19 by the National Merit Scholarship Corp. recognizes their accomplishments, skills, and potential for success in college.
Edward J. Shapiro, a partner at the law firm Latham and Watkins and a member of the NCS Governing Board, will deliver the address at National Cathedral School's 119th Commencement ceremony on June 8.
NCS won its fourth consecutive D.C. softball championship Saturday, while a crew of freshmen rowers claimed the championship trophy at the world's oldest and largest high school regatta.
As Rachel Connell ’87 prepares to take over as the new rector/head of school at the all-girls boarding school Chatham Hall on July 1, she can’t help but reflect on how her own experience with all-girls’ education has led her to this point.
The Parents Association elected executive officers for the coming school year, and outgoing President Gay Truscott thanked the volunteers for their efforts this year on the school's behalf.
Sophia Triantis '17 and her teammates from Johns Hopkins University's Undergraduate Design Team Program won a Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for inventing a breast biopsy device designed for use in lower-resource countries.
Kathleen O'Neill Jamieson used her final State of the School address as Head of National Cathedral School to highlight a wide range of ongoing work preparing the school for continued success.
Esther Eriksson von Allmen '19 and Maggie Wang '19 have been chosen as semifinalists for one of the nation's highest honors for graduating high school students.
When Zoe Bedell ’03 joined the Marine Corps in 2007 after graduating from Princeton University, she admits, she was looking for “the hardest thing” she could do. She didn’t want to work in Congress but found politics appealing, she wanted adventure, and she wanted to learn more about being a leader.
Honor Johnson '22 captured the bronze medal at the Cadet fencing World Championships in Torun, Poland, and now ranks third in the world for women's sabre.
In early April, a group of NCS students had the rare opportunity to meet a Supreme Court justice during a behind-the-scenes look at the highest court in the land.
Jeryne Fish '15 has been selected as the undergraduate student speaker at next month's commencement ceremony for the University of Michigan Gerald R. Ford School of Public Policy.
With its second D.C. title in a row and a fourth consecutive state title, National Cathedral School has earned a return ticket to the Science Olympiad National Tournament next month.
The number of National Cathedral School students taking college-level computer science has been recognized by the College Board, which bestowed its Computer Science Female Diversity Award on NCS.
Senior Eliza Poggi has been named as one of Bethesda Magazine's Extraordinary Teens in its March/April issue, the second time this year that she has been recognized by a local magazine.
English Department Chair Paige Blumer '01 has been appointed head of the Middle School at National Cathedral School, effective July 1, Head of School Kathleen O'Neill Jamieson announced.
Megan Craven '21 broke two NCS swimming records this season, including a 30-year-old mark, while diver Dorothy Shapiro '19 completed her career at NCS with her best-ever finish at the Washington Metro Championships.
Katie Klingler '19, Nicole Owens '19, Olivia Vella '19, and Maggie Wang '19 were chosen based on test scores, academic records, recommendations, and essays.
Graduates of girls' schools are significantly more likely than their peers at coed schools to demonstrate stronger academic skills and greater academic engagement, and to see themselves as future scientists, important new research reveals.
Susan C. Bosland, the former head of Kent Place School, will serve as interim Head of School for the 2019-2020 school year, Governing Board Chair Alice Hill '74 announced Thursday.
With a character-driven approach to social media, teenagers can help inspire positive change in their communities, a social media coach told NCS students, faculty, and parents.
Carlen Palau ’04 is an associate producer of the film On the Basis of Sex, about a young Ruth Bader Ginsburg’s fight to outlaw gender discrimination. Ahead of the film’s wide release in theaters on Jan. 11, we asked Palau about her work on it.
